24 | JULY 2019
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WEBSITE REFRESH COMPLETES
BOLD NEW REBRAND
The body responsible for establishing the UK’s
most trusted and widely used independent ratings
system for verifying the energy performance of
windows and doors, British Fenestration Ratings
Council (BFRC), has recently announced the
launch of a responsive new website as part of
a comprehensive review of the BFRC brand.
Among the key fea-
tures of the new site is
a members’ area where
companies can upload their
own logo onto the energy
labels designed to provide
homeowners with the
evidence that window and
door products will perform
as promised. Installers will
also be able to upload a
company profile to the
BFRC site, enabling poten-
tial and existing customers
to find and contact them
directly.
In addition, System Hous-
es and Manufacturers can
now approve registered in-
stallers to use their product
licences and they will soon
be able to download train-
ing packs via the website
to help explain the benefits
of BFRC energy ratings and
how to use them to win
more work.
Alongside the website
updates, the BFRC has
undertaken a wider brand
review to help further en-
hance the vital role it plays
in the fenestration supply
chain, and have since been
unveiling their enhanced
strategy to support manu-
facturers and installers to
build advantage through
performance ratings.
The BFRC has launched
its powerful, refreshed
brand aesthetics, incor-
porating the new ‘Proven
Performance’ slogan, provid-
ing the fenestration supply
chain with a strong image
to help promote the benefits
for using BFRC ratings
when advising homeown-
ers on the best-performing
products for their needs.
www.bfrc.org
EXTENDED TRAINING SUPPORT
FOR APPROVED INSTALLERS
FENSA has extended its
support services for Approved
Installers by partnering with
Solvo Vir to provide accredited
training and apprenticeships in
a number of UK areas. The deal
follows the awarding of con-
tracts to provide such schemes
funded by the European Social
Fund, co-funded by the Educa-
tion and Skills Funding Agency,
a programme designed to deliver
responsive workplace learning
courses in key geographical are-
as, to meet individual, economic
and regional needs.
Solvo Vir’s trainers and asses-
sors will work with FENSA to
provide high quality workplace
training and apprenticeship
schemes, through an initial
agreement to run for 12 months
from May 2019. The areas
covered include Tees Valley,
Humberside, Lincolnshire, The
Marches (Staffordshire), Here-
fordshire and Shropshire, includ-
ing Telford.
The courses to be provided to
FENSA Approved Installers will
include the following:
Diploma in Fenestration Installa-
tion; L2 Certificate in the Minimum
Energy Efficiency Standards for
Domestic Dwellings; Certificate in
Wall and Floor Tiling; Diploma in
Plastering (Construction); Diploma
in Wood Occupations; Diploma in
Cladding Occupations; Foundation
Certificate in Bookkeeping; Mental
Health and Suicide Awareness in
the Construction Industry; and
Certificate in Introduction to
Energy.
Alongside these courses Solvo
Vir, are offering Apprenticeship
programmes in Management, Ac-
countancy, Recruitment, Business
Administration and Customer Ser-
vice across the whole of England.
These programmes can be either
fully funded via the Apprentice-
ship Levy or 95% funded by the
government.
FENSA Managing Director
Anda Gregory says the Training
and Apprenticeship programme
is further evidence of the com-
mitment by FENSA to provide
pro-active support for its install-
er base: “We are committed to
driving work to FENSA Approved
Installers by increasing the de-
mand by homeowners for FENSA
Approved Installations. We have
a responsibility therefore to also
ensure FENSA Installers have the
appropriate skills with which to
respond to this growing demand,”
explained Anda. “Our partners
Solvo Vir are highly skilled at pro-
viding training programmes and
we look forward to working with
them to grow the glazing industry
skill base. This is just the latest in
a long line of benefits available
exclusively to FENSA Approved
Installers, helping them to win
more business thanks to the quali-
ty of their work.”
Many FENSA Approved
Installers are expected to qualify
for substantial funding for
small business apprenticeships
under the scheme and any
company in the geographical
areas covered that wish to
learn more should go to www.
solvovir.co.uk/apprenticeships,
or email Cat Doyle at
cat.doyle@solvovir.co.uk