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BRITTOp has been trading over seven years now and continues to grow at a rapid rate.
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BRITTOP are very pleased to announce that we are now an Awarding Organisation recognised by the CITB
CITB is obviously well known in the construction sector and supports skills training and development through industry training courses.
As an awarding organisation, it will be BRITTOPs role to provide qualifications for courses delivered by our member training providers.
BRITTOP accredited training courses for equipment used in the construction industry would include industrial forklifts, all types of rough terrain telescopic handlers, excavators, dumpers, mobile elevating work platforms, lorry loaders, loading shovels, cranes, slinger/signaller and many other courses that you our members provide to such high standards.
How would this benefit you as a BRITTOP training Provider ?
As an awarding body, BRITTOP member companies who provide training to construction workers can now apply to become a CITB Approved Training organisation (ATO) for the construction industry.
Why become an Approved Awarding Organisation ?
Training providers that successfully complete the CITB application process will be recognised within the construction industry as quality organisations that work to a defined industry-approved standard.
As a CITB ATO companies can advertise its courses on the CITB Construction Training Register and Construction Training Directory, so companies or workers interested in working in the construction sector can easily find a BRITTOP quality training provider.
As an ATO you would also be part of CITB’s automated grant payments system, this could be an attractive selling point to employers who want to book staff on courses, as the search tool enables them to easily receive reimbursements (if they pay the CITB levy).
BRITTOP members can apply by logging in to the website as normal pressing the CITB / ATO link and filling in the application – your company registration number and details will be checked as this is for BRITTOP members only.
It was six years ago that the HSE announced that they no longer administered an Accrediting Bodies Scheme.
This information is written in the Third edition of L117 which was published in 2013:
Since this Third Edition, the HSE has not recognised any Organisations (AITT, ITSSAR, NPORS or RTITB) as Accrediting Bodies.
And they also no longer recognise the ABA itself as an Accrediting Body as outlined above.
We do, at times, despair that ABA registered training providers do not appear to have read the "Bible" to which they are required to operate.
It seems certain the ABA are criticising non-ABA members (BRITTOP- LANTRA - PASMA - IPAF etc.) for not being members of a body which is no longer even recognised.
These other bodies all work to HSE standards, and maybe even better or higher.
Verbal abuse, insults lies, etc... just make these people look stupid and at best uninformed of how the training industry has changed.
This not only confuses the public and is obviously untrue.
This is why a huge number of training providers are leaving these old companies and transferring to new forward thinking companies.
BRITTOp is a fully H&S Legislation compliant alternative to the ABA companies, as are the other bodies mentioned above.
Hope this helps inform training providers of current H&S legislation.
And, you never know, may be some of the old bodies will read up and actually learn what L117 clearly states.
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