SKILLS HUB
Welcome to the Skills Hub, the area for training and learning. The hub brings together details of courses specific to the finishes and interiors sector, making accessing and booking training quick and easy. In addition, it provides information on sector careers, apprenticeships and funding, as well as access to e-learning, CPD and other training.
FIS activity in this area is member led via our Skills Board. To find out more or get involved email info@thefis.org.uk
Training Directory
Our Associate Member – Approved Training Providers (ATPs) deliver the training and qualifications required by members to support their businesses and to provide proof of competence – a key element in ensuring success.
Competency
Everything you need to know about how the Building Safety Act is effecting how you need to demonstate competence in your workforce
Advice & Information
Ask questions by completing the form at the bottom of the page or call 0121 707 0077
Apprenticeships & Qualifications
Information for individuals and employers
Careers
Find out about career opportunities in the finishes and interiors sector
CSCS
Providing proof that individuals have the appropriate qualifications and training to work on site.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
A range of sector specific CPDs delivered by FIS or its members
Recruitment & Induction
Programmes to help recruit and induct operatives into the sector.
Skills Board
Leading the FIS Skills Strategy to support the development of a competent sector workforce
Skills & Training Funding
Skills clinics, developing training plans and available funding
Training Offers
Funded and discounted training provided by FIS Approved Training Providers.
SKILLS AND TRAINING NEWS
Construction Industry Levy Consensus 2025 – 2029
The CITB Consensus is underway and FIS members who are likely to pay the Construction Industry Levy as proposed by CITB for 2026 to 2029 are invited to have their say by participating in the Consensus Survey. The deadline for response is 2 May 2025. The proposals for...
Looking to take on Interior Systems installer apprentices?
FIS is working with NCC Bircham Newton to deliver the Interior Systems Installer Apprenticeship – Ceilings pathway. Interior System Installer (Ceilings and Partitions) Apprenticeship The Interior Systems Apprenticeship (Ceilings and Partitions) has been developed by...
Apprenticeships Update
With a new CITB report revealing that around three times the number of apprenticeship starts in construction are needed to keep pace with demand in the sector, the Government has announced a number of reforms to apprenticeships in England to help boost numbers by a...
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