Heritage skills and training

We invest in, and promote, traditional craft skills training because it is essential for the future of heritage conservation.

Over the years CCT has developed strong working partnerships with expert heritage contractors and conservators, those whose workforce are knowledgeable and skilled to repair the wonderful churches in our care. For a while now we have been conscious that this workforce is aging and few younger experienced people are following in their footsteps.

Where feasible we organise heritage skills training opportunities, many run in partnership with our excellent heritage contractors and conservators, as part of larger conservation projects. We are committed to investing now in the skills we will need to keep our churches well looked after long into the future, decade after decade.

The training and education of a new generation of skilled workforce is vital to ensure that our heritage buildings are properly repaired and maintained to secure their lasting legacy. An historic building project offers a number of possible routes for delivering traditional building skills training. Our Traditional Building Skills Training Toolkit provides a step by step guide to putting traditional building skills and conservation training at the heart of your built heritage project. 

You can download the toolkit here. 

We like to work closely with other organisations to keep the heritage sector strong. Partner organisations that offer training opportunities are listed below:

• The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings organises a range of conservation courses and Fellowship. Find out more: spab.org.uk/education-training/