The safety training facility, CATCH, has expanded and one of its providers believes this marks “good news for health and safety standards” across North East Lincolnshire and the wider UK.
Reynolds Training Services is headquartered at the facility which offers industry-authentic training and assessment, in a replicated operational processing environment.
A week of festivities culminated in the opening of the brand new CATCH 4 building. Speaking at the event, Reynolds Training Services managing director John Reynolds said the continued expansion “demonstrates the region’s commitment to furthering safety, training and skills standards ”.
“CATCH 4 is a fantastic building and the expansion of the complex also aids our own strategic objectives,” he commented. RTS, which works with brands including BP, Inter Terminals & The OPA, recently expanded its own presence at CATCH, moving into larger offices which include a dedicated training room.
John continued: “With classroom, onsite and online safety learning options, our expansion at CATCH enables us to expand the range of courses that we currently offer. 2018 will see the introduction of new courses from NEBOSH and IOSH as well as a continued development of bespoke training, assessment and competency management solutions for the high hazard processing industries.”
“CATCH enables us to provide industry with an unrivalled training experience, further fuelling that all-important ‘from industry, for industry’ adage that our dedicated instructors work to.”
Joined up health and safety
CATCH is an industry-led partnership supporting the process, energy, engineering and renewable industries in the Humber region.
“The facility is home to a range of providers,” explained John. “Safety isn’t for the few, it’s for the masses. The collaboration of skills and experience is key to driving safety forward. RTS, at CATCH, is forging industrial strength partnerships with Roxby, ESC and Lorraine Braben Consulting.”
CATCH boasts facilities including a live three storey process plant with control room, bunded tank farm, process simulator, Skills Enhancement Centre, access zone, CompEx zone and confined space entry zone as well as engineering workshops and classrooms.
“Working at the facility is a constant source of inspiration when it comes to innovating safety solutions,” said John. “From the complex, our team of in-house safety specialists, site managers, consultants and software developers created My Individual Training Record.”
“My-iTR is an online learning management system that is changing the way sites safety train, track and report.”
The system enables organisations to generate and assign specific roles and training requirements to individual users, upload, monitor and record all training and assessment, and generate reports relevant to full company, site or individual to track progress.
The virtual safety toolbox, which comprises of interactive safety courses and the tools to measurably improve then track and report on workplace competence, simplifies this process into one centralised online record. This can be used internally or with the relevant permissions shared with other stakeholders.
And, to fuel continual professional development, automatic alerts are sent to site managers and learners when refresher training is required.
“As with all we do at RTS,” explains John, “My-iTR has been developed for industry, by industry”.
More about CATCH
Created to support the development of the £6 billion Humber chemical and chemistry using sectors, CATCH now boasts members and partners drawn from across the process engineering, energy, engineering and renewable sectors, their associated supply chains, regional and national government agencies and local authorities, including all four Humber local authorities.
CATCH’s approach to industry training is unique. Alongside our facilities, we work in partnership with multiple training providers including local further education colleges and private organisations who are recognised as leaders in their field – finding you the right solutions.
