UTN is launching their new Renewables Division at there training center in Wakefield West Yorkshire.
To celebrate this new division UTN Training is holding an open day on the 29th September 2011 visitors to the event will be able to view the biggest, at height, all weather training roof in the north of England.
Also at the open day UTN Training will be offering a 20% discount off all courses booked on the day. To qualify for this discount just download and print off this leaflet from here and take it with you to the open day.
That’s 20% discount on Solar and/or Health & Safety Training!
Renewables Division Courses:
- Scaffold Appreciation
- CISRS Scaffold Inspection
- Solar PV for Electricians
- Solar PV for roofers and scaffolders
- Solar PV for builders/other trades
- Working at Heights
- Safe use of PAF Bags
- Ladder Safety & Inspection
- Easy Steps to MCS Accreditation
- PASMA Mobile Tower Scaffold
- 17th Edition Part P
‘The story behind UTN Renewables’
But he is not planning to power his Barnsley home, or his business, with the panels. In fact he will have to shine a mains powered flood light on to the panels in order to make them work.
The seemingly crazy investment is not intended to produce power but to train hundreds of workers to install photovoltaic panels in a realistic situation at a training centre in Wakefield.
Steve started his UTN Training company 15 years ago when he built a 50 metre road to Highway specifications in order to train road workers the way to excavate and re-instate correctly. He has since seen 10,000 road workers successfully complete the New Roads and Street Works course.
With the massive rise in the popularity of solar panels, particularly with the Yorkshire Region, Steve was getting many enquiries about training for installers and decided to build the biggest, at height, all weather training roof in the country at his Wakefield base.
Steve has now formed a collaborative partnership with Barnsley College to deliver Environmental and Sustainable Training and Education throughout the region.
“There are other companies offering similar training but usually at ground level. I decided that if people were going to have to work at height they should be trained at height”, said Steve.
His company already has an approved scaffold training centre and is accredited to run many other health and safety and management courses.
“Solar energy is a booming market and many local authorities are turning to solar power for their housing stock but there is a lack of trained people to do the installation,” said Steve. “In this area alone councils are proposing to spend in excess of £400 million installing solar power.”
”Our five day course is designed to give inexperienced and unemployed building workers the basic skills to fit solar panels on roofs under supervision which would be ideal for many people seeking work at the moment,” he added. In addition there are shorter courses for qualified electricians, plumbers and roofers, who already have many of the skills required for the job.
Recently the Health and Safety Executive announced they would be focusing their attention this year on smaller companies and targeting those installing solar capture equipment to ensure they are complying with health and safety law.
View www.utnrenewables.co.uk for further details of Solar Training, or visit www.utntraining.co.uk for details of all your Health & Safety Training requirements.
