Training News
CORPORATE OUTSTANDING AWARD GOES TO PROGRESS
Progress Cleaning Services Limited Directors Ian and Kevin Robson - received their City and Guilds NVQ LEVEL 2 Window Cleaning Corporate Outstanding Company Award at the recent Windex 2010 Exhibition. Sponsored jointly by Quartz Publishing & Exhibitions Limited and South Thames College – and admirably organized by the IMPACT43 Group – the Windex 2010 Exhibition Awards are designed to give well-deserved, public recognition to both companies and individuals who demonstrate ongoing commitment to the City and Guilds Level 2 in Window Cleaning.
20 HIGH-LEVEL CLEANERS BECOME SAFER AT WORK
Twenty Experienced All Clean Staff attend Working at Height Awareness Training. All Clean Services Limited, one of the South East’s Leading Independent Window Cleaning Contractors, recently sent twenty of the company’s cleaners on a very successful Working at Height Awareness Day. The day was run by Andrew Willis, Working at Height Consultant and Senior Partner with the IMPACT43 Group.
IMPACT43 LAUNCH EMERGENCY FIRST AID
The HSE approved 'Emergency First Aid at Work' Course has been specially designed for Window Cleaners The course covers First Aid Management for harness suspension when working at height - and concentrates on a study of the vital business of Suspension Trauma Recovery. Several High Level Window Cleaning Companies have already completed for the course, including London based Gaze a Glaze and Tailor Made Window Cleaning Limited.
ANDREW WILLIS SPEAKS AT WINDEX 2010
Andrew Willis, a working at height consultant and City and Guilds A1 Assessor who sits on the committee for the Federation of Window Cleaning (FWC), certainly captured the attention of attendees of the Windex exhibition last month (March 2010). His well-researched estimation that an incredible 90% of all commercial properties - and therefore of contractors working on those properties - have significant risk liabilities raised quite a few eyebrows.
DAVID WILLIS GAINS NEBOSH CERTIFICATE WITH DISTINCTION
Having studied for a Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, David Willis of IMPACT43 has passed with distinction. David is delighted with his achievement. ‘This has been a busy couple of years for us as a company, and for me as an individual,’ he said. ‘Fitting in all the training courses and exams has been quite a challenge, and this result is very gratifying.’
RCS Working at Height Training Day
Michael Darmanin, Regional Operations Manager for RCS, commented on the vital role of such high level window cleaning training in what is viewed as a potentially dangerous working environment. ‘We have always taken training seriously,’ he said. ‘we spent some considerable time examining potential training providers. We needed people who could work with us and embrace the RCS ethos of safety and customer service.’
CSP LAUNCHES ‘BID TO WIN’ TRAINING MODULE
Clean Safe Partnership has launched a valuable new course designed to help clients win new business. Without healthy growth a company cannot survive, so clearly the ability to attract new business is vital. With that in mind, Clean Safe Partnership has developed an exciting new Window Cleaning Management / Commercial Owner training course called ‘Bid to Win.’
CENTRAL SIGNS UP TO COMPETENCY CHECKER
Central Window Cleaning Company Ltd has become one of the first commercial contractors in London to sign up to the innovative Competency Checker Online Service. Competency Checker (CC) – which was successfully launched on the 9th October at the Federation of Window Cleaners Exhibition in Blackpool - is an exciting new web-based service that gives Property Managers and other Duty Holders
RESCUE TROLLEY CLEARLY SHINES AT FWC EXHIBITION
Clear Cleaning’s New Rescue Trolley made quite an impact at Blackpool’s Annual Federation of Window Cleaners (FWC) Exhibition. Designed specifically for use on the roofs and internal floors of commercial properties, Clear Cleaning’s new Trolley provides a portable suspension anchor for personnel concerned with Rope Access, fall protection and self-rescue. Easy to assemble and simple to move from one location
TAILOR-MADE, TOP QUALITY, AND FULLY COMPETENT!
Leading Company Tailor-Made Cleaning Ltd. is celebrating the success of its band of window cleaners, all of whom have completed the City and Guilds NVQ Level 2 Certification Course. Tailor-Made is a family-run business which has built up a solid reputation for providing high-quality cleaning services at a competitive price, including the provision of service-partnering to large principal contractors.
LONDONWIDE CLEANERS CELEBRATE NVQ QUALIFICATIONS
Following the successful completion of a rigorous four-month training and assessment process, the cleaners employed by LondonWide Cleaning Services Ltd have been awarded City and Guilds NVQ Level 2 Qualifications. ‘When we first became aware of the opportunity of securing 100% government funding for a training course,’ says Danny McGovern, Managing Director of LondonWide, ‘we were frankly a little sceptical.’
J V PRICE – SEVEN YEARS AS SAFE CONTRACTOR
Commercial Window Cleaners & Cladding Cleaning Contractors J V Price have been accredited for the seventh year in a row by Safe Contractor. The people at J V Price take safety seriously, and have an impeccable Health & Safety Record to prove it. So it’s no surprise to see them once again gaining accreditation under National Britannia’s Safe Contractor Scheme.
Birmingham Enthusiastically Embraces NVQ2
South Thames College incorporating Merton College has ensured that High Level Window Cleaning is rapidly becoming recognised as a skilled, well-qualified occupation in Birmingham and elsewhere. The City of Birmingham has raised the bar for the High Level Window Cleaning Industry and is now showing other cities the shape of the future.
Impact Invests In Clean Safe Partnership
The IMPACT43 Group has become a major stake shareholder in the newly-formed Clean Safe Partnership. With a 75% shareholding in the Partnership, IMPACT43 will launch the Clean Safe Programme at the FWC Exhibition in October. In order to help cleaning companies expand into the commercial sector, IMPACT has designed a Five Point Training Programme specifically targeted at SMEs.
TWENTY FIVE WINDOW CLEANERS GAIN NVQ LEVEL 2
During the last three months, Central Window Cleaning Company Ltd. has successfully put twenty five window cleaners through the new City and Guilds NVQ2 Qualification. The NVQ2 training programme was run by Central’s Health and Safety Manager, Ken Benmore, and it represents the latest and most substantial commitment Central has made to intensive training so far.
KEN BENMORE ACHEIVES AN A1 ASSESSOR QUALIFICATION
Central Cleaning’s Operations Director and Health and Safety Manager Ken Benmore has successfully completed his A1 Assessor Qualification Course. Following his graduation from a Merton College course, Ken Benmore, who has been in the Cleaning Industry for over 30 years and has worked on some of the UK’s largest window cleaning contracts
NVQ LEVEL 2 IS CLEARLY THE WAY AHEAD FOR CLEAR
Clear Cleaning Limited has secured 100% Government Funding for Merton College’s NVQ2 Window Cleaning Course. Colin Brookes insists. ‘We believe the information gained through the NVQ process will significantly contribute to our cleaners’ safety-skills – and as a director that’s exactly what I want
ANDREW WILLIS JOINS FWC COMMITTEE
Andrew Willis, Working at Height Consultant with Time Consultancy, has accepted a Health and Safety and Working at Height Advisory Position within the Federation for Window Cleaners Association.
IMPACT43 GROUP SIGN MERTON COLLEGE CONTRACT
IMPACT43 GROUP have contracted with Merton College to provide an NVQ 2 High Level Window Cleaning Course throughout the UK. Leading working at height consultant Andrew Willis is the trainer Merton have appointed to deliver the course.Within the first quarter of 2008, IMPACT43 GROUP has had over 600 High Level Window Cleaning candidates register their interest in Merton’s Course.
CENTRAL WINDOW CLEANING COMPANY STAFF LEAD THE WAY WHEN IT COMES TO NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.
As part of its ongoing commitment to a full training programme, Central Window Cleaning Company Limited is putting all of its window cleaners through a National Qualification – the Level 2 NVQ in Cleaning and Support Services.Austin Green, Central Window Cleaning’s Managing Director, has been commenting on Central’s new educational venture with IMPACT43 GROUP.
