ORGANISATIONS in Huddersfield and Brighouse are bidding for top training awards.
Fleet management group FMG Support, roofing firm Ploughcroft Building Services, building products company Marshalls and Kirklees Council are among 23 organisations and individuals from Yorkshire to reach the finals of this year’s National Training Awards.
The award is the leading accolade for training in the UK.
This year’s competition attracted 727 entries from across the country. Judges have whittled them down to 232 finalists.
The Yorkshire and Humberside winners will get their awards t a ceremony in Leeds on Tuesday, September 30 a
FMG Support, based at St Andrew’s Road in Huddersfield, was recognised for a management development programme which resulted in increased business.
FMG, founded in 1986 and employing more than 300 people, provides services including incident management, roadside repair, recovery management and vehicle rental management.
Brighouse-based Ploughcroft won its place among the finalists for a scheme to help individuals in Kirklees and Calderdale facing barriers in returning to work to gain building skills.
A 10-day course involves candidates doing roofing or plastering, health and safety issues, tower scaffolding training and Construction Skills Certification Scheme tests.
Trainees get their own tools and protection equipment and those passing the tests get CSCS cards needed by the building industry for working on sites.
Marshalls, which has its registered office at Birkby and operations at Lowfields, Elland, was recognised for a training programme covering issues such as health and safety best practice and personal development.
It is delivered to some 1,500 employees at its UK manufacturing sites.
Kirklees Council’s adult and communities directorate was rewarded for training staff in new ways to work with people with dementia.
