Fresh Produce Standards RI have been contracted to support the development of some new National Occupational Standards for the Fresh Produce sector. The new standards will cover all aspects of work associated with the sector from wholesale through to processing and retail. The project is scheduled to be completed in early 2010.
Moodle site extension The Seafish moodle site has been operating successfully for nearly a year. Seafish have now asked RI to extend its application to provide access to a further five safety courses required by UK fishermen/women. Topics to be covered include fire fighting, first aid and basic health and safety.
Aquaculture and Fishing management Standards RI have recently completed a project for Lantra SCC, to review and update the National Occupational Standards that support the UK Aquaculture and Fisheries Management sector.
Linkage successful in safeguarding A leading national charity has been able to improve the quality and accessibility of their training in Safeguarding Individuals. RI Training has worked in partnership with Linkage, a national charity, to develop an e-learning course on Safeguarding Individuals. The team at RI have also designed and built a LMS based on Moodle to enable staff at Linkage to access the course at a time and place to suit them.
Sustainability standards to be developed for Cogent RI has been contracted by Cogent, the sector skills council for science based industries, to support the development of some new National Occupational Standards. It is anticipated that these standards will help to promote the future development of sustainability in the industries that fall within the Cogent footprint. These include the pharmaceutical, chemical, petroleum, polymer and nuclear industries.
Patrick McDaniel, Managing Director of RI said “This is an exciting opportunity for RI enabling us to widen our industrial experience as well as to continue our support for the development of sustainable business practice”.
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