SD launches its first Training Academy in the wake of construction skills shortage

Posted on 9 Feb 2023 by The Manufacturer

SD Team, one of the largest cosmetic finishing groups in the UK, has launched an all-new training facility, SD Academy, at its headquarters in Caldicot to conduct off-site classroom teaching at a time of skills and labour shortages in the construction industry.

With more than a quarter of a million additional construction workers needed by 2026 to fulfil industry demand, SD’s training academy aims to develop necessary practical skills in complex surface repair and will ready participants for a cosmetic technician role within the business. The training facility officially opened in January 2023 with new recruits coming…

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