BAGMA TRAINING
The gold standard The Government says face-to-face training can restart where it is safe to do so. With this in mind, we'd like to introduce our trainers BAGMA TRAINING IS back! As of January 2021, BAGMA has reintroduced face-toface training where both the employer and the BAGMA-appointed trainer are happy this can be done in a Covid-safe environment. This means correct social distancing and the wearing of masks and use of sanitiser gels as appropriate. Due to the practical nature of our BAGMA training courses it is not possible for us to offer online training at the moment. BAGMA has been involved in providing one and two-day training courses to the land-based industry sector for many years. These have been provided in the past by BAGMA’s own training manager and by manufacturers trainers working with BAGMA courses. The organisation, administration and course materials are all provided by BAGMA through the BAGMA Training and Administration Manager, Kari Hearn. Courses are based on the need to meet current legislation, health and safety requirements and to support the requirements of businesses and consumer and employee protection.
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They provide training on certain aspects of the implementation of legislation and the legal requirements surrounding Installation and Handover, Brake Performance Testing, Thorough Examination and F-Gas certification. Working with a team of independent training providers who have backgrounds in the land-based industry and with manufacturers trainers, BAGMA can deliver this very specific training at dealers and manufacturers premises without the need for dealer staff to travel away from their businesses. The following article provides some background on some of the trainers that are delivering BAGMA Training currently. All BAGMA trainers have to prove that they have a history of training, relevant experience in the industry and sign up to BAGMA’s code of practice and standards. Contact info@bagma.com for further information on training courses and delivery of training, alternatively call BAGMA HQ on 01295 713344.
Becoming a freelance trainer is the best thing I ever did
Name: David Henshaw of D. Henshaw Training Services Born in Manchester in the swinging 60s, I entered the motor trade as an apprentice in 1982 at a local Toyota main dealer. In 1990 I moved to a larger Toyota main dealer in the northwest (RRG group) just as Lexus was launched in the UK; I was in the first group of technicians to be trained on Lexus vehicles. I was a Lexus technician for 18 years, twice winning national Lexus skills awards which culminated in visits to the factories in Japan and being inducted into the Toyota Technical Hall of Champions in Nagoya. I’ve always had a passion for training courses and in 2008 I made the jump into training at Delphi in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. After three years I got the chance to join JCB as a technical trainer – a fantastic decade followed, making lots of very good friendships, travelling the world and being very proud to be training on a great British product. I worked mainly on engines, construction machines and high voltage systems towards the end but also being introduced to ag dealers via BAGMA training, delivering Installation, AC and Thorough Examination training to the JCB network. In late 2019 I started to think about my future BAGMA BULLETIN MARCH-APRIL 2021
