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First week back!

It’s our first week back following lockdown and we are glad to report that our new working practices and social distancing is going really well. Plumbing and tiling courses were our first courses back training and we asked several students what they thought of our new COVID-19 safe set up to maintain safe working / training practices and all feedback was excellent and reassuring.

Here are a few photos form the first week back during the first couple of days.

Next week the plastering courses will start and followed by the carpentry courses. By the end of June we will be fully up and running with a safe phased return to training.

 

 

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YTA Training And Assessment Ltd

Unit 12a Factory Street, Dudley Hill, Bradford

West Yorkshire, BD4 9NW

Tel: 01274682199

 

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We are ready to open!

We have been working extremely hard over the past few weeks to prepare for re-opening following the lockdown and we are now ready to open for YTA courses on Monday 1st June.

Please take a look at the gallery below to see what we have put in place:

  • Hand sanitiser stations in each department,
  • Yellow dots on the floor 2m apart,
  • Perspex between training bays where possible
  • Face-masks to be handed out

We have some ground rules for attending which can be found on our COVID-19 page which must be followed to help keep all staff and students safe.

We are not sure how long we will need these rules and procedures in place but I feel it is a good way of trying to keep everybody safe.  We will expect all students and staff to adhere to the above measures. Safety in these unprecedented times is our top priority.

It will feel a little different at first whilst we all get used to the new social distancing measures and how we can practice this in a construction training centre but please bear with us as we are all new to this way of working/ teaching/ assessing.

 

Perspex between plumbing training bays
Perspex between carpentry & joinery bays and yellow dots 2m spacing on floor
2m yellow floor dots around the training centre
2m yellow floor dots around the training centre
2m yellow floor dots around the training centre
2m yellow floor dots around the training centre
2m yellow floor dots around the training centre
Hand sanitiser and perspex between plumbing training bays
Perspex between plumbing training bays
Perspex between plumbing training bays
Hand sanitiser by tiling and plastering course
Hand sanitiser by carpentry and bricklaying course
Hand sanitiser by advanced plumbing course

YTA Training And Assessment Ltd

Unit 12a Factory Street, Dudley Hill, Bradford, BD4 9NW

Tel: 01274682199

 

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Three successful Carpentry NVQ’s today

We had three experienced carpenters successfully complete their Site Carpentry NVQ‘s today at YTA and we are happy to say that they all passed the 6 hour practical assessment. The Site Carpentry NVQ level 2 Diploma is gained through the EWPA (Experienced Worker Practical Assessment) if you have a minimum of 5 years experience working as Site Carpenter. We are so glad to say that we are off to a flying start following the lockdown period and all three achieved the 1 day NVQ level 2 practical assessment.

We have some new working practices in place which can be found on our COVID-19 PAGE and all went to plan, face-masks provided, social distancing and hand sanitiser stations around the centre all making the assessment process safe.

One of the three experienced carpenter completing his NVQ level 2 in site carpentry through EWPA today
One of the three experienced carpenter completing his NVQ level 2 in site carpentry through EWPA today

Are you an experienced Carpenter / Joiner of 5 or more years? then you can spend 1 day at our NOCN Cskills approved NVQ Centre in Yorkshire completing the wood occupations site carpentry NVQ level 2 EWPA (Experienced Worker Practical Assessment). We run this assessment on Saturday’s 7:30am until approx 4pm depending on your time. We run the assessment at our training centre in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The 1 day NVQ level 2 through EWPA costs £900 including vat, (£750 excl vat).

Successful Carpentry NVQ
Two out of the three experienced carpenters completing their NVQ level 2 in site carpentry through EWPA today

How do we assess during COVID-19 and keep social distancing

We have a very large assessment centre (6500 sq foot) and the EWPA requires the candidate to work on their own in a dedicated assessment area for an allocated amount of time to complete the practical assessment (between 6 and 9 hours depending on which trade). We can easily distance a maximum of 3 assessment areas within the centre 6m apart from each other. The assessor will assess at distance and when required at the end of the assessment, ask you to stand to one side so he can measure and mark your practical assessment.  So the carpentry NVQ level 2 is still running but with no more than 3 candidates per time in the building.

We really can get you your NVQ quickly

What if you need to be earning a wage again even before you’ve completed our carpentry EWPA route? Well, that’s not too much of a drama, either – you simply need to first secure your place and pay your deposit, so that we can get you registered. This will enable you to apply for and gain a temporary card lasting for a maximum of six months until you have completed the EWPA.

Don’t wait any longer to email the YTA team at info@ytatraining.com during COVID-19 lockdown and on 01274 682199, to book your place or to discuss how we can best serve your construction training / assessment requirements. YTA have been delivering successful Carpentry NVQ’s to experienced carpenters for 14 years now.

Successful Carpentry NVQ
Successfully completed carpentry NVQ at YTA

Well done to all three successful Carpentry NVQ’s candidates from the YTA team!

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Unit 12a Factory Street, Dudley Hill, Bradford, West Yorkshire

Tel: 01274682199

Email: info@ytatraining.com

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We are preparing to re-open

Covid-19 Important Update 14.5.2020

We are preparing to re-open but our top priority is keeping staff and students safe.

The YTA office will re-open on Monday 18th May and we will be actively contacting students whose courses have been affected over the past several weeks of closure due to coronavirus. We will be available to not only re-schedule courses but also take new course bookings. The office will be open 9am to 4:30pm. If you would rather call us then please do so on 01274682199.

Our plan is to start running the majority of our courses on Monday 1st June onwards.

What we will be doing in preparation to opening for students on 1st June is making sure we have the following in place:

  • 2m floor indicators around the centre where possible
  • hand sanitiser wall mounted dispensers around the training centre, office and the entrance/ exit to the building
  • hand wash facilities and disposable latex gloves provided throughout the centre as usual.
  • some training bays are only half height so we will be building clear perspex screens to a suitable height so once students are in their bays they can maintain social distance by way of a barrier/ screen/ wall.
  • depending on students numbers, break times may be staggered and we may not be able to accommodate every student a place to eat their lunch inside our centre whilst also maintaining 2m distances at all times. We will ask students to eat their lunch in their car/ van whilst we give students attending via public transport priority seating inside the building for their lunch
  • we will limit the amount of tool sharing as much as possible. Everyone will be provided with a set of tools to use for the duration of their course but some tools will need to be shared such as large tiles cutters, mixing drills and pressure testers. Wearing gloves whilst using these will be advised or use the hand sanitiser.
  • wearing a face-mask inside the building will be mandatory when a 2m social distance can not be maintained, for example:

– during some types of training such as 1 to 1 training

– small group lectures where the group may be stood near each other

– whilst walking through areas narrower than 2m where other students or staff may also walkthrough or past

This is to help keep everybody safe. The face-mask provided will be free of charge and a new one will be provided each day if required, this way everyone is able to wear a regulated good quality face-mask.

We are not sure how long we will need these rules and procedures in place but I feel it is a good way of trying to keep everybody safe. If you would like to cancel your course then we can refund your course fee or re-schedule for a time when the above rules can be relaxed. We will expect all students and staff to adhere to the above measures. Safety in these unprecedented times is our top priority.

It will feel a little different at first whilst we all get used to the new social distancing measures and how we can practice this in a construction training centre but please bear with us as we are all new to this way of working/ teaching/ assessing. Any further updates will be on the COVID-19 page.

 

Thank you. Stay safe.

Graham Binns

Director

E: info@ytatraining.com

 

YTA Training And Assessment Ltd

Unit 12a Factory Street, Dudley Hill, Bradford, BD4 9NW

Tel: 01274682199

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