ASFP TRAINING
UPDATE ASFP Training Manager Chris Sharman provides news of the ASFP’s latest course.
As this second edition of Ignite is published, the ASFP will be launching its new Introduction to Passive Fire Protection online course and receiving feedback on it from our delegates. As I am sure you are all aware this is our introductory offering for those new to the world of passive fire protection, or to those who work for companies in the sector but are not engaged “on the front line” as installers. The idea of the course is to offer those people an overview of the world of passive fire protection, what it is all about from a regulatory and operational standpoint, and how products are designed, installed, and tested. Hopefully, those taking the online course will find it a step forward from our previous offering, and further proof of our ongoing commitment to increasing the level of competence within our industry from the ground up. We took the decision very early on to include our membership in the production of this training and we have found their resources and assistance invaluable. The training we provide has to represent both the best of what we have to offer as an association and what our industry needs for its members. It is important that our membership is fully on board with what we are trying to do and fully supportive of our efforts and we have gone to great lengths to consult them as best we can to ensure their needs as well as ours are met. We would like to thank everyone that has contributed time, resources, staff, (and coffee) to the new training, your efforts have been greatly appreciated as has your patience allowing us to take up space in your facilities as Max, Mike, and I travel all over the country getting in the way and generally making a nuisance of ourselves. I know I can speak for Max and Mike when I say the support we have had for our filming sessions has been excellent and you have all made us feel most welcome. It shows that this can be the two-way street we had hoped it would be, and we look forward to working with you again as we look to the long-term future of our training offerings and we would very much welcome your input as to where we as an industry think we should target our efforts going forward. We would also welcome any feedback that can be given on the style and content of our new offerings, as any feedback we receive can only help us fine tune our packages in future.
Thank you to everyone who has taken part, and I look forward to being able to bring you further training updates in the near future. To those of you that have taken part in our online introductory course please send your feedback to me at chris.sharman@asfp.org.uk and I look forward to receiving your thoughts and opinions in due course.
ASFP IGNITE
NEW COURSES
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