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Innovation In Education
Whilst pondering the subject matter of my latest offering, it has occurred to me that I am somewhat prone to bouts of retrospection. Those of you who have previously paid any attention to my musings in these pages will perhaps remember my looking back to the first day I walked into the industry and through the doors of Premiere Products, or remarking upon the significant changes I have witnessed during my time, or the many wonderful people I’ve met along the way.
Why is this the case? Am I an overtly nostalgic or sentimental soul? Do I look back at the way things used to be through rose tinted specs? Am I turning into my Grandad and beginning to pine for the “good old days”? Those who know me best might be better placed than I to answer these questions but for what it’s worth, I don’t think I am!
I like to think that a little reflection can only be a healthy thing. It allows us to fully understand where we’ve come from and how far we’ve travelled, what we did well and what could have been improved upon and perhaps most importantly, it provides some perspective on the way we should tackle things we are doing now or will do next.
With this in mind, it’s clear to see how our experiences in the past have shaped the current offering of the Premiere Cleaning Academy and how they will continue to do so as we innovate into the future.
As a company, Premiere is quite rightly proud of the heritage
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In his column this month, Matt Baines, of Premiere Products, once again gets all nostalgic, looking back at how their training courses have developed over the years.
surrounding all aspects of our business. However one particular and highly favoured boast of mine is that we have directly employed an “outward facing” customer training team for nearly 50% of our 91 year history, by far and away leading the field as compared to the majority of competitors. For me, no further evidence is required as proof that training and education are at the very heart of who we are, what we stand for and what we do best.
Back in the 70s all training courses offered were free of charge to account holding customers and were solely Premiere designed and certificated. The basic construct of the course was theory presentation plus practical demonstration given by the tutor, and the subject matter included all aspects of floor care, toilet & washroom care, housekeeping and office cleaning. These courses served us extremely well for many years. In fact it gives me great pleasure to say that updated versions of some still remain entrenched within our offering and are extremely popular with customers to this day – particularly our two-day Cleaning & Maintenance course.
Nevertheless there came a point during the late 80s/early 90s when the cleaning industry and its client base were beginning to demand training and qualifications that were independently accredited. Recognising this, the team at Premiere did its research and selected BICSc as the awarding body of choice. Their feeling at
the time being that their model of taking learners out of their daily routine, focusing on skills training via discussion, presentation and demonstration, and ultimately assessing their competence through semi-formal observation was ideal for the industry whilst sitting comfortably alongside and enhancing our in- house offering.
And so it was that in 1992 Premiere Products became a licensed BICSc centre and embarked upon what has been an over twenty year period of successful delivery across the majority of BICSc training & education schemes.
We are in my opinion, justifiably proud of our claim to being the only manufacturer servicing the cleaning industry to hold both BICSc and City & Guilds training provider status. Yet further proof if it were needed, of our commitment to facilitating the betterment of cleaning service provision at all levels.
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