Posted by LibeRaCe on April 30, 2008
The Health and Safety Executive has a dedicated ‘Myth of the Month’ page, which helps to reveal the truth behind all the recent stories in the news like children being banned from playing conkers if they don’t have goggles and chrsitmas decorations being too dangerous for the workplace!
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Posted by LibeRaCe on February 21, 2008
Professional Associations : British Woodworking Federation , Institute of Carpenters , Forrestry Commission , Brit. Antique Furniture Restorers Assoc. , Health and Safety Executive
Union of Construction Allied Trades & Technicians , Timber Trade Federation Construction Skills , Nat. Assoc. Shopfitters , Shipbuilders & Shiprepairers Assoc. , Soc. Brit. Theatre Designers.
Materials - Ask Trada , WoodDatabase , the Woodbox
Tips and Advice - Woodworking , Wood Workers Central , 
WoodCentral , WoodNet , Geoff’s Woodwork , The Wood Awards , BBC SkillWise.
Glossary : Woodworking Terms and Basic Joints
Career Advice - Joiner/Carpenter
Measure twice cut once!!!!
See more on this subject in the library at shelf no. 694
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Posted by LibeRaCe on December 21, 2007
Subject Finder (developed by Lambeth College) provides access to high-quality web resources for academics, teachers, lectures and students categorised by subject areas across many FE disciplines. It is designed to search only educational websites, without users being overwhelmed with a huge number of search results.
Find Online Resources for:
Construction Carpentry Engineering Electronics Sports
Travel & Tourism Accounting Beauty Therapy Social Care
Sign Language Sociology Arts & Crafts Charities Performing
and many more………
Previous posts on these subjects can be found by clicking the links on the left of the LibeRaCe home page.
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Posted by LibeRaCe on November 1, 2007
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Posted by LibeRaCe on October 26, 2007
Have you got what it takes?
Worldskills UK is on for 2008! Find out more information for your subject on their website and ask your tutors for more details…..
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Posted by LibeRaCe on October 8, 2007
Yes, would you believe it, this week 8th - 12th October is National Construction Week!
Its aim - to inform young people of the different types of jobs availlable in the modern Construction industry toady.
There’s even an event in Coleg Llandrillo Rhyl Campus going on today!
You can also check out our previous blog entry for construction ….
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Posted by LibeRaCe on September 18, 2007
For new and returning contruction students: We can’t promise to have all you need under one roof, but we can give you a sound foundation to stop you climbing the walls in the build up to exam time…. (too many puns in one sentence??)
Building techniques : Old and New Sustainable Construction Up to the minute News
Magazines - Construction News (in library) and online
Websites for your coursework- Yeah but no but, don’t be giving me Eevls
And I’m forever Bubls….
CITB now called Construction Skills
Career Advice and a guide to qualifications Jobs - National and Local Business Information
And do you really know what you’re talking about?
Textbooks for your course can be found in the library at shelf no.690
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Posted by LibeRaCe on September 12, 2007
Want to improve your online research skills in your own time? The Intute Virtual Training Suite can help you do just that.
This site is free, simple to use, accessible from home and updated by subject professionals. They have recently added 9 new tutorials for Science and Engineering, with 8 more for the Arts, Humanities and Health. Tutorials now available include:
And also:
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