Railways offer ray of light to Construction Workers

Employment Opportunities Available to Construction Staff Says Leading Recruitment Company Ganymede Solutions

CONSTRUCTION staff losing their jobs as the credit crunch bites are being encouraged to transfer their skills to the rail sector by a leading recruitment specialist.

Ganymede Solutions, a leading supplier of contingent safety critical labour the rail industry is 'perfect' for construction workers.
The current economic crisis could lead to a number of highly skilled individuals, particularly in the construction industry, finding themselves surplus to requirements.

Ganymede can offer sound advice to help construction employees take a new path - and says their building skills could be ideally utilised in building within the rail industry.

The forward-thinking firm, part of the RTC Group based in Derby, can offer candidates sound advice to help them discover how best to transfer their existing skills for application into the rail industry.

Gary Hewett, Managing Director at Ganymede said there were opportunities out there' for people, just waiting to be filled.

sHe went on: "We appreciate this is a difficult time and that the construction industry is struggling somewhat during what is a harsh economic climate.

"Indeed it is highly likely that construction workers have never considered a role within the rail industry but it is an exciting and diverse sector with many opportunities for a cross-over of skills.

"We would urge anyone within the construction industry finding themselves out of work to contact us and explore new avenues of employment."

The rail industry is one of the few UK workplaces not suffering in the current 'credit crunch'.

Last week the government announced that 12,500 UK manufacturing jobs were to be created or protected by the £7.5bn commission for production of a fleet of super-express trains to replace outdated models on UK railways.

The project has been awarded by the Department for Transport (DfT) to a consortium called Agility Trains, a group made up of Japanese manufacturer Hitachi, banking firm Barclays and project management group John Laing.

Agility will build a new manufacturing base in the UK along with new depots in Bristol, Reading, Doncaster, Leeds and London.

It is thought the contract will be for around 1,400 trains.

Gary added: "That is just another example of how the rail industry can provide jobs and security. We would suggest people take a look because they may have the skills required."

Ganymede Solutions was established in 1995 and acquired by the RTC Group in October 2002. It provides the industry with safe and reliable individuals for all maintenance, renewal and new railway work.