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15th December 2009
Mentor would like to thank all of our customers for your continued support and wish you all a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous and Profitable New Year. Take a look at what happened in 2009 and what to look out for in 2010.....
13th December 2009
We continue to offer discounted training rates for all training schedules and multiple course bookings for 2010 plus money off training materials.
10th December 2009
Mentor is one of the first training providers to become accredited to Proskills National Skills Academy for Materials, Production and Supply.
12th November 2009
The Health and Safety Executive has recently warned employers of the risks of not thoroughly checking and verifying the authenticity of their operator’s experience and certification.
5th September 2009
Mentor will be exhibiting for the first time at the RWM show, held at the NEC from the 15th to 17th September 2009.
11th August 2009
We don’t want to be scare-mongers or be seen as capitalising on what may be a load of media hype, but have you considered what effect an outbreak of swine flu amongst your staff may have on your ability to deliver the goods?
8th August 2009
The HSE have recently published a ‘Site Inspection – Workplace Transport Checklist’. This simple to complete risk assessment will allow you to answer the questions about your operation that a site audit by the HSE would require.
2nd August 2009
The Driver CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence) is for LGV drivers who drive professionally throughout Europe. It is a new legal requirement under European Law and comes into effect in the UK from 10 September 2009 for all LGV drivers.
31st July 2009
Under the IPAF training programme for platform operators, more than 80,000 operators are trained each year through a worldwide network of over 330 training centres.
15th July 2009
The pivot steer forklift truck, often referred to as the Bendi, Flexi or Aislemaster has become an increasingly common tool in today’s warehouses and distribution centres.
30th June 2009
Mentor has published a new pocket safety guide for the safe use of overhead cranes and slinging.
2nd April 2009
Our dedicated team of account managers continue to help companies do more for less - saving them time and money on their operator training budgets by planning training schedules and matching any like for like quotes.
Why not pop along and talk to us at one of the exhibitions we shall be attending this year?
Are you prepared for stricter health and safety rules? New legislation recently introduced will significantly increase the penalties for health and safety offences.
Mentor are proud to announce that we’ve become the first training company to have a 2 day lifting and slinging course accredited by the highly respected Lifting Equipment Engineers Association.
Mentor’s IPAF accredited training centre at Teesside now offers open course dates to companies who require their operator/s to be fully trained and assessed on self propelled scissor lifts and self propelled boom access platforms.
27th November 2008
Further training courses for our Extractives Division continue to be developed. Courses for Agricultural Tractor, Dozer, Compactor and Backhoe Loader have now been mapped to EMP accreditation, with an additional module being tagged onto the excavator courses for the use of Quick Hitches.
Nowadays all responsible companies fully accept the benefit of investing in proper training of their workplace transport operators – not only to improve productivity and reduce damage but also in the interests of safety and protecting the company from expensive fines or legal action.
Earlier this year Mentor took over the Materials Handling Training Centre on the Corus site in Redcar, Teesside. Now after refurbishment the centre is open for other customers to take advantage of the excellent facilities.
Continuing Mentor’s expansion, our new Scottish training centre opened earlier this month and offers a full range of fork lift truck operator and instructor training courses.
A year ago Mentor were busy filming our five part fork lift truck training DVD series - The Lifters. Since the release in February 2008 the DVDs have received a great response from the companies that have purchased them and some of the industries leading accrediting bodies and trade associations.
8th September 2008
The final of the Combilift 2008 Driver of The Year competition is being held at the company’s HQ in Monaghan on Tuesday, September 9th, as part of the company’s 10th anniversary celebrations, which are also taking place that week.
12th August 2008
The newly released Lifters DVD’s have certainly impressed the Fork Lift Truck Association who recently endorsed them stating “These DVD’s will undoubtedly be a great help in the training of operators.....
Mentor has recently become an associate member of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association following a thorough audit of the company and of all the course material.
It means that a training course has been externally monitored by a suitably qualified and competent authority and has been judged to provide the necessary content and skills assessment to make the successful candidate competent.
11th August 2008
As part of our continuing expansion, Mentor are in the process of opening 2 new training centres in Scotland and Teeside.
10th August 2008
In recent years there has been a huge increase in the use of Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWP’s), also known as Access Platforms or Cherry Pickers, across all types of applications and industries.
6th August 2008
The HSE has issued a safety alert to all users of excavators fitted with a quick hitch devise following four fatalities and a number of incidents on constriction sites since December 2006. This alert states that HSE inspectors have been encouraged to take robust and appropriate action where quick hitches are found to be in use without the adequate precautions in place.
4th June 2008
The final regional Heat of Combilift’s very popular 2008 Driver of the Year Competition took place on the first day of the Logistics Link Live Exhibition at Magna Park.
14th May 2008
Mentor are set to judge the final regional heat of the Combilift Driver of the Year competition at Logistics Link Live on Wednesday 21 May.
8th May 2008
Mentor donates their award winning simulator to the National Fork Truck Heritage Centre.
18th April 2008
Mentor, are pleased to announce their new plans in Scotland.
19th March 2008
The riders waited in excited anticipation, their mounts poised for action, with the course in prime condition. But this competition at Sandown Park involved forklifts rather than horses, as it was the Southern regional heat of the Combilift Driver of the Year event, held on the first day of the Health & Safety 08 Show.
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