August

Newsletter
Welcome to your August Newsletter, packed with news, events and new releases. This month's edition includes:

• August Courses
• Confined Space Training
• First Aid Training
• Onsite Training
• Join Our WhatsApp Channel
• That's all until next month!

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August Courses
We have the following open courses scheduled in August:

Thamesmead:

• IPAF 3a  / 3b / 1b Operator : 3rd, 4th, 5th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 24th, 25th, 26th & 29th
• IPAF Harness: Daily as above
• IPAF/PASMA Combined: 15th, 29th
• PASMA Towers For Users: 14th, 15th, 21st, 29th

Soham:

• IPAF 3a / 3b: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 10th, 11th,12th, 13th, 17th,18th, 19th, 20th, 24th, 25th & 26th
• IPAF Harness: Daily as above
• PASMA Towers for Users: 28th

Don't see a date/time that you want? Contact us to discuss your requirements. Want training done at your site? We can look to open up a closed course for you.

Details of upcoming courses can be found on the Course Calendar page on our website, we have recently updated this to make it more user friendly and much more up-to-date than it ever has been.

For further details or to arrange a course, contact us on 0203 794 0798 or email [email protected]

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Digitisation Is Coming...
Last month, our Director Richard was up in Glasgow at PASMA's Head Office for a Training Committee meeting, with the main topic of discussion being the move towards digitisation of PASMA Training Courses.

The meeting was a first official showing of how the course is intended to be run using tablets instead of paperwork for both the Instructor and the delegates.
Data entry, photographs, theory tests and feedback/evaluations are all moving from paper to tablet.

If the thought of doing your training course entirely on a tablet seems scary, don't worry, the move towards this is still a work in progress and is not expected to be fully implemented until the start of next year.

There will however be trials of the new digital systems coming in the next few months, for which RSC Training will be participating in, so it is possible you might get to see and use the new tablets before it becomes the new way of PASMA training.

If you have any questions about digitisation, or about PASMA training in general, feel free to contact us.

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City & Guilds Confined Space Medium Risk
Last month we successfully run our first City & Guilds Confined Space Medium Risk Course, the delegates enjoyed the course and the feedback was good! This is aimed at persons who are required to enter confined spaces and hazardous areas, providing them with an in depth knowledge of the legal requirements, legislation, safe systems of work and risk assessments.

This course is aimed specifically at entrants and includes competent use of appropriate confined space equipment, including Escape Breathing Apparatus (EBA) and practical exercises covering access, egress and safe working practices for confined space and hazardous areas.

On successful completion delegates will receive a Nationally Recognised certificate (valid 3 years).

We can also run shorter low risk one day courses please ask us for your specific requirements.

We have another course scheduled this month, if you are interested in any level Confined Space Course please do get in touch.

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Do you need First Aid Training?
Emergency First Aid at Work
The Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) course is a one day HSE compliant course designed to equip individuals with the basic skills needed to respond to medical emergencies in a low-risk workplace environmrent. 

Course Overview

• Duration: Typically 1 day (6 to 7 hours of face-to-face or blended training).

• Validity: The qualification is valid for 3 years, after which a requalification course is required.

• Suitability: Ideal for nominated first aiders in low-risk settings like offices, retail shops, and hospitality venues

Who Should Attend
The Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) course is designed for individuals who need to act as designated first aiders in specific workplace environments. 
Ideal Attendees

• Designated First Aiders: Staff members officially chosen to take charge during a workplace medical emergency.
• Low-Risk Workplace Staff: Employees working in offices, shops, libraries, call centres, or hospitality venues.
• Small Business Owners: Managers or teams in small companies where a full three-day course is not legally required.
• Back-Up First Aiders: Staff supporting a primary first aider in larger, more complex organizations.

For more info take a look here

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Onsite Training
Do you need onsite training but do not have the above equipment onsite? Have a chat with us - we could bring our equipment to you. It will work out far more economical than hiring in equipment from an external company.

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Join our WhatsApp Channel 
At RSC Training we like to keep in touch, for a while now we have been using WhatsApp to speak with many of you.

We are pleased to say our WhatsApp channel is going strong, feel free to scan the QR code and give us a follow!

Want the latest news? Hear it here first!

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July Newsletter
Welcome to your July Newsletter, packed with news, events and new releases. This month's edition includes:

• July Courses
• New Course Confined Space Training
• MEWP Spotter Course Now on our Website
• Onsite Training
• Join Our WhatsApp Channel
• That's all until next month!

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July Courses
We have the following open courses scheduled in July:

Thamesmead:

• IPAF 3a  / 3b / 1b Operator :1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th, 8th, 11th 13th, 24th, 15th, 16th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 25th, 29th 
• IPAF Harness: Daily as above
• IPAF/PASMA Combined: 11th, 25th
• PASMA Combined + Low Level Access: 24th 
• Ladder Combined: 9th
• PASMA Towers For Users: 3rd, 10th, 11th, 17th, 25th
• PASMA Towers on Stairs: 30th
• Confined Space Medium Risk: 27th  - 28th 

Soham:

• IPAF 3a / 3b: 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th, 8th, 27th, 28th, 29th
• IPAF Harness: Daily as above
• Ladder Combined: 9th
• PASMA Towers for Users: 31st

Don't see a date/time that you want? Contact us to discuss your requirements. Want training done at your site? We can look to open up a closed course for you.

Details of upcoming courses can be found on the Course Calendar page on our website, we have recently updated this to make it more user friendly and much more up-to-date than it ever has been.

For further details or to arrange a course, contact us on 0203 794 0798 or email [email protected]
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New Course Confined Space Training 
This City & Guilds course is aimed at persons who are required to enter confined spaces and hazardous areas, providing them with an in depth knowledge of the legal requirements, legislation, safe systems of work and risk assessments.

This course is aimed specifically at entrants and includes competent use of appropriate confined space equipment, including Escape Breathing Apparatus (EBA) and practical exercises covering access, egress and safe working practices for confined space and hazardous areas.

On successful completion delegates will receive a Nationally Recognised certificate (valid 3 years).

We can also run shorter low risk one day courses please ask us for your specific requirements.
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MEWP Spotter Course Now on Our WebsiteIPAF's (International Powered Access Federation) MEWP Spotter is a half day eLearning training course aimed at those who assist a MEWP Operator in safely manoeuvring a machine into position.
On successful completion delegates will receive a Internationally Recognised certificate (valid 5 years). Those who hold a valid Powered Access Licence (PAL) for operating equipment can have the MEWP Spotter (MM) category added to their PAL card.

Who Should Attend

This course is aimed at those who assist a MEWP Operator in safely manoeuvring a machine into position. It is also recommended that Operators, Managers and Supervisors undertake the course to ensure everyone onsite understands the Spotter's role, hand signals and where the Spotter should be safely positioned.

For more info take a look here
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Onsite Training
Do you need onsite training but do not have the above equipment onsite? Have a chat with us - we could bring our equipment to you. It will work out far more economical than hiring in equipment from an external company.
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Join our WhatsApp Channel 
At RSC Training we like to keep in touch, for a while now we have been using WhatsApp to speak with many of you.

We are pleased to say our WhatsApp channel is going strong, feel free to scan the QR code and give us a follow!

Want the latest news? Hear it here first!
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That's all for this Month!

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As always, if you have any suggestions for future newsletters, please email us - we love hearing from you [email protected].

June Newsletter

Welcome to your June Newsletter, packed with news, events and new releases. This month's edition includes:

• June Courses
• Check out our New YouTube Videos!
• No Falls Week The Results
• Onsite Training
• Join Our WhatsApp Channel
• That's all until next month!

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June Courses
We have the following open courses scheduled in June:.

Thamesmead:

• IPAF 3a  / 3b / 1b Operator:1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th 8th, 9th, 10th,, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 27th, 29th, 30th 
• IPAF Harness: Daily as above
• IPAF/PASMA Combined: 13th. 27th
• PASMA Combined: 26th
• Ladder User: 11th
• PASMA Towers For Users: 5th, 12th 13th, 27th
• PASMA Towers on Stairs: 25th

Soham:

• IPAF 3a / 3b: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 15th 16th, 17th, 18th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 29th, 30th
• IPAF Harness: Daily as above
• PASMA Towers for Users: 19th

Don't see a date/time that you want? Contact us to discuss your requirements. Want training done at your site? We can look to open up a closed course for you.

Details of upcoming courses can be found on the Course Calendar page on our website, we have recently updated this to make it more user friendly and much more up-to-date than it ever has been.

For further details or to arrange a course, contact us on 0203 794 0798 or email [email protected]
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Check out our new YouTube Videos! 
Here are our latest YouTube videos:

A Timelapse of the Large Deck Tower being built. Click Here

A Timelapse of the Linked Tower being built: Click Here

These were filmed at our Training Centre in Soham.
 
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No Falls Week The ResultsOrganised by the No Falls Foundation, No Falls Week returned this month for the third year running.


For those eagle eyed among you, you would have seen us promoting this extremely worthy Charity across our Social media.

Here are the stats from the campaign so far:

All in all a great campaign - thank you to everyone who has followed and shared this year. If you would like to support No Falls you can do so here.
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Onsite Training
Do you need onsite training but do not have the above equipment onsite? Have a chat with us - we could bring our equipment to you. It will work out far more economical than hiring in equipment from an external company.
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Join our WhatsApp Channel 
At RSC Training we like to keep in touch, for a while now we have been using WhatsApp to speak with many of you.

We are pleased to say our WhatsApp channel is going strong, feel free to scan the QR code and give us a follow!

Want the latest news? Hear it here first!
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Welcome to your April Newsletter, packed with news, events and new releases. This month's edition includes:

• April Courses
• MORE Advanced PASMA Training in Action at Soham!.
• IPAF introduces MEWP Spotter Course
• Onsite Ladder Training
• Join Our WhatsApp Channel
• That's all until next month!

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April Courses
We have the following open courses scheduled in April:.

Thamesmead:

• IPAF 3a  / 3b / 1b Operator:2nd, 7th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd & 25th  
• IPAF Harness: Daily.as above
• IPAF/PASMA Combined: 11th & 25th
• PASMA Towers For Users: 10th, 11th, 25th
• PASMA Towers on Stairs: 30th

Soham:

• IPAF 3a / 3b: 1st, 20th, 21st, 22nd & 23rd
• IPAF Harness: Daily as above
• PASMA Towers for Users: 24th
• PASMA Combined: 27th
• PASMA Linked Towers: 28th
• PASMA Large Decked Towers: 29th

Don't see a date/time that you want? Contact us to discuss your requirements. Want training done at your site? We can look to open up a closed course for you.

Details of upcoming courses can be found on the Course Calendar page on our website, we have recently updated this to make it more user friendly and much more up-to-date than it ever has been.

For further details or to arrange a course, contact us on 0203 794 0798 or email [email protected]
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More Advanced PASMA Training in action at Soham! 
This month, to compliment the Advanced PASMA training we run in February, we have PASMA Linked Towers and PASMA Large Deck Towers training coming to Soham.

These courses are SO RARELY RUN, so if you need your basic PASMA in order to get on these courses we have 2 running at Soham 24th April PASMA Towers For Users and 27th April PASMA Combined Towers & Low Level Access.

Why not add to your skill set and upgrade your licence with us.
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IPAF introduces MEWP Spotter Course!
Those of you with eagle eyes may have seen us announcing that IPAF have released a brand new course, the MEWP Spotter course.

So what is it? Its an online course appx 2 1/2hrs designed for anyone who may need to assist a MEWP Operator to safely manoeuvre a MEWP into position.

The online training course covers methods of communication between a MEWP Spotter and a MEWP Operator, including industry-established hand signals, which can be essential to safe operations in situations where the Operator has restricted visibility.

Assigning someone the role of Spotter provides additional safety in MEWP operations, enabling the Operator to be made aware of any hazards they may not be able to see in their line of sight.

If you would like to know some more about the course don't hesitate to get in touch.
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Onsite Ladder Training
Do you require training at your premises?

Above pictured is a course we recently ran in London where we brought our equipment to the customer's premises for their Ladder course. If you are located in the area of either of our training Centres in Thamesmead or Soham and require us to bring our equipment to you for your Ladder Course, then have a chat with us today and we can organise this for you.

We have a network of Ladder Instructors across the UK and can come to you at your premises for all your Ladder needs.
 
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Join our WhatsApp Channel 
At RSC Training we like to keep in touch, for a while now we have been using WhatsApp to speak with many of you.
We are pleased to say we have recently Launched our own WhatsApp channel, feel free to scan the QR code and give us a follow!
Don't worry we promise we won't spam you!
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Welcome to your March Newsletter, packed with news, events and new releases. This month's edition includes:

• March Courses
• Advanced PASMA Training in Action at Soham!.
• Our Instructor Richard Elected onto Ladder Committee!
• Onsite Ladder Training
• Spread the cost of your training
• That's all until next month!

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March Courses
We have the following open courses scheduled in March:.

Thamesmead:

• IPAF 3a  / 3b / 1b Operator: 9th, 10th, 11th, 14th, 24th, 25th, 28th.  
• IPAF Harness: Daily.as above
• IPAF/PASMA Combined: 14th & 28th.
• PASMA Towers For Users: 6th, 13th, 14th, 28th
• PASMA Towers on Stairs: 26th

Soham:

• IPAF 3a / 3b: 10th, 11th, 23rd, 24th, 25th
• IPAF Harness: Daily as above
• PASMA Towers for Users: 27th

Don't see a date/time that you want? Contact us to discuss your requirements. Want training done at your site? We can look to open up a closed course for you.

Details of upcoming courses can be found on the Course Calendar page on our website, we have recently updated this to make it more user friendly and much more up-to-date than it ever has been.

For further details or to arrange a course, contact us on 0203 794 0798 or email [email protected]
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Advanced PASMA Training in action at Soham! 
This last week we have been up at our Soham Training Centre doing a full week of PASMA activities, with a variety of different courses being run and some filming going on.

The week started with a Combined course, being run by Instructor Philip Reddy, covering standard towers and low level equipment. Then for the rest of the week our Instructor Richard Chapman took over to run some additional module courses.

Tuesday it was Towers On Stairways, using the new UTS Sales & Repair stair tower (pictured), followed by Towers With Cantilevers and Towers With Bridges courses on Wednesday and Thursday using the Alto Access HD towers (pictured). It's nice to see some different towers being built on training courses.

Thursday also saw the arrival of the team from PASMA who, along with the film crew, were there for two days to shoot some footage for their upcoming videos. More details on these videos will be released by PASMA in due course.

A good few days had, with some hard work and learning along the way. Thanks also to John Darby from the Test & Research Centre for making the equipment and facilities available for us all.
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Our Instructor Richard Elected onto Ladder Committee!
Those of you who have been on a course with us will had no doubt had the pleasure of Richards company for a few hours.

Richard is a very experienced instructor with IPAF, PASMA, Ladder Association and AITT (Forklift Trucks).

As a company we are passionate about people being safe when they are working at height and any way we can have any input into shaping the future of the industry we welcome with open arms.
So we are very proud that Richard has been elected onto the Ladder Association Training Committee and we wish him well in this new role. Don't worry though you will still see just as much of him around our Training Centre's.
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Onsite Ladder Training
Do you require training at your premises?

Above pictured is a course we recently ran in London where we brought our equipment to the customer's premises for their Ladder course. If you are located in the area of either of our training Centres in Thamesmead or Soham and require us to bring our equipment to you for your Ladder Course, then have a chat with us today and we can organise this for you.

We have a network of Ladder Instructors across the UK and can come to you at your premises for all your Ladder needs.
 
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Spread the Cost of Your Training 
We are pleased to announce that we are now able to offer Klarna as a payment option.

If you would like to take advantage of this option just choose Klarna at checkout and follow the instructions on screen.

Klarna allows you to split your payment over 3 months in 3 equal payments with no interest payments. 
 
If you choose to you can pay your remaining installments early with no penalties.

We are pleased to offer this flexibility to our customers and hope that it is useful to you.


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Welcome to your February Newsletter, packed with news, events and new releases. This month's edition includes:

• February Courses
• Advanced PASMA Training at Soham!.
• Group Bookings?
• Onsite IPAF Training
• Spread the cost of your training
• That's all until next month!

BOOK YOUR TRAINING WITH RSC TRAINING
February Courses
We have the following open courses scheduled in February:.

Thamesmead:

• IPAF 3a  / 3b / 1b Operator: 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 17th, 18th, 19th & 21st.  
• IPAF Harness: Daily.
• IPAF/PASMA Combined: 7th & 21st.
• PASMA Towers For Users: 6th, 7th, 13th, 21st. 
• PASMA Combined: 20th.
• Ladder & Step Ladder User / Inspection: 5th

Soham:

• IPAF 3a / 3b: 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 17th, 18th, 19th 
• IPAF Harness: Daily as above
• PASMA Towers for Users: 27th
• PASMA Combined: 23rd
• PASMA Towers on Stairs: 24th
• PASMA Towers with Cantilevers: 25th
• PASMA Towers with Bridges: 26th

Don't see a date/time that you want? Contact us to discuss your requirements. Want training done at your site? We can look to open up a closed course for you.

Details of upcoming courses can be found on the Course Calendar page on our website, we have recently updated this to make it more user friendly and much more up-to-date than it ever has been.

For further details or to arrange a course, contact us on 0203 794 0798 or email [email protected]
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Advanced PASMA Training at Soham! 

Coming to our Soham Centre this February, a full week of Advanced PASMA Training! If you need to renew your basic training or upgrade your skill set now is the time to do it!

Here's the schedule:

• Feb 23rd PASMA Combined + Low Level Access
• Feb 24th PASMA Towers on Stairs
• Feb 25th PASMA Towers with Cantilevers
• Feb 26th PASMA Towers with Bridges

These Advanced courses are not put on often so if you are thinking about doing one or all of them please speak to us about booking your space.
 
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Need to Book Training for a Group? Grab a Deal...! 
If you have a group of delegates that you need to book why not take advantage of one of our deals?

• At our Training Centre - Book 5 People on PASMA Towers for Users get the 6th person FREE
• At our Training Centre - Book 12 People on PASMA Towers for Users get 2 spaces FREE
• At our Training Centre - Book minimum 4 people on 3a 3b IPAF get 10% discount
• At our Training Centre - Book minimum 6 people on single category IPAF 3a, 3b or 1b get 10% discount
• On site Book 12 delegates on PASMA Towers for Users get 10% discount

Talk to us about your requirements, see how best we can help you.

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Onsite IPAF Training
Do you require training at your premises? You may not know but we have a network of Instructors across the UK able to come to you at your site.

We can let you know what machines you will need for your training and, provided you have space for the practical and a room for the theory, we can run the course for you at your site.

Typical courses run onsite are 3a / 3b and PAV.

Let us know your requirements and we can get some available dates over to you.
         
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Spread the Cost of Your Training 
We are pleased to announce that we are now able to offer Klarna as a payment option.

If you would like to take advantage of this option just choose Klarna at checkout and follow the instructions on screen.

Klarna allows you to split your payment over 3 months in 3 equal payments with no interest payments. 
 
If you choose to you can pay your remaining installments early with no penalties.

We are pleased to offer this flexibility to our customers and hope that it is useful to you.

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We would also like to thank our colleagues at Workplatform Ltd for sourcing and supplying the machines and to John Darby at the Test & Research Centre for his continued support of us at Soham.

As a company, RSC Training are always looking at ways to improve our processes with our commitment to sustainability, reducing our carbon footprint and to generally try and be as green as we can be, when we heard about the Employee Race to Zero competition, it seemed like a good opportunity to gauge where we were at, gain ideas and see what more we could do.

RSC Training's Director Richard commented: "We hadn't actually heard of the Employee Race to Zero Competition or of Giki until it came up on a newsletter from the Ladder Association saying they were taking part and were encouraging their members to do the same. As we were already doing some other work on sustainability for another project at the time, we looked into it and decided it would fit in well with what we were doing and to get involved"
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The idea of the competition was to take "steps", suggested by Giki, to reduce carbon footprint. When we first started looking into taking "steps", we found that a lot of what was being suggested were things that we were already doing! It was a good realisation and recognition of the work we already do towards sustainability. There were however "steps" we could take and it gave us a good opportunity to implement some ideas we had but just hadn't got around to doing.

Two good examples of this were:

Implementing Recycling and Waste Management at our Training Centre, replacing the single black bin with a range of recycling bins and a food waste bin, to encourage those attending our facilities to better think about separation of their waste.

Reducing Postage, by looking at ways in which we can minimise if not avoid postage needs, such as only sending paperwork to Instructors as needed, encouraging them to send paperwork to us in batches rather than per course and handing training cards/certificates to delegates who are coming to us repeatedly.

Richard commented: "Although maybe slightly frustrating that we missed out on the podium by only one "step", it was a good exercise for us to go through as a company to see where we are at with regards to sustainability. Credit to Lyndsey and Karen for their contributions which were much better than mine, I came bottom of the office leader board!"

After the event had finished, the team at RSC Training took time out to catch up with Sorrel Humphrey, Sustainability Advisor for the Ladder Association, so we could compare notes on how we each felt the competition had gone and what comes next.

We learnt from Sorrel that the Ladder Association finished 12th in the overall leader board, that they had also seen that they were already doing a lot of good things already and that the process had been a positive one to be involved with for them too.

Going forward, RSC Training will be continuing with its ongoing commitment towards sustainability, implementing new processes where applicable and will be supporting the Ladder Association in their future endeavours in regards to sustainability.