17 September 2024
Fellowship to the CMI for Richard Wheeler through VGC Academy programmes
Richard Wheeler, Head of HSQE, has achieved Chartered Manager (CMgr) status with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), earning the FCMI designation. Richard was awarded fellowship status following the completion of bespoke management and leadership development programmes in the VGC Academy. In 2023, VGC were awarded CITB funding to commission, develop & deliver additional training modules
7 February 2024
VGC welcomes new apprenticeship cohorts on BBV
This year VGC have inducted two cohorts of apprentices to the BBV HS2 project. Mohammed Rezwan Ahmed, Abdullah Ahmed, and Alexander Platt began their steelfixing apprenticeship, and Haaris Farouk, Adam Alesali, and Kye Billingham-Belle began their formwork apprenticeship in January this year. The apprenticeships will last for 18 months with a mixture of practical on
7 February 2024
Thomas Geraty, HSQE Data Analyst
Last week, HSQE Data Analyst, Thomas Geraty, was accepted into college to begin his Level 3 apprenticeship as a Data Technician which commences in March 2024 and will last for 18 months. It is anticipated that he will then progress to complete the Level 4 apprenticeship in Data Analytics thereafter. “The reason I chose
30 March 2023
VGC Academy awarded CITB Leadership & Management grant
VGC Group are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant by the CITB Leadership and Management Development fund to continue investment in training at the VGC Academy. The VGC Academy was established in 2018, to bring together all learning and development activities at the VGC Group under one umbrella. This training includes
8 February 2023
Alex Dalton, Buyer
Alex joined VGC in 2011 as an assistant within the commercial department. He began studying for an NVQ Level 2 in Business and Administration, which he completed in 2012. After achieving his level 2, Alex began his level 3 apprenticeship. In 2016, Alex began his new role as buyer, and is now part of the
26 October 2022
Krista Edwards, Assistant Quantity Surveyor
Krista writes: In September 2020, VGC supported me to enroll on a 2-year HNC qualification apprenticeship in Construction Quantity Surveying at London South Bank University. I have now successfully completed my HNC qualification and End Point Assessment. I joined VGC four years ago, with no previous construction experience, as an Operations Administrator, and was eager
26 September 2022
VGC welcomes new apprentice cohort
Today, labour manager Jana Romanova and Natalia Lagos went to the Skills Centre to meet our eight apprentices commencing their apprenticeship on HS2 Skanska Costain Strabag Joint Venture project. In collaboration with Danny Sullivan Group and McGinley Support Services, we will be supporting the apprentices through their groundworks apprenticeships, with a mixture of on site
4 August 2022
Apprentice Natalia Lagos achieves distinction
Natalia joined VGC in April 2021 as an apprentice Administrator on SCS. Last week, she achieved a distinction in her NVQ level 3 diploma in Business Administration. Natalia had chosen A-Levels in psychology, history, and sociology, but realised that she would prefer a course of study that had a practical application. In April 2021,
20 January 2022
Tom Geraty starts his new role as Trainee Resourcing and Compliance Assistant
Congratulations to Thomas Geraty for starting in the role of Trainee Resourcing and Compliance Assistant. After starting with VGC in 2021 in the resourcing team as part of the government kickstart programme, Thomas has proved himself to be an invaluable member of the team supporting candidate attraction and onboarding processes. He has made
11 November 2020
ICE renews our graduate training approval
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has renewed their approval of VGC's graduate training scheme, run by FICE Bob Webb.
29 June 2015
Qualifications for over 70 VGC workers
Twenty VGC workers have been given Persons and BESC training, and over 50 more are gaining specialist NVQ qualifications. This investment in people ensures continuity of work, and gives VGC the flexibility to support its range of clients. A group of workers finishing up a project in NW London have been given training to equip
11 June 2015
VGC wins Infrastructure 21 Training award
The VGC Group has won the Training category in the inaugural Infrastructure 21 awards, which recognise best practice in key supply chain competencies. The awards are part of a new Leadership programme by CECA (Civil Engineering Contractors Association) and New Civil Engineer which has identified six areas of importance for the future of civil engineering.
