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for further information contact business development on 0141 581 2222 winter 09/10 reid kerr management student named top apprentice reid kerr college management student carolyn donnelly has been named as the country s top non-traditional apprentice at skills development scotland s modern apprenticeship awards human resource worker carolyn donnelly won the non traditional aged 20 or over category prize at the sqa sponsored event having completed an svq 4 in management at the college she was nominated by her reid kerr assessor marion strang and attended a glittering awards ceremony in glasgow recently which marked the 8th year of these annual awards celebrating the high standards being reached by employees employers and learning providers involved in modern apprenticeships carolyn is a huge advocate of the modern apprenticeship programme she said the modern apprenticeship has been a major catalyst in my development going forward i will support and encourage others to undertake modern apprenticeships and to understand its value both to them and the business maria roushias training manager at reid kerr college added carolyn now has a management qualification that truly reflects her ability and skills and is a real role model for future modern apprentices carolyn donnelly and marion strong celebrating academic success reid kerr college graduated over 600 students at their annual graduation ceremonies held in the paisley abbey again this year students gathered with their fellow graduates families and friends to celebrate their achievements at college and mark the next step in their careers local and international students graduated from all three ceremonies held in november with sponsors and invited guests in attendance from various organisations hillington based worldwide engineering ltd joined the celebrations and sponsored a special award which went to international student eric ogwang eric 22 from uganda picked up a certificate for achieving an hnd electronics at reid kerr and was named prize winner for his course john smyth managing director and mark dickie sales director presented eric with the worldwide engineering award mark dickie said worldwide engineering was delighted to sponsor the hnd electronics course award as a business we re committed to supporting our local community and are proud to be involved with reid kerr college and the celebration of their students achievements reid kerr college principal joe mooney said it is important we from left mark dickie sales director eric ogwang celebrate the achievements and john smyth managing director of our graduates who have worked hard and committed themselves to gaining qualifications and developing their future congratulations to all of our students who now join a growing number of successful graduates to complete their studies at reid kerr college in paisley rocco business awards 2009 the cream of renfrewshire s business community gathered recently for a glittering prize giving ceremony at the 6th annual rocco awards and renfrew based company aeropair ltd scooped a prestigious award on the night aeropair ltd took the innovation technology award sponsored by reid kerr college this award recognises those organisations that have successfully developed innovative products technologies or services or who have developed innovative ways of doing business with customers and joint venture partnerships stephen findlay managing director of aeropair ltd accepted the award from college principal joe mooney aeropair manufacture and refurbish aircrafts by providing full turnkey parts and services for the maintenance and upgrade of aircraft interiors air filtration systems cockpits electrical and much more from left tom johnston president of the chamber stephen findlay aeropair and reid kerr college principal joe mooney

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for further information contact business development on 0141 581 2222 complete care training achieving key skills in care is a vital component of staff development within many businesses operating in today s care sector staff from muirsheil day care centre in port glasgow have been upgrading their skills and qualifications recently with reid kerr college in a bid to provide a wider range of care services to meet the needs of the adults attending the centre on a daily basis centre manager pat macdonald said we are very satisfied with the quality of training delivered by reid kerr and hope to continue with further training this year delivered in-house staff have completed a range of courses including infection control palliative care counselling and dementia maureen macpherson head of health and social care at reid kerr added we have maintained a close and successful partnership with this centre to help them identify their training needs and subsequently develop and deliver a programme that matches those needs reid kerr can deliver a wide range of care related training programmes which are designed for individual s currently working in a care setting or for those interested in care provision a package of care skills courses can be delivered as well as separate learning programmes either by distance learning or practical training courses for more information about key skills in care you can contact maureen macpherson on 0141 587 3375 businesses on the big screen reid kerr college s academy of creative arts was invited to produce a dvd for this year s rocco awards played at the prestigious renfrewshire chamber of commerce 2009 business awards the dvd captured a glimpse of the individual award finalists garry kerr director of renfrewshire chamber of commerce said i was very impressed by the videos showcasing the entrants at the rocco awards this year all the companies came across really well the production of the short films were very clear and professionally presented keep up the good work and high standard steven hunter of kidds distribution award finalist and winner of the workforce plus employer of the year award added the awards dvd was fantastic and of a very high quality we are looking forward to finding out more about developing something similar with reid kerr for our own business peter pringle head of the academy of creative arts at reid kerr said the response to the dvd has been excellent with a great deal of interest created following the awards ceremony we would welcome any further enquiries from businesses looking for assistance in producing similar media products and services promethean announces training partner for scotland promethean a global leader in interactive learning technology has formed an exclusive partnership with experienced scottish training provider reid kerr college as a promethean authorised learning centre reid kerr will offer a wide range of promethean accredited training courses to all schools and colleges across scotland helping teachers to maximise the use of information and communication technologies ict in teaching and learning through the new partnership reid kerr will offer a full spectrum of educator-led training ranging from face-to-face foundation level activlearning courses to more advanced certificated programmes covering curriculum development and peer-to-peer training interactive technologies have the potential to enhance learning and teaching key to realising these benefits however is ensuring teachers are confident and competent users of these solutions said joe mooney principal at reid kerr college to support scottish teachers in becoming effective users of ict reid kerr offers the highest quality training for promethean technologies in a variety of accessible and interactive formats and to suit users of all skill and confidence levels all promethean courses have been specially created to encourage collaborative working peer-to-peer support and provide opportunities for sharing and interactivity furthermore courses are delivered in small groups to ensure participants get the most out of the training for further details on the range of promethean accredited training courses available through reid kerr telephone 0141 581 2158 or visit www.reidkerr.net/promethean_training

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for further information contact business development on 0141 581 2222 west of scotland strategic alliance reid kerr college recently hosted a training information event welcoming training professionals from nhs greater glasgow clyde nhs gg&c as well as educators from further education fe institutions across the west of scotland introduced as the nhs/fe west of scotland strategic alliance the event provided an overview of how fe could work in partnership with the nhs to provide staff training and was aimed at the nhs delegates all of whom were responsible for staff training development within their organisation annette monaghan work access programme manager with nhs gg&c welcomed all of the delegates with presentations and talks given by representatives from reid kerr college scotland s colleges the scottish qualifications authority and nhs gg&c annette said this event was made up of interesting and informative presentations followed by a thorough discussion and an exchange of information and views all of which was a very good foundation for future joint working between the nhs and the fe sector pictured below from left is jim mcallister reid kerr college lyndsay lauder head of learning education nhs greater glasgow clyde annette monaghan work access programme manager nhs greater glasgow clyde alistair campbell joint chair nhs fe strategy group cardonald college alyson barrie sqa sybil lang sfeu and elaine moffett reid kerr college annual management awards reid kerr college recently hosted the 8th annual chartered management institute cmi best management student awards with a selection of the best management students from renfrewshire inverclyde recognised on the night the top award cmi executive diploma student of the year went to john ironside 49 from glasgow and an area manager with strathclyde fire and rescue the event was well attended and for the first time this year the business school invited a number of previous graduates who expressed interest in becoming involved in developing an alumni network jim mcallister head of corporate languages international business said we were delighted to welcome so many people to this year s event and guest speaker jean kerr leadership development manager with ibm uk ltd gave an informative presentation to our invited students guests and staff ron mcneil branch education officer with the cmi added a major objective of the chartered management institute cmi is to advance the art and science of management at branch level in wider renfrewshire over the last 8 years we have in partnership with reid kerr college developed an award system which is helping to increase management student intake for the college and membership of the institute we look forward to helping the college to build on the encouraging level of interest shown at the recent event building on training employees from hillington based building systems manufacturers sto ltd have been addressing their first aid training needs and an hr manager and receptionist are the latest in a long line of candidates to complete a workplace first aid course with reid kerr college the `health safety executive hse workplace first aid programme covers topics including resuscitation burns and fractures equipping candidates with a comprehensive introduction to first aid hr manager anne lusk from sto ltd said following the training at reid kerr both marie mccartan our company receptionist and myself feel confident enough to tackle any situation which may arise in or outside the workplace neither of us had any first aid experience and we both found the training environment and delivery excellent we are now dedicated first aiders for sto ltd and serve a team of 24 staff within the office and warehouse premises for more information about the hse `approved workplace first aid certificate please contact reid kerr college student services on 0141 581 2222 or log on to www.reidkerr.ac.uk from left senior lecturer in healthcare ann usher anne lusk and marie mccartan from sto ltd

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student honoured by the royal environmental health institute of scotland the royal environmental health institute of scotland rehis honours individuals working and training within the area of environmental health at their annual awards ceremony for the 2nd consecutive year a student from reid kerr college picked up a top award at their highfield awards held in edinburgh margaret valenti completed the rehis intermediate food hygiene course with reid kerr and following her examination she was named the winner of the highfield award 2008/09 for achieving top marks in her exam margaret a higher clerical officer/secretary at inverclyde hospital in greenock irh was invited to attend the ceremony where she was be recognised for her achievements along with some of the most celebrated candidates to embark on courses with rehis last year both margaret s tutor at reid kerr sandra campbell and her employer michael mccall central production manager at inverclyde hospital agree that this achievement is a positive indicator of investment in people the benefits of margaret s training are deeply evident as she has contributed considerably to current haccp policy and food hygiene issues both at irh and paisley s royal alexandra hospital central production units resulting in more efficient and robust systems graham walker rehis director of training said congratulations to margaret on achieving top marks in the rehis intermediate food hygiene certificate exam i am pleased that she has been able to put the knowledge gained at reid kerr college into practice in her workplace electrical safety in the middle east employees of the arab contractors company a leading construction company based in the middle east and north africa have recently completed a training programme in electrical safety for construction sites delivered by bill burgoyne of the institute of construction engineering from reid kerr college with over 60,000 employees the arab contractors experience is widely diversified and covers a wide spectrum of the construction industry and its ancillary services including public buildings bridges roads housing and manufacturing the course was delivered in cairo covering the fundamentals of electrical protection systems on construction sites and included an introduction to the new protection concepts from the iee 17th edition wiring regulations in addition the programme delivered modules in prospective short circuit fault calculations and the design and verification of protection systems for construction sites there were 26 candidates ranging from contracts managers design engineers and site engineers andrew fogarty head of energy utilities at reid kerr said this training marks the first international delivery of the iee 17th edition related training and we are delighted that the introduction of the new standard is taking this type of professional development training out to an international market dr gamal el taleb of the british training solutions has been working closely with kim queen head of international corporate development at reid kerr and the arab contractors company in procuring and developing business on behalf of the college in egypt dr gamal confirmed that the success of the first programme has enabled them to proceed with further training to be delivered in nasr city and at reid kerr college from left sandra campbell mike mccall graham walker director of training at rehis and margaret valenti

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