Springfield Training Business Blog

CIEH Level 2 Food Safety in Catering (formerly Basic Food Hygiene)
Duration – 1 day
Cost - £45 + VAT
Date: Wednesday 6th May

A legal requirement for anyone working in a catering environment where food is prepared, cooked and served. Environmental Health Officers require all staff to be trained to this level to ensure the safety of customers in the establishment. Refresher training is required every 3 years.

First Aid Appointed Persons
Duration – 1 day
Cost - £45 + VAT
Date: Thursday 21st May

This practical, “hands on” course is suitable for all levels of staff and provides the required level of training for nominated First Aid Appointed Persons, in accordance with current Health & Safety regulations. It provides the delegate with the knowledge and skills to be able to deal effectively with most emergency situations until professional help arrives.

All our courses are delivered at our training centre in Hull or, if you prefer, our trainers will be glad to come to your own venue for groups of 6 or more.

Contact us on info@springfieldtraining.com or 01482 221356 to book your place!

If you run a business in the Yorkshire & Humber region employing between 5 and 250 people, a new service is available to help you, or a member of your senior management team, develop your leadership and management skills. The service covers all sectors and is funded by the Learning and Skills Council to give you:

•A free analysis of your leadership and management skills, highlighting areas you would like to develop
•A fully funded training grant of £500 to help you address those areas
•A further £500 for training provided you match £ for £
•You pay your preferred provider direct and your grant is refunded to you within 30 days

Your individual analysis only takes a few minutes and will be carried out at the initial meeting with your Leadership and Management Specialist Adviser who will then talk you through the results and use their expertise to suggest approaches and training solutions designed to suit you. Training and support can be arranged to suit you.

We will help you choose the solution you want, and we will arrange the training for you. If you already have a clear idea of what training you would prefer, this can be easily accommodated. Training does not need to be qualification based, and can include 1:1 coaching or mentoring, work shop sessions, group training – it is up to you.

If you wish others in your team to benefit from a workshop or training session, then please ask us. In most cases, other team members can be accommodated within the value of the grant.

The paperwork is minimal and your Specialist Advisor is there to advise at every stage of the process to make everything as trouble free as possible.

Thinking of setting up your own business? Or becoming self employed?
If you’re thinking about either of these opportunities, you might appreciate a bit of help to think and talk things through before you make the jump.

Springfield Training Ltd, in partnership with A4e, can provide you with friendly and informal one-to-one support, totally free of charge, to discuss any barriers or concerns you may have in advance of starting up your business.

This service is also available for small business owners who have been trading for less than 12 months.

To arrange an informal meeting with Nick, please call Hull 221356 or call in to our office at Shackles Chambers, 7 Land of Green Ginger, Hull (next door to The George Hotel) or email him direct on nick@springfieldtraining.com

Peter Shipp Chairman of EYMS Group

EYMS sets up a commercial training division

The Hull based EYMS Group has announced the formal establishment of a separate training division named EYMS Bus & Coach Training, to build on its well-established and successful bus & coach driver training expertise.

The EU Training Directive, which applies to bus and coach drivers from this September, requires all vocational licence holders to undergo 35 hours “Periodic Training” every 5 years in order to qualify for the new driver CPC - Certificate of Driver Competence - and keep their licence in force. In addition, all new drivers must undergo a more thorough initial training in order to gain their CPC.

This means that much more training will be required by the bus & coach industry and EYMS, with its excellent record in driver training, is now able to offer its services to third parties to help meet the increased demand.

EYMS is partnered in this development by Springfield Management Training Ltd, a Hull-based independent training provider with whom the company has worked closely for several years. Nick Bardsley, Managing Director of Springfield Training said, ” Springfield is delighted to be working in partnership with EYMS Group to assist in the provision of periodic training to the company and other operators. We have developed each of our 7 hour periodic training courses, in collaboration with EYMS, to reflect the context of the industry and enable practical application of each topic covered.”

EYMS has already recieved formal DSA approval for their upgraded training centre based at Anlaby Road, Hull, and has refurbished its classroom facilities to the new standards required by the Directive. The company also has a fleet of 5 specially adapted training buses. All periodic training courses have now been registered with JAUPT ready for a January 2009 start.

EYMS Chairman, Peter Shipp, said, ” Our training division is already widely acknowledged within the industry as a centre of excellence and we were runners-up in a national industry award scheme last year. Since we need to increase training for our own staff because of the Training Directive, we can take this opportunity to offer our expertise to other bus and coach operators, local authorities and other organisations to benefit from our facilities and from whom we would welcome enquiries.”

Springfieldtraining.Com has undergone a bit of a makeover. The good people at GizMedia have redesigned our site, to be more user friendly, more accessible, and much nicer to look at.

We now have outlines to each of our training courses on the website, as well as printable pdfs for each course, for reference at a later date. Our pdfs are designed to be printer friendly, so as not to put a strain on the environment. Why not save the paper all together and simply view the course outlines online.

As part of the re-design we also have a new blog. In fact, if you’re reading this then you’re probably already there. A Springfield Management Training member will update the blog with company news as it becomes available, dates and locations of training and business events, and general business information. We’ll also post useful links and contacts for business professionals, business start-ups and trainers/trainees… whatever we think might be useful to those already in business, and those just starting out.

If you’re looking for a training course you can view our full range from our website Springfieldtraining.com. We look forward to hearing from you….