b'ST HELENS TRAINING CENTREaccommodate any contracts we may win in the future. The Groups training department hasbeencommercialisingour facilitiesforclientssuchas CityFibre and Connexin. Since thenewfacilitieshavebeen open for business, we had the pleasureofprovidingtraining courses for CityFibres engineers and successfully delivered courses for 40 of their network field engineers and10fibrespecialists.Wealsodeliver training courses for a new client called Connexin who provides broadband exclusively for Hulls local customercommunity. Through our strong working relationshipAnotherunique withConnexin,weweredelightedtodeveloptheiropportunitythatwere premises. installationpracticesandprovidedthemwithacurrentlyexploringisapartnershipwithGenesis During thisbespoke installation manual while our national trainersTraining Limited who is working with Liverpool City week they will covercontinuouslytraintheirtelecomsengineers.TheyCounciltoprovidecareeropportunitiesforthose underground provides,are an alternative ISP, the first company that buildsindividuals who have been looking for a career change. through chambers to cabinets andnetwork infrastructure within that area. A trial course is scheduled to take place in St Helens finally the installation processon Monday 3rd April and last for 10 days. within the customer property. Throughout theThedepartmentiscurrentlyexploringcommercialWe hope some of these people will become integral two week course customer service is heavily coveredtraining opportunities while our national trainers havemembers of our Kelly Group workforce and build providing the necessary skills for our engineers withindelivered a two day PIA S7 training course for over 90successful careers with us.their future working environment.Virgin Media 02 engineersThe future is looking bright for our training department Mark BrianOur national trainers are working in a 1 trainer toas we continue growing and enhancing our training (Head of Recruitment10 trainee ratio and rotate smaller groups, so whilemethods, facilities and services. and Training)one group completes the overhead element of their trainingtheotherwillfocusontheunderground- Mark Brian (Head of Recruitment and Training)element ensuring new-to-field engineers receive the support they need throughout their training. Finally,alltraineescompleteanassessment confirming they have learnt all the basics and they are ready for their buddy period, where, as new-to-field engineers, they will gain more experience and learn more in-depth about the network which they will be working on from an experienced engineer.The Future of Kelly Groups Training DepartmentKellyGroupstrainingdepartmentiscontinuously evolving. At the new St Helens Centre, training courses arecurrentlypredominantlyrunforourCityFibre contract, however, the facilities are set up to deliver large volume training for all our present and future clients - were not limited to what we can do. The new state-of-the-art training facility has been designed to The Networker Spring 2023 15.'