King's Cross Working - for job seekers

Looking for a job or training in construction?

If you are looking for a job in the construction industry King’s Cross Working can offer you:

recruitment
information
advice
guidance
training needs assessment
access to funding
access to employment and other non-vocational training
a wide variety of vocational training

To help you benefit from the many training and employment opportunities in and around King’s Cross.

How can King’s Cross Working work for me?

With all the construction developments and building projects in and around King’s Cross we can help you toward getting a job locally by offering you:

information advice and guidance to find out your interests and help you choose the right path
pre-vocational training including access to employment skills
vocational training leading to nationally recognised qualifications
job placement services when there is a good match between what you have to offer and what the employer requires
extra on the job support in your new job for both you and your employer to make sure that the job is long lasting and effective

So if you are determined to succeed we can help you make it possible.

Entry to Employment (E2E) in multi skills Various construction NVQ provision including Dry lining

Who exactly is King’s Cross Working?

We are a partnership of best practice practitioners in every step of the recruitment and training process.

Working together as one unit, under one roof you can find just about everybody you need for a smooth and effective move into employment.

Our information, advice and guidance team are Jobcentreplus specialists and have direct access to all construction related jobs locally and in the surrounding areas.

Our resident training providers, Carillion Construction training and Camden Jobtrain, offer a wide variety of pre-vocational and vocational courses on and off site.

Our workplace co-ordinator is part of the Building London Creating Futures initiative, and specialises in finding you and supporting you once you are in a job. All our teams are ready and waiting for you.

King’s Cross Working is currently a CSCS related national health and safety test centre

Training

There is a two week training course taster - Get into construction - an initiative to promote career opportunities for young people in the construction industry. The training offers:

tickets in abraisive wheels, manual handling, fire marshalling etc.

King's Cross Working training offers:

Entry to Employment (E2E) in multi skills
various construction NVQ provision including dry lining.

How to find us

We are only a couple of hundred meters from King's Cross Station.

The Construction Training Centre is on CTRL 103 land on the corner of Wharf Road (not signposted) and York Way which runs along King's Cross station, south to north.

Moving along York Way and with the station on your left you will pass Wharfdale Road on your right and a set of pedestrian lights. Then you will pass through a set of traffic lights, with Goods Way and the BP petrol station on your left.

At the next set of traffic lights after going over Regent's Canal you will see the two tone blue Building in front of you, behind the CTRL 103 green hoardings. Our front gate is on Wharf Road. For deliveries and emergency parking go to the back gate round the building.