College seals centre boost; TRAINING: Logistics, transport and warehouse academy set up.Byline: David Whinyates SOUTH Birmingham College South Birmingham College is an establishment of further education in Birmingham, England providing full-time and part-time courses for young students following their period of compulsory education (after age 16) and for adults. It was previously known as Hall Green College. has set up a logistics, transport and warehousing training academy as part of its ongoing commitment to improving vocational training. The Highgate Centre, in Auckland Road, Highgate, Birmingham Highgate is an area of Birmingham, England. It is located about half a mile south-east of the city centre around the River Rea. This area is regarded as the site of the original Anglo-Saxon settlement which gave the city of Birmingham its name. , offers the highest levels of tuition in all aspects of logistics, warehousing, forklift truck and transport and distribution sectors. Keith Squire and Dave Stansbie, the college's directors of business services, have overseen the creation of the Highgate Centre. Dave said: "The UK has now become a nation of distribution and has unfortunately lost the majority of its manufacturing and engineering businesses. However, we feel we have found a niche in terms of our tailored training within this buoyant Buoyant The term used to describe a commodities market where the prices generally rise with ease when there are considerable signals of strength. Notes: These types of markets can be very volatile as the prices are rapid to rise and fall with investor sentiment. and expanding sector. This centre can offer a wide range of new skills and openings to people who have lost their jobs. "We offer the whole suite of nationally-recognised training at our indoor heated training academy, which is an RTITB RTITB Road Transport Industry Training Board & ITSSAR Accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. Forklift Training facility and has various new training rooms to be able to cater for individual or group training." Keith and Dave have extensive links with businesses in the industry and say they are very receptive receptive /re·cep·tive/ (re-cep´tiv) capable of receiving or of responding to a stimulus. to the idea of a dedicated centre for logistics training. Keith added: "The industry thinks it is a great idea and feels comfortable with the fact that we're a college and therefore credible, coupled with the fact that South Birmingham College has won a number of prestigious awards, including TQS TQS Total Quality Service TQS Television Quatre Saison TQS Throttle Quadrant System (gaming) TQS Total Quality Score TQS Total Quality Selling, Inc. Total Quality Standard and Customer Service Excellence. "We have a number of training benchmarks and are heavily audited, so the companies we work with get a level of training that exceeds their expectations. "We offer flexible 24/7 learning as we don't work to an academic year. Training is offered both on and off site at our client's premises." The college is also eligible for Train to Gain, the Government initiative to help businesses and individuals get the training they need to succeed. * Individuals wanting to find out more about courses at South Birmingham College should call 0121 694 5000 or email admissions@sbc.ac.uk |
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