Property maintenance training covering drainage, damp, roofing, plumbing and electrics, plus essential site skills for building services installers.
Property Maintenance
For lettings, caretaking & facilities teams building the practical repair skills to maintain property in-house.
Choose which maintenance course you'd like to complete
Property maintenance for lettings, caretaking and facilities management
Essential Site Skills for building services installers
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Every job handed to a contractor is margin leaving the business. This training gives maintenance teams the practical skills to handle drainage, damp, roofing, basic plumbing and electrics themselves.
- Hands-on training across multiple trades
- For lettings, caretaking and facilities teams
- Group bookings at our centres or your premises
Property maintenance courses explained.
Building a multi-skilled team? These answers explain what each course covers and who it suits.
The Property Maintenance course covers the upkeep of whole buildings: basic plumbing and electrics, tiling, carpentry, general repairs, decorating, damp prevention, energy efficiency and site safety, plus the building regulations that apply when altering, drilling or notching. You also learn to recognise structural defects and judge when a professional is needed.
Essential Site Skills is narrower and aimed at finishing work to a high standard: power tool use, tiling, plastering, carpentry and safely locating cables and pipes before you cut into a wall.
Northolt covers west London and the surrounding home counties. Class sizes are kept small, with a maximum of eight on Essential Site Skills, so everyone gets hands-on time rather than watching a demonstration.
Both are delivered in person only. Practical trade skills cannot be learned properly from a screen, which is why we do not offer an online version.
Property Maintenance suits landlords, caretakers, facilities and lettings staff, self-builders and home improvers, as well as tradespeople broadening what they can offer. Essential Site Skills starts with basic tool use and safety before moving on to more involved work, so it suits apprentices and trainees as well as experienced installers filling gaps.
What matters more than experience is being practically minded and comfortable working with your hands. All tools and materials are provided; bring a notepad and steel toe capped boots.
This is a provider certificate rather than a regulated qualification, which is the right fit for maintenance and site skills work where competence is demonstrated on the job rather than through a card scheme. It is widely accepted by employers, housing providers and facilities contractors as evidence of structured training.
If you need an accredited qualification in a specific trade, look at our plumbing, electrical or gas ranges instead. Note that this training does not permit you to carry out notifiable gas or electrical work.
Essential Site Skills is £1,245 + VAT for five days, and the Property Maintenance course is £1,995 + VAT for two weeks. Both include all tools and materials.
Essential Site Skills can also be added to our new entrant plumbing and electrical packages. We offer 0% finance and pay-in-instalments options, so speak to our team about the best route for you.
Need help choosing the right property maintenance course?
Speak to our team and we'll help you choose between essential site skills and the full property maintenance programme for your team.