An Introduction to Heritage Skills
A Heritage Skills Training Academy for the North West
Heritage Skills, is the name of the newly formed training academy for the North
West of England. It has been set up in order to provide appropriate training and
education in building conservation skills that focuses on a number of key areas;
1. The future delivery of Heritage Skills qualification for a range of building
crafts including brickwork, stonework, roofwork, plasterwork and carpentry.
2. The provision of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses for
heritage based professionals including architects, surveyors, planners and
conservation officers etc. The aim here is to improve the specification and
inspection of heritage works by providing them with the key knowledge.
3. Introductory courses in historic building crafts for listed building owners,
built environment students and members of the public who have an interest
in such skills and may wish to carry out minor repairs to their property