Loves Farm experience helps veteran to recognition
AFTER 30 years in the building trade, a construction site manager has at last got a formal qualification.
AFTER 30 years in the building trade, a construction site manager has at last got a formal qualification.
While juggling site operations against a backdrop of the economic downturn, Keith Hess was one of six site managers across Redrow Homes’ UK-wide operation to gain a level 4 NVQ in construction site management.
Keith, 51, has worked for Redrow for four years and is currently overseeing the construction of new homes at Loves Farm, the 1,250-home development to the east of the railway in St Neots.
“I’ve worked in the building trade for 30 years but never had a formal construction qualification until now,” he said. I’ve been a site manager for 20 years but had never had the chance to gain qualifications until I joined Redrow. It was a great opportunity to be able to take the NVQ.
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Keith, pictured right, and the other site managers were presented with their certificates by Redrow’s group managing director John Tutte, left, at the company’s training centre in Tamworth, before attending a celebratory lunch.
Richard Beadsmoore, Redrow’s training manager, said: “These site managers completed their level 4 NVQ during 2009/10 at a difficult time for the housing market, meaning they were managing site operations with a reduced labour force while completing this qualification in their own time.
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“As a company, we are committed to offering ongoing training for our staff in addition to apprenticeships, our graduate training scheme and our assistant site manager training programme.”