Current Staff Training News

As a long term member of the Investor in People Standard, Tannson view training and professional development of personnel as a core element in the success of our operations.

Safety Training
Tannson require all site personnel to hold FIRST AID, SITE MANAGEMENT SAFETY TRAINING SCHEME, CSCS CARD and SCAFFOLD SAFETY INSPECTION certification. A rollling programme operates to ensure new arrivals to the Tannson staff are fully certificated and to renew existing staff certification as required.
SITE MANAGEMENT SAFETY TRAINING SCHEME (SMSTS):  two members of staff are booked to attend the full 5 day SMSTS course and another three will renew their existing certification by attending a 2 day SMSTS Refresher course.
FIRST AID: one person is booked to attend the 4 Day First Aid course with another booked to renew their certificate by attending a 2 Day Refresher Course.
CSCS Cards:  Four members of staff have passed their CSCS health and safety test in January to obtain CSCS cards.
SCAFFOLD SAFETY INSPECTION: six site staff are due to take scaffold safety inspection courses over the next couple of months.
IPAF: Over the last few months, three members of site staff have achieved PAL IPAF cards to enable them to operate boom and scissor lift equipment on site.  
PASMA: Three further members of site staff will attend a course in February to achieve PASMA certification.  

Vocational Training
Two Surveyors attended lunchtime seminars run by the CBE on “Management & Resolution of Disputes In Construction” and “Payment & Notices - Withholding in Construction”
Six members of projects staff are booked to attend a lunchtime seminar at Glasgow Caledonian University in February on “CDM 2007 – How To Survive”

IT Training
A total of 16 staff attended Project Commander beginner and intermediate training events held on two separate dates at the end of 2007.
A member of the Administration Department attended MS Powerpoint and Publisher courses in December 07 and January 08 to further cement the core skills each member of the team offers.

Professional Development
One of Tannson’s Surveyors is working towards corporate membership of the royal Incorporation of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). A Structured Training Agreement has been approved by the RICS and will involve gathering evidence of several pre-determined competencies and recording a minimum of 200 days experience. Once this has been completed, a final assessment will be undertaken with RICS before membership is approved.
Tannson’s Health and Safety Manager is currently undertaking a 1 year BA Degree in Occupational Health & Safety Management at Glasgow Caledonian University. This bolts onto his existing Diploma in Health & Safety to give a Degree in Occupational Health & Safety Management.
One member of site personnel will be attending a course on Introductory Certificate in Project Management in Edinburgh in March.  This is a two day course ending in an exam.