Clearview North February 2014 - Issue 147 | Page 68

INSTALLERSUPPORT

New Training
Company Set Up
The GGF has formed a new company
called GGF Training Ltd to meet
the industry’s training requirements
by delivering a range of training
solutions for the fenestration and
glazing sector at every level.
Nigel Rees, GGF Group Chief
Executive, welcomed the new
addition to the Group:
“The objectives of GGF
Training are twofold – firstly
to fulfil a need for a full service
training provision in the glazing
sector. This will be capable of
taking entrants to the industry
from apprenticeship level
right up to Master Installer/
Surveyor. Additionally, GGF
Training will supply a clear,
simple and cost-effective route
to MTC (Minimum Technical
Competency) compliance

- enabling installers to
demonstrate competence in ways
that are flexible enough to suit all
businesses and individuals.”
GGF Training will offer various
learning options including online
courses for at-home learning,
traditional classroom-based
modules and practical on-site
courses. This approach will create
positive personal development at
an individual level, a commercial
advantage at a business level
and further raise industry-wide
standards.
If you would like to know more
about the GGF Training routes
to MTC compliance, or further
training opportunities – please
contact Rebecca Healy on 0207
397 7205 or email training@
ggftraining.com

MTC cards
for door and
window installers
BM TRADA has launched
a Minimum Technical
Competency (MTC) card to
allow installers of external
windows and doorsets to
demonstrate that they meet
the strict new government
requirements for approved
competent person schemes in
the sector.
Installers and surveyors within
competent person schemes for
windows and doors must verify
their competence against the
Fenestration MTCs by 6th June
2014. BM TRADA’s MTC
card will enable each installer/
surveyor to demonstrate they
meet this requirement.
To obtain an MTC card each
installer /surveyor must be
assessed. Although, installers /
surveyors who have a current
NVQ, can obtain an MTC
card without undertaking a full
MTC assessment provided the
NVQ is relevant and can be
verified.
BM TRADA’s approach to
demonstrating compliance with
the MTCs has been designed

to allow assessments to be
completed alongside the routine
site inspections that are required
as part of its Competent Person
Scheme.
BM TRADA has teamed up
with Industry Qualifications Ltd
(IQ), an OFQUAL registered
awarding body. BM TRADA