Ireland – 16th September, 2008 – Training Links is an innovative support service developed by the Wheel to enhance the skills and employability of people working in the community and voluntary sector in Ireland.

Training Links offers funding opportunities to groups of organisations that chose to come together and work collaboratively to address their shared training needs as a Training Network. The current Training Links programme is running from September 2008 to mid 2010.

The Training Network is subsidised by The Wheel – with funding from the National Training Fund – over the period of the programme to develop and implement strategic, innovative and cost-effective training and development solutions for its members which they would be not be in a position to undertake as effectively on their own.

In addition to the provision of substantial financial subsidies to the Training Networks directed at training provision, this programme provides much-needed opportunities for sectoral co-operation and shared learning.

Applications are now welcomed for Training Links 2008-2010, an innovative grant programme developed by The Wheel to address the collective training needs of community and voluntary organisations in Ireland. Modelled on the approach developed by Skillnets Limited for the private sector Training Links encourages community and voluntary organisations to unite in “training networks” to identify shared training needs and to apply for a grant to address these needs. This approach offers participants significant cost efficiencies and other collective benefits.

Find Out More

Visit the Training Links site for further information:

http://www.wheel.ie/traininglinks

Galway, Ireland – 31st August, 2008 – Learn Skills the web-based skills and compliance based company has now partnered with AT&F Solutions Ltd, ‘Advanced Training & Fire Solution’, a leading compliance training company based in the UK.

AT&F Solutions Ltd have been providing low cost online training solutions for over 10 Years and has both the specialist knowledge, quality and experience that sets its online training aside from the other solutions that are currently available in the market.  By partnering with AT&F Solutions, Learn Skills can deliver quality, relevant and up-to-date compliance training that is at a reasonable price for all.

At&F have recently launched a dedicated E-Driver Safety Risk Assessment Tracker program that will allow any company the opportunity to record and track their own drivers for a complete audit trail, a must for any company employing car or van drivers.  Allied to this will be the E- Driver Safety Training module for both LGV and company care drivers

Other courses that will be available through the Learn Skills platform for individual purchase or as part of a bundle option for larger numbers of courses include:

• Driver Safety (NEW 2008)
• Driver Risk Assessment Tracker (NEW 2008)
• Fire Safety Training (industry & commerce edition)
• Fire Safety Schools (In association with the WMF Arson Task Force)
• DSE and Office Ergonomics
• DSE Pro (includes call centre workers)
• Manual Handling and Risk Assessment
• Slips Trips Falls
• HSE Induction to working safely (employers and employees)
• Corporate Manslaughter Induction to the new LAW
• Risk Manager and Tracker (complete risk management system)
• Infection Control
• Patient Moving and Handling
• Fire Safety HTM and Fire Code
• DSE Clinical Workers

“The compliance training provided though the partnership between AT&F and Learn Skills will go along way to addressing and documenting Health & Safety training for all organisation.  Quality content and course materials backed with powerful features for both user and administrator can only lend itself to a successful compliance training delivery”, said Sean Griffin, Co-Founder of Learn Skills.