INDUSTRYNEWS
WHERE WILL YOU SEE THE BIG GREEN Q?
»»“I HAVE JUST BEEN PART OF A TEAM
conducting a review of skills and education
programmes in China to look at how
our two countries can work together on
skills development and ultimately how
qualifications can benefit workers on site,”
Mick Clayton, CEO of GQA Qualifications,
tells Clearview.
“I have also recently spent time in India,
where again, the industry is looking to
introduce qualifications to make it more
efficient and to provide better skills for its
workers.
“It might seem strange that at this very
early stage of their development, in real terms,
these two countries are already looking at
introducing qualifications to standardise how
they operate as sectors and indeed to raise
qualifications and learning has increased.
their standards.
As if, overnight, companies in the industry
“It is fair to say that in the UK the
have woken up to the fact that there are real
uptake of qualifications in construction
benefits to having qualified personnel in so
and in our own window and door industry
many areas of their business, including the
was not enthusiastically embraced in their
improvement of their bottom line.
very earl y days
but perception
has slowly
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changed; appetite in the industry for formal
throughout the UK delivering over 100
different industry specific qualifications,
MTC’s and CSCS compliance, so you don’t
have to look far to find an approved GQA
centre.
“Better qualified employees perform
their jobs better and the results of this are
better sales, better quality in production
and installation, better customer service and
retention and company growth.
“It is so important, especially now with
skills shortages beginning to bite that we
encourage young people to join our industry
to forge a long term career, and that we
support those people who are already involved.
There is no better way of doing this than by
committing to their training and development
over a long period of time through
qualifications.
“The good news is to deliver those training
and qualifications requirements. That’s where
you will see the Big Green Q.”
GQA has been writing qualifications for
and with the window industry for 25 years.
www.gqaqualifications.com
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