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Plumbers learn the ropes with video games

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Posted by James Mace at 08:36 on 23 May 2008
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I’m sure if most of us were asked to name a famous plumber, a certain computer game character would spring to mind.

The clever people at Train4Trade Skills have taken this association one step further by creating a virtual reality house where trainee plumbers can fix problems that occur in the real world.

Tradesmen ignorant over asbestos

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Posted by James Mace at 13:40 on 07 Apr 2008
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Builders, gasfitters and other tradesmen have an “alarming” ignorance of the risks posed by asbestos, with 20 dying each week, a report revealed today.

The British Lung Foundation said a survey of 400 workers showed that only one in eight knew that exposure to asbestos could be fatal.

One in 10 of those questioned revealed they had been pressured to continue working even if they suspected that asbestos was present, while one in four mistake