LEEA | NEWS
DATE SET FOR THIS YEAR’S GLOBAL LIFTING AWARENESS DAY
T
he fifth Global Lifting Awareness Day will take place on Thursday 18 July. Powered by the Lifting Equipment
Engineers Association (Leea) and supporting organisations, it is a day where manufacturers, suppliers and end users are among those that share material that promotes safe and high- quality load lifting. Social media posts, videos, articles and in-person activity will again be bound together by the hashtag #Glad2024, while this year #Glad2024 is represented by a new logo. As with previous years, Leea is
encouraging its members and end users to contribute by using the hashtag to celebrate their involvement with the industry and promote it as an interesting place to work, with skills and employment as suggested focal points of outreach efforts. It is a membership that understands the value of continually raising standards, with the day serving as a platform from which to convince a wider community to train and develop their staff, while signposting pathways into lifting. Ross Moloney, CEO at Leea, said: “Glad is now positioned as a globally recognised concept and has achieved a brand-like status, perhaps ahead of schedule, following ongoing efforts from industry stakeholders to raise its profile. We’re looking to use its popularity to
raise awareness of what our industry people do and what those outside of the sector need to do to become part of our world. This is why the themes Leea will focus on this year are skills and employment.
“The messaging has always been underpinned by raising awareness – a theme that endures. We are still raising awareness, but the difference will be that we will focus on attracting new recruits and developing those already in the industry. Expect to see references to CPD [continual professional development] and training, as we showcase the abundance of opportunity our marketplace represents. Moloney added: “Leea’s vision is
to reduce all accidents, injuries, and fatalities within the lifting industry to zero, and we have various initiatives in place to achieve this. The fundamental tool in all these initiatives is knowledge transfer, enabling CPD, and raising standards of practise. The way by which Leea provides access to and disseminates knowledge, is through vehicles such as our online training platform, technical triage, chatbot, guidance documents, and other resources.” Industry representatives
are again invited to share their content for #Glad2024 so Leea can add it to the website – www.
globalliftingawarenessday.com – where
information about apprenticeships, military recruitment, diversity, sustainability and technology has been posted during previous years. In other news, the first Lifting
Equipment Technician apprentice undertook their end point assessment at Leea workshops in Huntingdon, UK, in March.
The assessment was conducted by the end point assessment organisation Lift & Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) and included a multiple-choice exam paper, professional discussion and practical assessment using a range of lifting equipment.
Speaking ahead of the assessment,
Andrew Wright, head of learning and development at Leea, said: “We are delighted that the very first apprentice will soon be completing their End Point Assessment, followed by three further apprentices on 25 March, 22 and 26 April and we wish them every success. “The formation of the apprenticeship
trailblazer group was facilitated by Leea [in 2018 at the annual lifting event] LiftEx… An enormous amount of work, carried out by a number of organisations, followed to get the Lifting Equipment Technician apprenticeship up and running.” Wright added: “It is encouraging to see
that training providers are reporting that new cohorts are planned for this year with several apprentices having signed up already. Leea will provide support wherever we can.” The Level 3 Lifting Equipment
Technician Apprenticeship is only available to residents of England at companies registered in England. It opens up a wide choice of opportunities to work with lifting equipment in all kinds of applications and career paths. Leea added that apprenticeships
generate a new breed of experts that can keep pace with the changing world of lifting around them and provide “a great first step towards a career in the lifting industry”
The first Lifting Equipment Technician apprentice has taken their end point assessment.
Visit the Institute for Apprenticeships (
https://shorturl.at/glELW) for more information on the Lifting Technician Apprenticeship.
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