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The Flooring Skills Gap: Training, Competence and the Future of the Trade with F. Ball
In this episode of The UK Flooring Podcast, Tom visits the F. Ball Centre of Excellence to speak with Tim Green, Head of Training, and Alan McEwan, Technical Representative for Scotland.
Together, they explore one of the biggest challenges facing the flooring industry: the shortage of skilled floorlayers and the difficulty of attracting younger people into the trade. Tim and Alan explain why flooring is still misunderstood as a career, how the industry can promote itself more effectively, and why good training has never been more important.
The conversation also gets into the technical and…
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