Roofing November 2016
Multi Award Winning Craftsm You would think a long established lead craftsman that has won the Murdoch Sponsors Award three times in ten years would be livid at losing his “Excellent” grading on a technicality.
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owever far from resenting the decision by the LCA Council to reduce his grading for not attending a technical seminar in 2015, Vince McKee of McKee Plumbing in Maidstone, Kent has insisted it was the right decision.
“No individual is bigger than this organisation” said Vince “and we all know what the rules are. Work prevented me from going to the June Seminar in London and I had planned to go to the September seminar in Manchester, but then at the last minute couldn’t attend that one either.” All LCA members must attend one technical seminar each year as part of their Continuing Professional Development and commitment to the quality standards ethic of the Association. The mandatory attendance rule was implemented by Council after discussion with members at the 2011 AGM. It was seen as an essential part of keeping members up to date with technical developments and changes within the sector as well as the opportunity to draw in relevant people from outside the organisation, such as architects and senior representatives from the LSA, the heritage sector and others, to provide their own insight into lead sheet design, specification and installation.
50 V McKee - Murdoch Sponsors Award winner 2009