Nurture your talent with work-based engineering training
As businesses within the rail industry operate in an increasingly competitive environment, the need to invest in staff development to ensure workforces have the required skills and knowledge to drive organisations forward is essential, argues Carol Steed, head of learning solutions at University of Derby Corporate.
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niversity of Derby Corporate (UDC), the business-to-business arm of the University of Derby, provides bespoke work- based learning solutions to meet skills needs and will be showcasing three professional training programmes at this year’s Railtex exhibition.
The Bachelor in Engineering (BEng) is ideal for companies looking to nurture young talent. Following a core programme framework, the content is contextualised to each organisation, addressing specifi c needs and requirements so employees make an immediate and demonstrable business impact.
The Master of Science (MSc) Professional Engineering provides a work-based postgraduate route to Chartered Engineer status that is supported by the Engineering Council. It enables delegates to develop skills that can be immediately applied to the workplace, providing real benefi ts and return on an organisation’s investment.
The Postgraduate Certifi cate in Professional
Development has been developed based on industry feedback and seeks to introduce project and programme management in a generic way so that it can be applied directly to the management of major formal projects within an organisational context.
Recognising the in- creased importance placed on soft skills, UDC also has a series of short programmes to address this need includ- ing mentoring, coaching, presentation skills, and management and leadership.
Having a highly skilled and motivated workforce in place is crucial to the success of a business, which is why investing in staff training is so important.
Visit UDC on stand D52 to fi nd out why it won the Times Higher Education Award for
Outstanding Employer Engagement, to meet the team and discuss with them the innovative work-based learning solutions for your organisation.
STAND: D52 FOR MORE INFORMATION
T: 0800 678 3311 W:
www.derby.ac.uk/corporate
Innovation and investment T
here are a number of reasons why Van Elle is outperforming the competition, but continued investment in the development of innovative products has got to be one of the main factors.
In the past 12 months, more than £1.3m has been spent on new rigs, equipment and developing new products and services, helping to secure some of the UK’s largest, most prestigious and interesting projects to have taken place in many years.
To further enhance our ability to install and test thick wall steel tubular piles up to 610mm diameter in restricted access situations, we have recently purchased a Movax SG50V side-grip pile hammer and a BSP DX-RT20 top-driven impact hammer. Both of these superb pieces of kit can be mounted on an RRV excavator and, as the only company in the UK to own the new Movax hammer, we are able to offer our clients unrivalled production rates using one of
the most effi cient and environmentally friendly pieces of equipment on the market today.
Van Elle’s already experienced and growing in-house design team have been involved in many of the UK’s most challenging rail projects and understand the unique demands of working on such schemes.
With their knowledge of value engineering and a wide variety of geotechnical solutions, and the latest and most capable kit in the market at their fi ngertips, Van Elle has been able to save money and programme for clients the UK over.
Following an extremely successful programme of CPDs in 2012, Van Elle is pleased to offer all contractors, engineers, universities and industry bodies the chance for one of our extremely knowledgeable and experienced team members to visit your offi ce and provide an hour-long introduction to the world of innovative site investigation, embankment
Mark Williams, group business development director at multi-award winning ground engineering contractor Van Elle, looks to the future and how its investment in specialist rail kit continues to give it the edge over the competition.
stabilisation and piling on the UK’s rail projects.
We carried out more than 50 CPDs last year across the UK, demonstrating how the development of innovative, sustainable and value engineering solutions are benefi ting the industry and helping to reduce the impact on the planet.
With an average feedback score of 4.8/5 and the opportunity to ask questions or discuss specifi c issues or solutions, what better way for your team to spend an hour than learning about this challenging and interesting sector and having a breakfast or lunch on us?
STAND: C51 FOR MORE INFORMATION
T: 0845 6308993 E:
info@van-elle.co.uk W:
www.van-elle.co.uk
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