First Skills Bootcamp in Transport & Logistics completed

First Skills Bootcamp in Transport & Logistics completed

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First Skills Bootcamp in Transport & Logistics completed

We were delighted this week to complete our very first Skills Bootcamp.  For those unfamiliar with them, they are free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and an offer of an interview with an employer upon completion. 

They are delivered through local councils to ensure this funding is used in areas where local businesses are struggling to fill vacancies. 

This current wave of delivery focused on Transport and Logistics, and Leadership and Management, amongst others, so we were delighted to be able to work with Wiltshire Council to deliver some of this training for our local people, and to help our local economy grow through employment.

We ran a Level 2 NVQ programme focusing on Warehouse skills and Forklift Operations, with the added bonus of being able to include both the Counterbalance and the Reach truck certification – something we’ve never been able to deliver before.

Our first 6 students finished the 15-day training programme with us this Tuesday 24th June, with 2 of them having had interviews and one has had 2 job offers already!  Our next cohort of 6 started with us on Wednesday 25th June and will finish mid-July.

Once our Level 2 Transport and Logistics programme has finished, we’ll be running our Level 3 Leadership and Management in Logistics Skills Bootcamp.  We have places for 18 students, and we’ll start at the end of July, running one day a week for 13 weeks.  We’ll be focusing on skills such as leading teams, planning change and motivating to improve performance, and the course will be run all face-to-face.

If you are a business and you have staff that would benefit from upskilling in this area, then you may be able to access our co-funded option, where the government pay 70% of the course and your business pays the balance of 30%.

We’ll keep you informed if more funding becomes available for future Skills Bootcamps, but in the meantime, we are still planning to run our funded training programme through New College Swindon, starting back up again in August hopefully. To see the details about these courses, please see our funded training page here. 

For more information about this course and Skills Bootcamps in general, please let us know and we’ll be delighted to help you.

Contact us on 01793 975353 or office@keyperformancetraining.co.uk for more information about how we can help or to book your course today.

 

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You can reach us via our contacts page, via email or just give us a call on 01793 975353

Spaces still available

Spaces still available

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Spaces still available on our Open Emergency First Aid at Work Course

Just a quick reminder there are still a few places available on our next Emergency First Aid at Work Course, running on Friday 27th June 2025 at our training centre.

This is the last of our open courses for a few months as we head into the main holiday season, so don’t miss out on the chance to gain this qualification for yourself or for a few members of your staff.

This qualification is nationally recognised, accredited and regulated and the syllabus is as specified by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and is fully compliant with The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981.

Therefore you can be confident that you or your staff will receive the high-quality training you need to keep everyone safe in the workplace.

For the full list of our First Aid courses please see here.

We’ll hopefully see you in centre soon.

Contact us on 01793 975353 or office@keyperformancetraining.co.uk for more information about how we can help or to book your course today.

 

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National Forklift Safety Day 2025

National Forklift Safety Day 2025

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National Forklift Safety Day 2025

Here at Key Performance Training, we try to increase the standards of operating Material Handling Equipment (MHE) in the UK by offering high quality operator training, so we are naturally delighted to support another National Forklift Safety Day on Tuesday 10th June 2025.

Regarded as one of the UK material handling sector’s leading safety initiatives, National Forklift Safety Day (NFSD) highlights best practice for MHE use to reduce the risk of accidents and ensure safe workplaces for everyone.

This year’s campaign is focussing on the emotional impact a serious accident can have on the people involved, be they friends and family or colleagues and co-workers.

Such incidents can have profound effects, often life-changing, and by recognising the human cost of such events, the UKMHA is committed to getting employers and employees to prioritise safety at work.

But they are also highlighting 3 top tips that we urge all employers, operators and those who work around MHE to think about every day when they move around forklifts.

A Painted Line Isn’t Enough

Unbuckled? Are you ready for the fallout?

Is your PPE going unused?

To properly protect those who have to walk around MHE, the safest barriers are physical ones.

If your forklift trucks have seatbelts fitted – use them.  They may save your life in the event of an accident.

PPE is provided to keep you and others safe, so don’t leave it on the peg.

While the initiative’s theme evolves each year, its core aim remains the same: to make every day National Forklift Safety Day.

Ensure your staff are properly trained, with one of our regulated RTITB accredited courses

#NationalForkliftSafetyDay     #NFSD2025

Contact us on 01793 975353 or office@keyperformancetraining.co.uk for more information about how we can help or to book your course today.

 

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Supporting our local community find their pathway to employment

Supporting our local community find their pathway to employment

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Supporting our local community find their pathway to employment

It has been a busy few weeks for us here at Key Performance Training.

We’ve been out and about again in our local community meeting people who are looking for their next opportunity into meaningful employment.

We started at our local jobs fair at the Swindon County Ground on Wednesday 30th April, where we met lots of people looking to retrain and reskill to find job opportunities.  With access to Government funded training schemes in Warehousing and Forklift operations, we are uniquely placed in Swindon to offer this to those who are out of work or on low incomes.

On Thursday 8th May, we also attended the Seetec Pluss Spring Hire Festival where we met lots of eager candidates looking for work. We were delighted to meet Shadow Minister of Department for Work and Pension (DWP) MP Danny Kruger and were able to talk to him about what we do and how we help Seetec Pluss participants find their pathway to employment.

We’ll continue to support local people who are looking for work to find the right skills and the right contacts, and if you’re a local business looking for skilled warehouse and forklift operators, we would be delighted to make an introduction to one of our newly trained delegates.

Contact us on 01793 975353 or office@keyperformancetraining.co.uk for more information about how we can help or to book your course today.

 

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Supporting Mental Health Awareness Week

Supporting Mental Health Awareness Week

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Supporting Mental Health Awareness Week

With the Mental Health Awareness week starting next week, we’re supporting our friends at the UK Mental Health Foundation.

Our next Mental Health course is running as an open course on Friday 23rd May, so there is no better time to book this training for your staff, so they are knowledgeable about mental health conditions and know how to support those around them deal with mental health struggles.

This course is a Level 2 Regulated one-day course and will enable your staff to act as Mental Health First Aiders in the Workplace.  We’re donating 10% of our bookings to the Mental Health Foundation, and we’re also giving everyone who attends a FREE Mental Health First Aider badge, to wear with pride.

At just £114.99 plus VAT per person, it’s fantastic value as well.

For the full course information, please see here.

Our Ofqual accredited course has limited spaces, so please contact us as soon as possible to secure your place – office@keyperformancetraining.co.uk or 01793 975353.

Contact us on 01793 975353 or office@keyperformancetraining.co.uk for more information about how we can help or to book your course today.

 

Need more information?

For more information please do get in touch.

You can reach us via our contacts page, via email or just give us a call on 01793 975353