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Wednesday 14 July | | | Safety Plus passes students with flyer colours - Spring 2010 | Ten health and safety managers from companies across the country have received certificates of achievement from Mansfield-based training company Safety Plus today for their NVQ Level 4 in occupational health and safety.
Safety Plus is the business arm of West
Nottinghamshire College which has delivered NVQs for the college for the past three years in a wide range of subjects.
Over a year ago, Safety Plus became part of West
Nottinghamshire College and provides health and safety and customer service training at NVQ Level 2 to 5 to businesses across the UK. Training is mainly centred around the construction industry but other trades can
benefit too. Over 600 NVQs are delivered by Safety Plus at any one time.
The recent intake of students are all managers working for companies in construction, printing, pharmaceuticals, electrical and transport and warehousing, up and down the country. The qualification was delivered to them at their places of work and their new skills were assessed on-site throughout the past year. One student included Scott Bramley, Safety Plus’ own health and safety consultant.
Safety Plus’ business development director Gordon Bramley said: “I am very proud of this group’s progress and
I am encouraged that some are considering taking their skills even further to Level 5. Already this qualification earns them ‘Grad 1’ status with the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and this enables students to progress further. | | | Baggaleys apprentice - Spring 2010 | Darren Shaw is currently an Apprentice Joiner studying for his NVQ level 3 at Chesterfield College. He started working for Baggaley Construction back in September 2009 after being made redundant from his previous company.
When the redundancy situation occurred in his last employment he was obviously very disappointed at the thought of not being able to continue his studies and ultimately not being able to further his chosen career path in Joinery. However, luckily, Darren heard about Baggaley Construction through college, his Construction Skills Tutor got in touch with us and fortunately we had a position available, after an interview it was quite clear to Baggaley Construction that Darren fitted the criteria they were looking for. Darren said “I took the job straight away when I was offered it knowing that Baggaley Construction is a fantastic company producing excellent work with a great reputation”. Darren has made an excellent start to his career at Baggaley’s and says he is “enjoying working for the company and has learnt lots of great knowledge from Steve” who also started his work life at Baggaley’s as an apprentice and now mentors Darren. Darren says “Steve is a great joiner and talks you through what needs to be done”. Darren is now in his final year and says he “is looking forward to completing his
apprenticeship”.
Planning for his future Darren says he wants to “keep gaining experience and making myself a better joiner”. From a company perspective Darren is a very keen, committed and excellent worker whose future in the industry should definitely be bright! | | | Sam's golden year at Gelder Group - Spring 2010 | A site joinery student at West Nottinghamshire College’s construction and logistics academy has been praised by tutors after scooping the 2009 Apprentice of the Year award at his workplace.
Sam White, 18, from Warsop, works as a third year apprentice joiner at Lincoln-based
construction company, Gelder Group. Sam is studying the Level 3 diploma in site joinery at the college’s Station Park campus in Kirkby-in-Ashfield.
Site joinery involves fitting and fixing any type of joinery component ‘on-site’ such as doors,
windows, stud partitions, stairs, roofs and floors.
Sam said: “I was really pleased with my award at the company’s annual award ceremony. It was a hard-working year both at work and in getting my skills at West Nottinghamshire College.”
Sam’s tutor Denis Vaughn is equally proud. He said: “Sam is
naturally a very bright learner who has really matured and performs to his true potential. Sam is performing consistently well both at college and work, using his initiative and sensible logic and
producing good practical standards with confidence and to good target times.” | | | Chairs report - March 2010 | Chairs Report - Spring 2010
Amid the news of ConstructionSkills slashing grants to contractors and training groups such as ours, I undertake that CAGE will deliver more benefits to you, our members. To make this happen I need you to participate by attending meetings, courses and open evenings. I need you to turn up and have your say, tell us what you want. I need you to use Tracey to help with your business information and Health & Safety advice. I need you to take those benefits from us !
My aim is to provide the following member services:
Business information and advice
Health & Safety advice
Regular seminars and business development evenings
Discounted training and courses
Access to third party grants
Be your voice to ConstructionSkills and other parties
Continue FREE full and associate membership
These are still difficult times and we are here to provide the help you need. But you must participate and tell us what you want.
You will shortly be receiving a leaflet explaining some of the services we can give you. Please read it and more importantly use it ! We have new email addresses, please feel free to contact any of us by email. If you have a pressing issue you need advice on please call Tracey Wood, our coordinator and training officer.
Help us to help you, get what you need from CAGE (North Notts) and support us when you are able to. I look forward to seeing all of you in the near future.
Simon Meadows
Chairman | | |
