From our Archive – Meducate Training goes offshore!

This article as originally published in January 2011

Meducate Training goes offshore for the Chinese!

Just before Christmas Meducate Training were asked to provide a service that was little outside our usual sphere of service but being the resourceful types we are we said yes and went to work making sure we could deliver for our client.

UK China Training Ltd who are a Chinese overseas training and educational body were hosting a delegation of 21 senior managers from State Administration of Work Safety and China National Offshore Oil Corporation, China here in the UK.

They were specifically looking for an expert speaker that could do a presentation on Health and Safety in the offshore oil and gas industry who was required at short notice to deliver in London.

Through our extensive contacts in the Health and Safety industry we selected Roger Grice from Roger Grice Associates to do the presentation which was extremely well received by the client.

Jocelyn Wei, UK China Training Ltd:

“We were extremely pleased with expert knowledge and professionalism provided by Roger. His presentation was most informative”

Roger Grice:

“Worked with Mark (Meducate Training) to provide a customised Health and Safety training service. I found Mark (Meducate Training) to be very helpful and approachable in all our communications.”

Time is running out for Professional Drivers, the deadline is approaching! East Anglian provider steps in to help

If you are a professional driver operating a bus, lorry or a coach there is a good chance that you will need to complete 35 hours of Periodic Driver training to get your Driver CPC card. For most of you this training will need to be completed by the deadline of the 9^th September 2014. Any driver stopped by the police or VOSA after this date without a Driver CPC card could face a fine of up to £1000 plus risk losing their licence.Seems a long way off doesn’t it? Think again. If you don’t act  now you may not be able to afford or find a training provider due to expected increase in demand .

Although there are no exact numbers for how many professional drivers there are driving in the UK the DVLA and VOSA estimate the numbers to be anywhere between 650,000 and 850,000 LGV and PC V drivers out there requiring Driver CPC training.

Looking at figures gained from a FOI request from the Department of Transport the worse case scenario is that only 10% of all drivers have completed the training.

It is widely believed in the industry that there is going to be a huge spike in demand for training providers to deliver CPC training to drivers between now and September 2014. In fact JAUPT (the approving body for CPC training providers) is actively encouraging new providers to seek approval in order to meet demand.

Professional Drivers and operators could see a dramatic jump in the cost of purchasing CPC training as providers adjust their pricing to reflect changes in supply and demand, even at a time when hauliers and operators are struggling with increased costs due to factors like fuel prices.

“There is a genuine worry that some drivers and operators will not be able to get training booked in with a JAUPT approved provider in time to meet the deadline of September 2014 or that they will face prohibitive training fees in order to do so. Trainucpc would like to work with both individual drivers funding the courses themselves and operators to reduce this risk as far as possible”

–          Mark Wigley Partner Trainucpc LLP

Trainucpc LLP is a JAUPT approved training centre offering the chance for individual drivers and operators to purchase all 35 hours of periodic training in advance at a guaranteed price to protect our customers from increased costs over the next 2 years.  Customers will also get their dates booked in now up until 2014 to ensure they have training places available.

We have training bases in Mildenhall, Suffolk and Colchester, Essex but can attend company venues.

Visit us at www.trainucpc.co.uk or contact 0844 4097177