Six-week site-readiness mentorship · Ireland
Your crew should be an asset, not a liability.
A no-bull, six-week mentorship that takes rookies, rough workers and bad habits and sends back skilled, safe, site-ready people. Run by someone who spent a decade on site.
James's own photographs, a decade on site
Red earth · 2019 
Snow · 2017 
Night works · 2017 
Embankment · 2022 
Loading out · 2019 
Dusk · 2022 
Steep bank · 2021
The cost of not training
Ignoring training isn’t saving you money. It’s bleeding cash.
Lost productivity
New lads standing around, waiting to be told what to do.
Untrained workers slow everything down. Ireland needs 40,000 to 50,000 more construction workers by 2027, and the sites that train keep theirs.
We teach initiative: workers who think ahead, not just follow orders.
Safety incidents
One bad move can cost thousands, or worse.
The HSA names construction among Ireland’s most hazardous sectors. Shortcuts are what untrained crews take.
We make sure they know the right way, so corners don’t get cut.
High turnover
Burning through new hires faster than your morning coffee?
Without proper training, keeping skilled people gets harder every year.
Train them properly and they stick around. Nobody quits a job where they feel capable.
Expensive mistakes
“Nobody told me that.”
Every mistake on site has a cost, and the untrained make more of them. Apprentices drop out without structure and a path ahead.
We drill in accountability: no excuses, just results.
The programme
Six weeks, six modules
Workers arrive as they are. Six weeks of structured, hands-on mentoring pulls the crew into line and sends them out site-ready.
- ArriveRookies, rough workers and bad habits, as they turn up on day one.
- DrillSix modules, one a week: basics, RAMS, machinery, teamwork, pathways, mindset.
- ReadySite-ready people who think ahead, work safe and stick around.
One module a week. Dates are a guide; we fit the programme around your site.
Site basics and etiquette
- Professionalism
- Communication
- Safety
RAMS and safety
- Site risks
- Safety protocols
- Compliance
Safety around machinery
- Practical guidance on machine zones
- Situational awareness
Productivity and collaboration
- Strategies for effective teamwork
- Task management
Career pathways
- Exploration of construction roles
- Progression opportunities
- Skill alignment
Mindset and long-term success
- Building resilience
- Goal-setting
- Maintaining motivation
Who teaches it
Taught by people who did the work
James Tobin started as a general operative and spent over a decade on sites in Ireland, Australia, Germany, Denmark and the UK. He mentors the next generation of construction workers because he was one.
The photographs on this page are from James’s own years on site, between 2017 and 2022, in Ireland, Australia and Scandinavia.
- Based
- Cahir, Co. Tipperary
- Travels
- Nationwide
- Programme
- Six weeks
- Founded
- 2024
James Tobin
Founder and mentor
Over a decade on sites in Ireland, Australia, Germany, Denmark and the UK, from general operative up through the roles. James mentors the next generation because he was one of them, and he wants the bar raised across the whole industry.
Dave Kennedy
Health and fitness coach
Coaches health and fitness for people in farming and rural trades. Dave lost seven stone himself while running a farm, so his nutrition, exercise and mindset plans are built around a working week, not a gym timetable.
Mike Kennedy
Health and fitness coach
Health and fitness coach who knows the rural lifestyle from the inside: Mike lost five stone while operating machinery and farming. He helps people in demanding trades find a balance between the work and their own wellbeing.
Eddie Kendrick
Psychotherapist, Cahir
Psychotherapist in Cahir, Co. Tipperary, working with trauma, addiction, anxiety and low self-esteem, with training in EMDR, meditation and somatic therapies. A GAA player and father of four, Eddie lets people progress at their own pace.
Aidan
Health and safety trainer
UCC-qualified health and safety trainer, based in Tipperary and on sites nationwide. Aidan delivers over twenty courses, from manual handling to working at height, plus GA1 certifications, inspections and the paperwork that keeps a crew compliant.
The guarantee
Most training courses waste time and money.This one doesn’t.
If your team doesn’t get real, practical skills from this programme, we’ll work with you until they do. Simple as that. No risk. No excuses. No wasted money.
Enrol todayQuestions
Questions, answered
How does this fit into our current training?
It doesn’t replace your training, it makes it actually work. Workers show up already knowing the basics, so you can focus on the real work.
What’s the cost per employee?
It depends on your team size. Here’s the deal: invest in training now, or keep paying for mistakes later. Call or email and we’ll quote for your crew.
Can we customise this for our company’s needs?
Absolutely. If you have specific site requirements, we adjust the programme so it fits your company, not the other way around.
What if my workers already have experience?
Then they’ll be even better. This isn’t basic training. It’s about refining skills, improving safety and closing knowledge gaps.
Who is it for?
Complete beginners, rough-around-the-edges workers, and anyone with ingrained bad habits. If they have potential, six weeks will bring it out.
Is it a formal course?
No. It’s a mentorship programme: James shares personal insight and guidance from a decade on site. It isn’t a classroom, and there’s no syllabus with an exam at the end.
Got a crew in Ireland? Tell us about the lads and we’ll say what six weeks would do.
Want to talk it through?
Cahir, Co. Tipperary. We travel nationwide.