Award-winning college opens new centre for renewable skills training

A COLLEGE which was named the best in its field for apprenticeships has opened a new building to train tradespeople for a net-zero future.

- by ABIGAIL NICHOLSON

The Renewables Skills Centre at Truro and Penwith College's city campus was built by local firm Fox Construction and funded with a multimillion-pound investment from the Local Skills Improvement Fund and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund via the Construction Skills Hub project.

"The facility will provide dedicated teaching spaces for retrofit, renewables and modern methods of construction, supporting full-time courses for 16to 19-year-olds, apprenticeships - including a new Level 3 Civil Engineering programme in partnership with Cornwall Council’s arm's-length company Cormac - and innovative adult learning programmes such as skills bootcamps and professional masterclasses in external wall insulation and solar panel installation", said a college spokesperson.