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“Some 10 years ago, I had the opportunity to train and qualify as an External Verifier for the Scottish Qualifications Authority for their SVQ Cleaning and Facilities Services qualifications. It was a full year of gathering evidence, demonstrating competence, and putting it all together in a large portfolio that was then posted off to my Assessor in Scotland. SQA covered the costs of the qualification, and provided the professional support when I needed it.
“SQA still provides that SVQ in Scotland, and I go back to my roots for a week each year to carry out the role of External Verifier in the five centres I have in my allocation. I get to see first-hand, the changes in work practice across the Cleaning and FM sectors, the commitment to quality through good training and the pursuit of relevant qualifications, and to share my experience from working for the British Cleaning Council with colleagues north of the border.
“Well before the 2007/08 global recession and banking crisis my professional body, the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, had established a learning and development programme for new and existing members to develop their professional skills within a complex and constantly changing industry environment. We were one of the few untarnished from the consumer fallout.
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“What relevance does this have to the industrial and commercial cleaning industry? Well, for any industry or economy, education and continuous learning and development are critical to future sustainable growth, more especially during periods of rapid technology change and economic uncertainty.”
Philip Morrish, Deputy Master of The Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners (WCEC), a Director and Council Member of the British Cleaning Council, said:
“I have the privilege of being a member, and Deputy Master, of The Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners, which represents the industrial and commercial cleaning industry within the City of London. The Livery Company was founded to act as the industry’s charitable body and particularly support education. The Founder of WCEC was Eric Hill, who along with other like-minded industry professionals founded the British Institute for Cleaning Sciences (BICSc) 56 years ago and WCEC established the British Cleaning Council to act as the co-ordinated voice for the Cleaning industry.
“Currently, WCEC is working hard in conjunction with other industry and educational bodies to develop a higher level of professional recognition for all industry practitioners based upon common skills assessments, which it is hoped
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will raise the standing of the cleaning industry in the eyes of the public.”
Paul Thrupp, Deputy Chair of the BCC, a Director of OCS Group UK Ltd and Executive Council Member of the Federation of Window Cleaners (FWC) said:
“I have been involved in the window cleaning industry since 1977 and joined the FWC committee in 2007, at a time when the association was steering into an important new direction, as it was granted a license and certificate of approval by the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health for its own Cleaning Windows Safely training course in the safe use of ladders and water-fed poles.
“Many window cleaners comment on this being a very informative course; delivered in a practical everyday manner.
In representing both OCS
Group and the FWC on the HSE Cleaning Industry Liaison Forum for promoting good practice throughout the industry, FWC reflects this practice through its Safety training… and by its training based Safety Accredited Member procurement scheme.
“I started my career some 40 years ago in the banking industry and was introduced to continuous on the job training and told that my future career progression would depend upon completing my professional exams.”
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