Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Everyone at Kentec Training Ltd

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our customers a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year. 

We hope you enjoyed receiving our Christmas Card in the post, please take advantage of the coupons we provided inside. A little thank you from everyone here at Kentec Training Ltd for your valued custom.

Last Minute Deals from Kentec Training Ltd

Our current subscribed customers will be aware that we send out our Last Minute Deals via e-mail every week for the following weeks courses if we still have available spaces. This allows us to provide our customers with some fantastic savings and deals for courses. If you are interested in subscribing to this feature, please click on this link which will direct you to the sign up page. If you decide that you no longer want to receive these e-mails from us, you can simply unregister as the bottom of any of the Last Minute Deals you receive.

Please find below a brilliant example of just one of the many Last Minute Deals we have lined up for next week!

Additionally, we have also entered the world of Twitter. We give daily updates and Last Minute Deals on there, so be sure to start following us to keep up to date with all the fantastic prices and news.

Our Large PASMA Training Room Refurbished

Our Large PASMA Training Room has recently been completely refurbished. We are pleased to provide our customers with comfortable temperature controlled rooms and new and improved coffee, especially in the lead up to winter. We have fitted new desks and comfortable chairs, along with a new sound system, projector and screen to ensure everyone gets the best view in the room. For more information on the courses we can provide, please feel free to contact us on 0333 666 0555 or e-mail info@kentectraining.co.uk

Kentec Training Reviews

Here at Kentec Training, we are constantly looking for new ways to reach our customers and improve our services. We are currently in the process of building a new page for our website listing of some of our reviews written by our customers who have previously attended courses at our training centre. We encourage all customers to review our performance and have started logging details to ensure that we are learning and improving all the time.

I have found some of my favourite reviews from the past few months that I would like to share with you:

'James Carter was really well organised and very easy to talk to and understand.' Alan Stanley - IPAF 02/06/2011

'I found this course well thought out and very informative. James Carter has a good way of informing us of the latest regulations. Thank you very much.'  Peter Woodford - PASMA 26/08/2011

'Intensive Training covering all aspects of MEWPs. Thoroughly enjoyed day. Thank you Kentec.' Mark Reynolds - IPAF 02/06/2011

'Fantastic Facilities, excellent instructors and demonstrations. Don't think you could make the course any easier or more understandable. Great Day. Thanks.' Peter Foster - IPAF 09/06/2011

Please feel free to write a review on Qype or Google Reviews,

Kentec Training's new trailer for onsite Courses

We are now able to offer full PASMA Tower for Users on site training utilising both 3T (Through The Trap) and AGR (Advanced Guard Rail) assembly methods.

This is in response to continuing difficulty and requests from our clients who require this course to be held at their sites or offices, in providing a suitable tower that is not only in an acceptable condition but also has the full complement of componants, including the Advanced Guard Rails.

Within the Trailer Unit we have a full 4.2m Platform Single Width Alloy Tower (to BS EN 1004) with sufficent componants to instructor both 3T and AGR approved assembly methods. We provide this aditional equipment at no additional charge but must insist on secure parking at the site near to the training room.

The requirement for the AGR assembly method to be fully incorporated within ALL PASMA Tower Training Course has been a requirement for some time now, however, some PASMA training providers have not when training on sites due to the difficulty in obtaining the correct equipment. To ensure that you receive the full PASMA Tower for Users Course call us on 0333-666-0555 or email: info@kentectraining.co.uk

Kentec Training's all weather practical area

Make sure when booking your courses this coming winter that you have a suitable practical area to build your tower or operate a MEWP. In many cases, especially when we have been asked to do an onsite course during the autumn and winter months we have been unable to complete the practical assessment stage as there is not a sufficient space to build or operate equipment safely. Additionally, many training centres still do their practical assessments in a designated area outside. This opens up the chance of the course being affected by the Great British Elements! Rain, high wind or snow can cause the practical area to be shut down, having to return to the centre another day to complete the course, costing both your resources and time.


At Kentec Training, we have an all weather practical area, with climate control and separate refreshment facilities and recreation room with a 42" flat screen TV to keep our delegates occupied when waiting for their team to participate in the practical exercises. For more information, or to book on one of our courses visit www.kentectraining.co.uk or e-mail info@kentectraining.co.uk. Alternatively, call 0333 666 0555 and a training consultant will be happy to assist you.

IOSH Managing Safely now available from Kentec Training Ltd

The IOSH Managing Safely Course is now available from Kentec Training Ltd!
The IOSH Managing Safely Course develops the legal, moral and social duties of sector supervisors, managers, directors and business owners by giving guidance on how to control their workforce in accordance with current Health & Safety and best practice. You’ll find a practical programme, full of step- by-step guidance, and with a sharp business focus. But you’ll also find that the highly innovative format and content engages and inspires delegates – critical to getting essential health and safety messages across. As an IOSH accredited training provider, Kentec Training are able to provide IOSH Managing Safely at our training centre in Tonbridge or at your work place subject to condition subject to conditions and available facilities.

The aim of our IOSH Managing Safely Course is to instruct and assess each person to develop the legal, moral and social duties of sector supervisors, managers, directors and business owners by giving guidance on how to control their workforce in accordance with current Health & Safety and best practice.

The IOSH Managing Safely Course is a theory based with exercises and assessments including; training room lectures, video/DVD presentations, written and practical assignments.

1. Introducing Managing Safely: Some managers may see health and safety as an add-on to their role – even an intrusion. The first module makes it clear that managers are accountable for their teams, and makes a persuasive case for managing safely.

2. Assessing Risks: This module defines and demystifies ‘risk’ and ‘risk assessment’. Risk assessments and a simple scoring system are introduced, and delegates carry out Publish Posta series of assessments.

3. Controlling Risks: Here the session tackles cutting risks down, concentrating on the best techniques to control key risks, and how to choose the right method.

4. Understanding Your Responsibilities: This module looks at the demands of the law and how the legal system works, and introduces a health and safety management system.

5. Identifying Hazards: All the main issues any operation has to deal with are covered in this module – entrances and exits, work traffic, fire, chemicals, electricity, physical and verbal abuse, bullying, stress, noise, housekeeping and the working environment, slips, trips and falls, working at height, computers and manual handling.

6. Investigating Accidents and Incidents: The session starts with why accidents should be investigated, and goes on to cover why things go wrong, and how to carry out an investigation when they do.

7. Measuring Performance: This module explains how checking performance can help to improve health and safety. Delegates learn how to develop basic performance indicators, and get to grips with auditing and proactive and reactive measuring.

8. Protecting Our Environment: A short but effective introduction to waste and pollution leads into a look at how organisations and individual managers can get involved in cutting down environmental impacts.


The IOSH Managing Safely Course runs over 4 days, beginning at 9am and finishing at 4pm on each day. However, if you require the training to be delivered in an alternative time period, we will endeavour to accommodate your needs wherever possible. The IOSH Managing Safely Course does not have an expiry date, however IOSH recommend that candidates undergo a refresher course every 5 years.


The Cost of this course is £525.00 + vat per person. There is also group discount available. Please call 0333 666 0555 for more information regarding this. The course fees include all the course material, certification, registration, refreshments and lunches on each course date.


For more information please call 0333 666 0555 or e-mail info@kentectraining.co.uk where a training consultant will be happy to assist you.

Our Lead Instructor passes his NEBOSH with Distinctions

Congratulations to our Lead Instructor Steve Booker who has recently passed his NEBOSH General Certificate with Distinctions. 


Steve is the Managing Director of Kentec Training and has been instructing for over 17 years. He provides strategic leadership, active management and takes particular responsibility for service standards, marketing and customer relations. Steve ensures that the company maintains the highest levels of efficiency and consistency, matching the professionalism of our market leading clients and contractors. Steve is a PASMA and Ladder Association Lead Instructor, Mentor and active member of the PASMA training committee, an IPAF Instructor, and BAF Accredited Abrasive Wheel Instructor.

PASMA Retraining

If you received a PASMA, IPAF or Ladder Association Certification in 2006 or before and are still working at height, you need to attend another course to become re-certified for another 5 years. We encourage this especially as courses such as the PASMA Standard Tower for Users Course has introduced new measures and practical training elements that were not included within the course syllabus previously. The 3T and AGR systems are currently the only tower assembly systems approved by PASMA and the HSE. With the introduction of the new design of AGR and its ease of use, we believe that this system will become the preferred method in months to come. With this in mind, it is vital that operatives have sound training in the application of both the approved methods.


Kentec training is now offering our customers a £10.00 discount opportunity to retrain with us on your necessary course. If you have individuals or a small number of delegates that require training, this is a great way of saving money. We understand that the economic climate is making things hard for small businesses and organisations, so to make your training as cost effective as possible, we are also offering discount to any additional delegates that may not have trained with us previously when booking a retraining course at our Training Centre in Tonbridge, Kent. For more information, please call 0333 666 0555.


Please note: These vouchers are not valid with our group discounts or any other offer from Kentec Training Ltd. 

Kentec Training has joined the AoFA

Kentec Training is always looking for ways to improve our understanding and gain further knowledge in the subjects we train. As well as educating others in the different subjects we train, we encourage all our employees and instructors to continue their own education in these subjects as well. As we have recently began offering First Aid Training, we thought it was appropriate for us to explore all aspects of this training course. As a result we have joined the Association of First Aiders. The AoFA is the UK’s largest association supporting over 2,000 first aiders, first aid trainers and first aid training providers. 

If you require First Aid Training, we can offer both the First Aid at Work and Emergency First Aid Courses.

Emergency First Aid Courses

This is a one day course, which, prior to 2009, was the qualification taken by those designated as an 'Appointed Person for First Aid' in an organisation. It is suitable for all who wish to learn Basic First Aid and those who need a formal qualification, but the risk assessment shows that the full First Aid at Work certificate is not necessary. The course meets the requirements of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.

First Aid at Work Courses

This three day course enables successful candidates to be designated as a First Aider at their workplace. It also gives a thorough grounding in all the major areas of First Aid. The course meets the requirements of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.

The content for both the courses will be tailored to the needs of the workplace(s) involved but will always cover:

• First Aid Legislation
• Assessing incidents
• Dealing with unconscious casualties and Resuscitation
• Choking
• Asthma
• Bleeding
• Shock
• Fractures
• Muscle injuries
• Diabetes
• Epilepsy
• Aftercare
• First Aid kits

For more information or to enquire about booking your First Aid Course with Kentec Training, please call 0333 666 0555

Kentec Training and Kentec Tool Hire featured in Executive Hire News Magazine

Kentec Training Ltd and Kentec Tool Hire Ltd have been featured in the Executive Hire News after Kentec Tool Hire won the Passionate Small/Medium Business of the Year at the 2011 Passionate Hirer Awards.

The profile feature can be found in the April/May edition of the magazine or click here for a .pdf version of the feature.

New Training Room at our Tonbridge Training Centre

We have recently refurbished and opened a new training room within our Training Centre in Tonbridge. The room will be used primarily for our IPAF Courses and IOSH Managing Safely Courses. It has climate control, projector and large screen and comfortable chairs. Our refreshment area has also been refurbished, allowing us to provide delegates with more comfortable facilities, as well as coffee, doughnuts, cookies and domino's pizza throughout!

New PASMA Combined Tower & Low Level Access Course Available from Kentec Training

Kentec Training are now one of the few training centres to offer the new PASMA Combined Tower for Users and Low Level Access Course. The course is aimed at giving full competence in assembling, altering, inspection, moving and dismantling mobile towers, folding low level room scaffolds and podium work platforms. 

The course can have up to 8 delegates attending, and is designed to provide training on mobile access towers manufactured in aluminium, alloy or fibreglass approved to BS EN 1004:2004 or Low Level Access Units to PAS250 and which carry a current British Standard or other equivalent mark of approval.

The PASMA Combined Standard Tower for Users and Low Level Access Course is a blend of theory and practical instruction, exercises, and assessment including; training room lectures, video/DVD presentations, written and practical assessments.


The PASMA Combined Standard Tower for Users and Low Level Access Course content Includes:
• Introduction to Mobile Access Towers
• Legal Overview - Health & Safety
• British & European Standards
• Guidance & Information
• Tower Components, Inspection & Maintenance
• "Don't Fall For It" DVD Presentation
• Tower Assembly & Dismantle (3T Method & Advanced Guardrail)
• Tower Stability & Tying-in
• Hazards When Using Mobile Access Towers
• Low Level Access Options 
• Folding Scaffolds & Folding Step Platforms 
• Wide Area Platforms 
• "Accidents Don't just Happen" DVD Presentation
• Your Responsibilities When Using Mobile Access Towers
• Multiple Choice Question Paper
• Practical Training Session
• Practical Assessment

PPE Required:
Our PASMA courses require that ALL delegates have the correct PPE available to participate in the practical training and assessment. The following items of PPE and Accessories are required.
• Safety Helmet with Chin Strap
• Gloves
• Hi-Vis Vest
• Safety Footwear
We have available to purchase our ‘Tower Safety Kit’ at a discounted price of just £10.00 + vat (£12.00 inc vat) which contains all the necessary PPE and equipment required when working with Mobile Access Towers.


Duration: Full Day – typically 6 to 7 hours

Cost: We offer this course at our Tonbridge training centre on a reducing cost based on the number of places booked on a single course. 
• Individual Price: £185.00 + vat pp        
• Group Rate from: £150.00 + vat pp


This course is great for organisations that work both on standard towers and low level access, allowing you to save both money and time through this fantastic one day course.
For more information, please visit our website, call 0333 666 0555 or e-mail info@kentectraining.co.uk .

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