In her role as Quality Assurance Manager at LCL Awards, Tracy Harker is often asked about training and qualifications for Trainers, Assessors and Internal Quality Assurers (IQA/IV) working in LCL Awards centres. 

As a result, Tracy has asked a provider of these qualifications, PM Training and Assessing, to help her facilitate an online workshop at 4pm on Thursday 23rd September.

We recently spoke with Peter Lambourne, Managing Director of Ecordia, the company we’ve been working with to deliver our new e-portfolio software, and Philip Harper, who runs CCTS an LCL Awards approved training centre in Belfast. Philip has tailored Ecordia’s software to meet the specific requirements of his centre.

Ian Rippin, CEO of the Migrogeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) and Griff Thomas, MD for GTEC will be delivering an update on the renewables sector at LCL Awards Virtual Forum, from 16:00 – 16:40 on Thursday 24^th June.

LCL Awards offers its centres the option of an e-portfolio to record the progress of their learners. To fully test the software’s capabilities we initially launched a pilot to a few of their gas MLP training centres in October 2020. It was then rolled out to all approved centres in January 2021.  

LCL Awards Forum – June 21^st – June 24^th 2021. At a computer near you!

This year, our approved centre forum is virtual, so you will only need to take an hour or two out of your day to attend the sessions that will benefit your business.  All sessions are free and bookable through Eventbrite.

Davinder Singh set up DS Gas and Electric last July. Not great timing, he admits wryly, but actually things are going well.  His determination to give his learners the very best start seems to be at the heart of his success.

We caught up with him to find out what has made his Wolverhampton based business grow, during the pandemic.

Midlands Gas & Electrical Training prides itself on being a family business with over thirty years’ experience in the gas and electrical engineering sectors. The training centre, based on the outskirts of Dudley in the West Midlands, offers a comprehensive range of LCL Awards’ Gas and Electrical courses and has been designed and built with the learner in mind. 

We spoke to Harry Wilkinson, Director of Teach A Trade, a brand new training centre based in Telford, Shropshire delivering LCL Awards gas qualifications, including the Managed Learning Programme (MLP) for new entrants to the sector.

We have launched a new qualification in the installation of Electrical Energy Storage Systems (EESS).  One of the first of its kind, the LCL Awards Level 3 Award in the Design, Installation and Commissioning of Electrical Energy Storage Systems will cater for experienced electrical or renewable energy installers who want to upskill to meet the demands of a low-carbon future. 

Don Cross set up Bespoke Electrical Training in Staffordshire in March 2020, just as the first lockdown began to bite. As much of the UK slumped into an extended period of inactivity, Don and his Office Manager, Leanne Davies found themselves caught up in a flurry of great activity at the start of an amazing year which has seen their business grow from strength to strength.