New City College and Kenson Highways partner for new course

A Rainham college campus is involved in a new partnership to help adults secure jobs working on roads.

New City College and Kenson Highways have launched a training partnership centering around a new street works operative course at the college's Rainham Construction and Engineering Campus.

The launch this month introduced the City & Guilds-accredited course.

Jonathan Yabsley, director at Kenson Highways, said: "This partnership is employer-led and industry-driven rather than just being educationally led and then applied to an industry.

"With this new course, we are increasing employability and giving people the skills and education for jobs and careers in an industry that is struggling with human resource."

Colleen Marshall, principal of New City College Rainham, added: "As a college, we are here to serve our community and this programme will go on to do great things and get many local people into employment."

The free, full-time, six-week course is open to adults aged 19 and over.

The course will include lessons on the location and avoidance of underground apparatus, signing, lighting, and guarding, highway excavation and reinstatement, compaction, surfacing and concrete reinstatement.