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Historic buildings in the UK at risk from skills shortage

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  1. The FIS has a Heritage Plastering group that represents companies who design, install and restore fibrous plaster ceilings. Their staff have high levels of traditional craft skills but also use BIM and 3D printing in the trade. What appears on the face of it to be a traditional old school trade is in fact a modern vibrant sector that embraces the skills of the past with new skills needed to carry out work in our historic buildings and all over the world. https://www.thefis.org/about-us/special-interest-forums/heritage-plastering-forum/about-the-heritage-plastering-forum/

  2. Surely as part of the survey why does people having a lack of understanding of a core craft determine whether the person will take that as a career choice resulting in a skills shortage ?? and i quote ‘The survey found that understanding of core craft roles was even lower among 18-24 year-olds, with 90% unable to describe the job of a stonemason, and 84% unsure of a glassblower’s work.’

    I started in this industry as a welder fabricator apprentice now i am a chartered H & S practitioner in the construction industry nobody told me what a H & S profession was when i was 14 from the careers officer.

  3. Dear Mathew,
    I founded (approx 4 years ago) Heritage Skills Training Academy (charity)
    I have tried to get the same off the ground via Lottery funding, with bid writers from Knowsley council etc.
    With all the rot occurring to heritage buildings in and around the North West is no one concerned about lost skills or training?

  4. We at The Age Positive Community are very supportive of this article. We are currently building a Database of Artisans and invite registration from any sector of the Heritage Skills cadre.
    Let’s Share Experience…..that way these essential and iconic skills will flourish once again

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