by Bob Hayward | Jul 25, 2018 | Employment & skills, RTITB, Training courses
At Key Performance Training we of course know that training is most definitely the key ingredient in making life for individuals more successful and pleasurable, investing your time and of course your money in training is actually to invest in your or your employees life. Your future and of course your family’s future. A Reach Driver typically earns more than a Picker and Packer. LGV Drivers earn more than many office workers.
Training at work was mostly seen as some kind of either reward or punishment in the past but now things are changing today and switched on businesses understand that training their staff and workforce is an absolute vital function, there are of course good reasons for this.
First of all it is expected that today’s employees don’t want to work where they are not offered development and whether for personal or professional reasons people don’t want to be in a business where they are not kept kept up-to-date fully trained and given the opportunity to develop themselves into their full potential.
Secondly the speed of change in all of our industries workplaces, that includes technology, products and manufacturing, new skills are required constantly. Driver CPC training is a legal requirement to be constantly refreshed. The highway code changes. UK laws that affect driving change. Just because you did Tacho Training five years ago does not mean you know the current rules. Counterbalance and Reach Forklift licences need refreshing every three years because things change, technology changes and best practice develops and improves.
Training enables people to keep up-to-date with the market, it enables them to stay competitive, it enables them to keep step with their own organisation’s plans for the future and be a valuable cog in a well oiled machine.
Thirdly businesses now understand, more than ever, that their workforce is their most valuable asset and making the most of their workforce is what training is all about. That is also what Key Performance Training is all about as a company; training skills that are essential in the modern business organisation. We are committed to developing quality training and thereby enhancing the talent available in a workforce in order to meet ever increasing skills gap in the modern workplace. Often before Peak (September – December for many UK Companies) creating a more flexible workforce by training extra people in key skills like Forklift Driving can significantly improve OTIF (On Time In Full) scores. At the least refresher for Forklift Drivers and CPC Sessions for HGV Drivers can ensure that your current team are up to date and legally allowed to operate.
Study after study has shown that there is a direct link between training a workforce and organisational performance, a report from the National Economic Office showed that high-performance companies spent nearly 10 days training each individual every year compared to just two training days for what turned out to be low performance companies, we at Key Performance Training want to turn around this trend and bring all companies up to speed with modern skills training.
Another study published by the Policy Studies Institute found that individual employees were worth an additional 6% in pay for each one month of training that they took part in.
A certain digital printer and photocopier organisation, Xerox, is a perfect example of these training truths they spend on each member of staff in their workforce least £1,600 every year and their multi billion pound turnover worldwide shows exactly why they do this. It is no accident that those companies that invest in training their workforce are those companies that are market leaders in whatever their industry happens to be.
A truly switched on company will track peoples performance in their workplace in all sorts of different ways, targets, standards, competence.
Setting someone to target to reach and then simply measuring whether they reach it or not is of course one of the simplest ways to monitor performance we at Key Performance Training ensure that we have possession of all of the facts on every individual that we provide training for.
Having standards allows us to measure different peoples performances against preset levels for standards such as an average or high and low level and again Key Performance Training can help with setting the standards within your industry. Measuring competence becomes much easier and falls into place once the previous two have been met assessing an individual’s complete competence is made so much easier once they have undergone a full assessment.
We live in times of rapid change in both business and work are now driven by constantly changing dynamic external factors. In some instances global competition, in other instances technology, and even evolving markets, create a demand for quality goods and services that require changes in skills and attitudes. In the past training employees often only took place now and again. This cannot any longer be the case in an ever changing and evolving workplace only those that stay well ahead of the curve will ultimately survive, both as individuals and businesses. Key Performance Training has got your back and will supply you with the training to up-skill your workforce and keep you competitive in this ever-changing climate.
If you want to learn more about Forklift Driver Training and LGV Driver CPC Training – contact us here
by Bob Hayward | Jul 9, 2018 | Employment & skills, Our News, RTITB, Training courses
Here at Key Performance Training we have one goal and that is to improve your life, the key aspect of this is the training that we provide. As a leading provider of quality training in this industry we go to great lengths to make sure that you benefit from the most innovative and industry leading training and experience.
Employers don’t just pay attention to your qualification, unsurprisingly they also like to know where your training was undertaken and who the training provider was, as there are trainers who supply the minimum requirement to pass and then there are trainers who go above and beyond in order to make sure that they are developing the best possible operators in each candidate, trainers who ensure that when you pass and gain your qualification it will be to the highest industry standard possible.
Key Performance Training go the extra mile for their students knowing that word-of-mouth is quite simply the best form of advertising and our candidates are going out into the workplace with the highest standard of training experience available to them, both employers and potential new candidates will come to us before anyone else.
As a provider of the highest quality training in our industry Key Performance Training is continually looking for ways to improve the level of service and the quality of training provided to our candidates, you can be rest assured that when choosing to place your trust in us at Key Performance Training you are placing your trust in the leading training provider in the Industry.
The fact is that forklift truck drivers are very sought after and gaining a qualification that allows you to walk into employment in this industry can only be a positive thing, it is not only a path into a better career but for some people can be a path into employment itself.
Taking a course to become a professional forklift truck driver with Key Performance Training makes great sense for anyone looking to Improve their employment prospects or even move into better employment, there are many jobs available within the industry and it is crying out for professional drivers.
Call us today at Key Performance Training to find out what we can do for you to make the future brighter.
by Bob Hayward | Jul 3, 2018 | Employment & skills, Our News, RTITB, Training courses
Putting training and individual safety at the top of our agenda is the key to a better life while forklift truck training.
If you are one of those people who work in a warehouse and see all around you the opportunities that could be yours if only you had the right training to drive a forklift truck, then you have come to the right place. Key Performance Training is all about giving individuals the life skills to help them get the better standard of living and career that they truly deserve.
At Key Performance Training we’re determined that every bit of training we deliver leads to a qualification that will be centred around keeping you safe.
Our training courses focus on you the individual and the quality of training and learning you will experience here at Key Performance Training will allow you to go into the workplace with skills and knowledge to keep you and all those around you safe.
Around a quarter of all accidents in warehouses involve forklift trucks in one way or another and although it may seem a small and unimportant thing it isn’t.
Incorrect use of forklift trucks can and do ruin individuals lives and can even result in business failure.
by Bob Hayward | Jul 3, 2018 | Employment & skills, Industry news, RTITB, Training courses
An accident involving a fork lift truck still occurs almost every week it the UK. 70% are preventable. And while Swindon hasn’t had an accident in a while that didn’t save one Swindon Company from being fined £60,000 in November 2017 for not having a proper risk assessment for forklift truck operations.
Three local businesses have been motivated to do something about it for different reasons. Responsive Personnel a leading Swindon Recruitment Agency, Be More Effective a top business skills training consultancy and Mr Shifter, the highly rated Removal and Storage Company.
Danny Kimber, Managing Director of Responsive Personnel says “There are simply not enough Fork Lift Truck Drivers in Swindon. Our town has so many warehouse, distribution and logistics companies, many expanding and many struggling to meet the demands of their workload – we feel that by providing top class training we can help many people unlock a new well-paid career and also enable many businesses to unlock the potential in their workforce.”
Danny had been looking for a facility to create the training centre for over a year when he met up with Clive and Tom Page from Mr Shifter. Clive recalls their meeting. “It was one of those unplanned events that has changed the direction of my business interests. Our removal company is growing so fast we decided to take a much large warehouse, one we could grow into – and then I met Dan, by chance, and his enthusiasm for a top-class training arena caught my attention.” Tom added “We have Fork Lifts in my company and we know how vital it is to move our client loads around safely and efficiently. I don’t think we treat this key business skill well enough, I don’t think we have enough of the right type of training available locally, so we decided to help Danny make it happen. Building the two classrooms and the skill practise arena has been great fun.”
The third business leading this new Swindon venture is Be More Effective, known for it’s business growth sales consultancy, corporate internal communication expertise and world-class sales training. When asked why he has decided to get involved, Bob Hayward the Managing Partner at Be More Effective said, “I remember my first ever temp-job as a teenager when I left school. I was working as a “mate” in a factory making metal balconies. One day my supervisor asked me to help load a batch of railings onto a truck – I didn’t know he meant drive the Fork Lift Truck. I was both excited and scared, they had taken weeks to make and if I dropped them, or damaged the lorry, or worse hit one of the lads… Looking back I cannot believe they let me do that without any training. So when Danny, Clive and Tom asked for my input I jumped at the chance – I have a passion for adult business skills training, whether that is a soft skill like time management or a hard skill like driving a fork lift truck – I am determined to create a driver training school that is a relaxed, fun, safe and yet challenging place to learn these vital skills. It is fantastic to see people unlock their potential and grow their careers.”
David Gearon has been recruited as Lead Trainer and he is so excited about this new opportunity. “It is brilliant to be involved from the beginning, setting the standards high, finding the best equipment to use, creating a skill practise arena – having been around Fork Lift Trucks for many years and worked with some of the best trainers in the UK I know how important it is to train people properly. It really annoys me when I’ve visited sites and seen unsafe practise. A Fork Lift Truck, handled badly can hurt or kill someone – I want to provide the best training that I can so our delegates are some of the safest and most efficient in the Country – that is want we mean by unlocking your career and unlocking your potential”
One thing is for sure – with three top Swindon Businesses backing Key Performance Training – it is off to a flying start.
For more information – please contact Bob Hayward
Phone: +44 (0)1793 975 353
Postal Address: Key Performance Training Ltd, Crowood House North, Gipsy Lane, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 8YY.
Email: bob.hayward@keyperformancetraining.co.uk
Website: https://www.keyperformancetraining.co.uk/
