The Locksmith Journal May/Jun 2020 - Issue 68 | Page 8

Online courses offer ‘b
of organisation’s main
» IN RESPONSE TO THE
continuing COVID-19 issue,
Door & Hardware Federation
(DHF) has launched its digital
training facility, enabling its
audience to purchase training
courses, online. Following
government recommendations,
DHF ceased its face-to-face
training the week commencing
23rd March and has responded
swiftly to a continuing need
to provide training to its
members and the wider public.
With training very much the
‘backbone’ of DHF’s function,
it has been essential to adapt
to changing circumstances,
as Head of Commercial
Operations, Patricia Sowsbery-
Stevens, explains: “Although
not a total substitute for the
face-to-face training courses,
we are confident that the
online courses will provide
knowledge from all elements
of the complete course and a
positive, rewarding learning
experience.”
In particular, the one-day,
Level 2 Award courses in
Automated Gate & Traffic
Barrier Safety and Industrial &
Garage Door Safety, ideal for
installers, have been filmed
and edited to enable DHF
to share knowledge with its
learners. Once purchased,
each candidate will be able to
view the units at their leisure
over a 14-day access period
starting from the purchase
date. There are five modules
in each course and these can
be viewed as many times as is
necessary.
IRONMONGERYDIRECT REC
ONE OF THE UK’S BEST WO
» IRONMONGERYDIRECT HAS BEEN
named as one of the UK’s Best
Workplaces™ 2020, in a report compiled by
Great Place to Work®. IronmongeryDirect
was listed amongst 162 companies
shortlisted for this award – a decision
based on positive employee experience
and HR and leadership practices that the
company upholds.
The Best Workplaces TM Award
celebrates the companies that promote
a healthy workplace culture through
a combination of factors including
employee trust, pride and camaraderie.
Overall, 162 small, medium, large and
super large companies were shortlisted -
IronmongeryDirect ranked 59th out of all
of the medium companies.
To achieve the award, the assessors
examined IronmongeryDirect’s HR and
leadership practices, policies and culture
as well as responses to a Trust Index©
survey shared with all its employees,
completed anonymo
honest responses. O
IronmongeryDirect
the company “is a gr
The Trust Index©
including the credib
management, wheth
they are respected a
a sense of pride in th
from the survey acco
result.
IronmongeryDire
of its policies that co
the employee experi
factors such as num
benefits, how it insp
for the company and
communications pr
of The Culture Index
remaining ¼ of the fi
Marco Verdonksch
Director at Ironmon
be recognised as on
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