Aedis Group, with head offices in Darlington and Newcastle, is celebrating a year since the launch of its graduate training programme
Rob Cuthbertson, left, and Patrick McRedddie who are assistant building surveyors and both part of Aedis' graduate training programme
North-east based building control company Aedis Group is helping graduates climb the career ladder in a bid to address skill shortages in the construction industry.
The company, with head offices in Darlington and Newcastle, is celebrating a year since the launch of its graduate training programme.
A national shortage of building surveyors led Aedis to start its own trial training programme in January 2013 with just one graduate; since then four more have joined the company at its offices in the North-east and London and are working towards professional industry qualifications.
Company directors Alan Barraclough from Guisborough; Joe Ayre from Richmond and Steven Spence from Newcastle now plan to widen the programme further.
It is set to gain accreditation from industry bodies the Royal Institution of Charted Surveyors; the Chartered Association of Building Engineers and the Association of Consult Approved Inspectors.
Aedis is also drawing up plans to go in to universities to speak to student surveyors as they learn with the aim of offering work experience.
“There is a shortage of surveyors nationally, but particularly in and around London,” said Alan.
“Looking forward, we realised that if we train our own staff we can help ourselves.
“We started the programme with just one graduate in January 2013 and there are now three in the North-east – two in Darlington and one in Newcastle – and two in London with many more to come.
“Most have done full time surveying degrees and were looking for a career post but were in a job away from surveying to earn a living. Aedis is looking to get them fully professionally qualified and experienced with clear targets and goals for their long term career.”
Alan, Joe and Steve established Aedis in 2009.
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