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»»BUILDING SPECIFIERS, MERCHANTS,
architectural ironmongers, door
manufacturers and door hardware
professionals are the beneficiaries of a new
Education Hub being developed by the
Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI)
in the UK.
The GAI Education Hub puts online
for the first time the huge wealth of
educational resources produced by the
GAI for those studying for its Certificate in
Architectural Hardware, the GAI Diploma
and the Guild’s ongoing CPD programme.
Maria Powell, president of the GAI says:
“Students will now be guided through
their learning in a much more accessible
and engaging way. We are entirely
transforming the Diploma syllabus, putting
learning resources online and making
them available to hardware professionals
throughout the world.
“Essential content, ease of understanding
and global access are vital to the new
Education Hub. This new resource from the
GAI is taking learning into the 21st century,
offering an enhanced, interactive learning
platform to an international audience.”
The GAI’s Certificate in Architectural
Hardware consists of two stages with a total
of 24 updated education modules covering
everything a practicing architectural
ironmonger is required to know. The
modules include helpful explanations,
animations and video clips, all geared
to engage learners in easily digestible
chunks.
These resources will now be online,
including all course work and exams, and
can be studied in any order with unlimited
self-tests. Automation of exam results will
ensure that learners know their results
within days rather than weeks.
Beyond the Certificate, learners can
continue their studies to achieve the much
sought after GAI Diploma. This third stage
now focuses entirely on the skills and
learning needed for scheduling, of crucial
importance to those AI’s working with
architects and contractors of projects being
built to UK and European standards across
the globe.
For further information: www.gai.org.
uk/gai/education-4/the-education-hub
TWO-WIRE COMPATIBLE DOOR ENTRY MONITORS
»»URMET UK SPECIALISE IN AUDIO
and video entry systems and has recently
added to its range of residential door entry
monitors, the Miro hands-free video entry
phone.
The unit which is compatible with the
Urmet’s 2-wire system (2-Voice), allows
installers to give both clients and endusers the latest function while still using
only two non-polarised wires.
The Miro hands-free is designed to give
residents maximum security by allowing
them to view callers on a 4.3” 16:9 colour
monitor and communicate with them
via intercom before granting or refusing
access.
Users benefit from features such as auto
door open if no interaction at the door
phone is required, built-in induction loop for
hearing aids, ringer selection, precise image
adjustment and panic call to a concierge
switchboard. There are three extra buttons
available for non-standard functions, such
as additional entrance opening, staircase
light control and gate automation.
The hands-free colour Miro door station
heads up the group of 2-Voice-compatible
indoor stations, which are graduated
according to budget. For mid-range
accommodation, installers may opt for
the Miro Video, a colour non-hands-free
model with handset which also features
a 4.3” 16:9 colour monitor and broadly
similar functions to the hands-free version
(excluding modules allowing home
automation).
The Miro range addresses the social and
affordable housing sector with an audioonly door entry phone which also includes
three auxiliary buttons for non-standard
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functions, has an ‘auto-on’ facility and
integrated induction loop for hearing aid
users.
The two-wire approach is ideal
fo