John Findlay Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Uk

Role Context:Responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of NICEIC Certification assessment centres, internal/external verification and the development of training & assessment criteria. Responsible for ongoing operational compliance with the Certification Body's quality assurance matters within nominated scope of responsibility. Role DimensionsResponsible for Assessor/Trainers, Consultants/Associates, plus controlling costs within a specified budget.

Uk

Services and expertise I can offer:Training needs analysis for energy and utility companies. Design and development for vocational and technical skills.Training delivery and assessment of vocational and regulated competencies.Managing training and development teams to achieve strategic goals.Working with qualifications, award bodies and funding agencies.Project management of new strategic initiatives within the energy and utility skills sector.

United Kingdom

Developed and delivered commercial opportunities arising from the premises, equipment, expertise and intellectual property of the British Gas Engineering Academies.Facilitated the alignment of commercial opportunities with the overall British Gas strategy to ensure that they were supportive, financially viable, commercially legal and profitable.Generated interest from external organisations and government agencies, who benefited from entering a commercial relationship with the British Gas Academies.Engaged all necessary parties in the negotiation and discussion of potential commercial opportunities, e.g. Academy leadership, business leadership, legal, health & safety, property.Worked with industry governing & certifying bodies to ensure that British Gas Academy commercial propositions are legal and supportive of overall industry goals.Promoted and marketed Academy expertise at events and through media to generate interest in commercial opportunities.Built the brand awareness and quality of the British Gas Academies externally and internally as a result of commercial relationships.Supported the business in extracting maximum commercial benefit through the Academy estate as well as through the development of qualified engineers, customer service agents and other professional support staff – this will involved liaison with the Corporate Responsibility & PR teams.

United Kingdom

Headed up a design team which developed technical and vocational training programmes for the Energy Academy and wider operational sectors of the business.Controlled the Competence & Training (C&T) team within British Gas. This team was responsible for developing processes and training in order the company demonstrated competence within the financial services environment.Continued to own and project manage the Energy Academy property strategy and portfolio. This involved geographical and facility effectiveness for growth in relation to quality and quantity.

United Kingdom

2002 - 2009 National Training Manager08 - 09 Design & Development07 - 08 Operations and Design & Development05 - 07 Engineer Development, Mandatory Competence and Design & Development02 - 05 Mature Vocational Trainee NVQ Learning Routes and Commercial Controlled the Health & Safety Environment for all our Engineering Academies with leadership team colleagues.Delivered training solutions for mature learners recruited by the company during the accelerated growth period. This included the governments Ambition Energy initiative through Job Centre Plus.Delivered mandatory training and assessment for domestic and commercial third party engineers working within the gas industry.Set up and quality controlling three FE College partnerships responsible for delivering vocational learning.Headed up and delivered the Engineering Academy property strategy during the accelerated growth period.Designed and developed technical training packages which included new media innovation. (IGEM Awards)Delivered mandatory training and assessment requirements for over 8000 engineers.Controlled the integrity of competence within the engineering environment. (Gas Safe Register formally CORGI)Developed and delivered technical development training for over 8000 engineers.Delivered mandatory training and assessment for third party customers. (Generating Income)Delivered all apprentice S/NVQ training routes to qualification.Maintained and improved quality and standards systems.

United Kingdom

Controlled the design, development and delivery of mandatory and technical training skills for internal and external engineers out of four UK training centres.Developed vocational training pathways for mature recruits entering the gas industry.Income generation from external delivery of training portfolio. (£1.8m per year)

United Kingdom

Responsible for the development of around 500 company engineers in the area of gas mandatory competence and enhancing skills.The delivery of S/NVQ awards.The design and development of training packages.The development and maintenance of award body approved training centres and people in respect to quality and standards.Income generation through the marketing of gas industry training and assessment to third party engineers and managers.Training consultancy provision for award bodies, training providers and third party businesses in the domestic and commercial sector of the gas industry.

United Kingdom

Accountabilities:Supervision of domestic installation, service and repair engineers.Supervision of commercial gas surveyors, engineers and welding contractors.The development of commercial engineer skills.Design of commercial installations.Customer liaison and planning.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Accountabilities:Marketing central heating systems, domestic gas appliances and other products.Surveys, sales and planning.Installation, service and repair.Financial effectiveness.Developing and managing employees.Customer service.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Development and delivery of apprenticeships and fully qualified engineer technical skills training.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Installation, service and repair of downstream gas products and emergency service.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Four year apprenticeship in domestic and commercial gas installation, service and repair.

City & Guilds 7281, Training & Development Award (Vocational Assessor), Pass

City & Guilds 7281, Training & Development Awards (Internal Verifier), Pass

City & Guilds 7281, Training & Development Award (Skills Trainer & Assessor), Pass

Commercial Utilisation Of Gas, Distinction

Domestic Gas Utilisation, Intermediate Utilisation Of Gas (City & Guilds)

Gas Engineering (City & Guilds), Intermediate & Final City & Guilds (Gas)