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NEW ‘COMMERCIAL
DEPARTMENT’ WILL
SUPPORT DHF’S
CONTINUING GROWTH
DHF (Door & Hardware Federation)
has announced the creation of a new
Commercial Department, established to
support the organisation’s on-going growth,
and in particular, its training offering.
Marketing Manager, Patricia Sowsbery-
Stevens, has been promoted to the post of
Commercial Manager, and will oversee the
new department’s development, with an
emphasis on streamlining training course
booking processes and delivering the very
best service and value to its members.
» » WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR
overseeing both marketing and
training functions, Patricia, who
has worked at DHF for three
years, will be tasked with taking
the trade association’s training
department ‘to the next level’,
including offering online booking
facilities for all training courses
and ensuring that new entrants
into the industry are presented
with the opportunity to become
proficient with the necessary
accreditations, qualifications,
such as NVQ, and CSCS cards.
‘Training remains
one of DHF’s biggest
growth areas’
DHF, established in 1897 and
committed to raising standards,
is renowned industry-wide as
the ‘go to’ place for technical
advice and training. Regarded
as a ‘centre of excellence’ with
an expert team of professionals
that can provide help and
support across all sectors, DHF’s
distinguished training programmes
provide delegates with a deeper
understanding of legislation
affecting supply, installation,
maintenance and repair. To date,
more than 2300 delegates have
successfully completed one of its
four training courses and earlier
this month, DHF moved its head
office premises to ‘The Barn’ at
‘Shuttington Fields Farm’, a larger
office space with a state-of-the-art
Training Academy, demonstrating
its continued commitment to
training.
“Training remains one of
DHF’s biggest growth areas,”
says Patricia. “The creation of a
new Commercial Department
will enable us to co-ordinate and
restructure our training offering to
ensure our programmes continue
to provide both members and
non-members with the support,
technical expertise, information
and knowledge they need to
operate in their chosen sector,
successfully and compliantly.
Currently, DHF has four training
courses on offer: the well-
established two-day Diploma
courses for Automated Gates
‘we look
forward
to the
next
stage for
DHF’
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and Industrial & Garage Doors,
the one-day Industrial & Garage
Door Certificate course, and now
the recently-launched one-day
Automated Gate Safety certificate
course. Additionally, DHF will
continue to work with BRE on
the Fire Door Inspection training
courses. I am delighted to have
been given the opportunity to
develop this department and look
forward to a new and exciting
chapter in DHF’s continuing
expansion.”
“Patricia has more than proved
her value as a key member of
DHF’s senior management team;
she was therefore the logical choice
for taking the association’s training
provision forward,” said DHF’s
CEO, Bob Perry. “In a year that
has seen tremendous growth and a
move to improved office facilities,
we look forward to the next stage
for DHF and congratulate Patricia
on her new position.”
For further information about
DHF’s training provision, please
visit: https://www.dhfonline.org.
uk/training.htm