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Training the workforce

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Training the workforce

London 2012 is committed to creating a positive employment and economic legacy for and the UK after the Games.

  1. Construction workforce

    The Olympic Park construction workforce is expected to peak at around 10,000. Combined with the Olympic Village and the Stratford City development, construction demand could reach around 20,000 between summer 2009 and 2011.

  2. National College of Construction for East London

    A construction plant training centre opened on the Olympic Park site in February 2008. Minister for the Olympics Tessa Jowell and Olympic Delivery Authority Chairman John Armitt pictured with Construction College staff and trainees.

  3. Training

    The centre provides practical and classroom based training and courses on equipment such as dumpers, telescopic handlers and excavators.

  4. Qualifying at the National College of Construction

    Shelly, National College of Construction, 12 June 2008: I work at Eton Manor, National College of Construction. The College provides courses on operating telescopic handlers, rough terrain forklifts, backhoe loaders, excavators and dump trucks. I am a qualified...

  5. Local people given the chance to work on Olympic Park

    Rob, plant equipment supplier, 23 April 2008: A sunny St George's Day in Wembley and I am welcoming George and Tommy, two gentlemen who have passed a plant operative course at the National College of Construction for East...

  6. Training and working on the Olympic Park site

    Curdy, Labourer, Olympic Park site, 19 February 2008: Today I was at the launch of the Jobs, Skills and Futures Strategy at Eton Manor where I was presented with a graduation certificate by John Armitt, Tessa Jowell and Jean...

  7. Trained and ready for work on the Olympic Park

    Angela, Site Operative, 11 June 2008: I have just qualified as an 'articulated dump truck and wheel loading shovel driver'. Basically this means I'm able to transport materials using these vehicles across the Park.I have been attending the National...