Traditional Construction Skills

Opportunities for Learning

The development of Knockroon is intended to maximise opportunities
for employment for local firms and local people.


  • traditional construction skills
  • traditional construction skills
  • traditional construction skills

Young people are being encouraged to try their hand at traditional skills such as slating, stonemasonry, joinery, rendering and bricklaying through links with schools and colleges. Developers, Hope Homes, in conjunction with other bodies including the Prince’s Charities and East Ayrshire Council, want to attract people into the construction industry, with a bias towards traditional skills aided by new technology.

Existing craftsmen will also have the opportunity to learn more about traditional skills helping them to access a wider range of contracts.

The work at Knockroon compliments the intention to convert an old saw mill into a centre for traditional skills in the grounds of Dumfries House.

  • traditional construction skills
  • traditional construction skills
  • traditional construction skills

Knockroon Enterprise Initiative

A partnership between Hope Homes and East Ayrshire Council

Pupils from Auchinleck and Cumnock Academies visit Knockroon on a regular basis to find out more about careers in construction. They have the opportunity to work with experienced skilled tradesmen such as bricklayers, plumbers, joiners and electricians. The initiative is co-ordinated by Ian Hope of Hope Homes and Martyn Hendry, a teacher seconded to the project.

 

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