Make a practical difference to the places where people live and work through Construction and Building Services at Tameside College. This subject area is ideal if you enjoy hands-on learning, solving real problems and producing work you can take pride in. Depending on your chosen trade, you could develop skills in brickwork, carpentry and joinery, plumbing, electrical installation, painting and decorating or construction multiskills. Learning includes workshop practice alongside important knowledge of tools, materials, technical drawings, health and safety, building standards and sustainable working methods.

At the Beaufort Road campus, the purpose-built Construction Skills Centre provides specialist training spaces designed with industry needs in mind. The college has also developed indoor and outdoor brickwork workshops that allow students to practise in realistic working conditions. This gives you opportunities to learn techniques, develop confidence with equipment and understand the standards expected on a building project.

Your future could include roles such as bricklayer, carpenter, joiner, plumbing technician, electrician, painter and decorator or construction site supervisor, depending on qualifications and experience. Further routes may include apprenticeships, additional trade qualifications or higher-level construction study. If you like practical challenges and want to help shape the built environment, construction can offer a rewarding and varied career path.