I have 20 years experience in the Construction industry. From machine operative to Management, I am now a qualified advanced plant instructor and assessor. My specialist area is Health and Safety advice and training.

I am working towards a NEBOSH Diploma in Construction which has given me many new exiting challenges to explore within the Health and Safety Construction Sector.

Email: Mark@birkwoodplanthire.co.uk

Being an enthusiastic, hugely motivated professional with a passion for quality, demand led training and development, I lead a team of dedicated staff who share my passion of providing a quality service.

I make it my mission to deliver training as cost effectively as possible whilst maintaining quality customer care. A large part of my role is accessing funding to enable us to deliver subsidised training, thereby supporting organisations in upskilling the workforce as cost effectively as possible.

Read about Sallys' steps to success HERE

Email: sally@birkwoodplant-training.co.uk

I have 15 years experience in the Construction Industry and have worked for Birkwood for 5 years working from Plant Operator to Instructor.

I share the passion and ethos of Sally and Mark and am proud to be a member of such a successful company. The company has pushed me to achieve levels of qualifications I could only have dreamed about.

Darren won an award in May 2008 in recognition of the way he overcame ill health and significant adversity to carve out a career as a plant instructor/assessor. He won the individual title for the Construction, Planning and the Built Environment category in the CoLaS Yorkshire & Humber Awards 2008

Read about Darren in this press release on Birkwood Business of the Month Award

Email: darren@birkwoodplant-training.co.uk

I was involved with the set of Birkwoods NVQ centres which is now a well established, ever expanding business. Currently I am overseeing quality issues and supporting ongoing staff development. I have a wide experience in operative, craft, technical, supervisory and management development with a proven track record as a Chief External Verifier for two awarding bodies.

I have been involved in Plant Training with various awarding bodies for in excess of ten years and have been working with Birkwood for the past 3 years on a part time basis delivering both CPCS training/testing and also delivering Plant Operations Level 2. I am currently working towards my Internal Verifier qualification which will enable me to support Birkwood with their robust quality control systems.

Liam Ledger: Assessor, Trainer/Tester

I have been in the construction industry since the age of 16 when I served my apprenticeship at National Construction College, Bircham Newton. I then spent several years working with local construction and plant hire companies; I used this experience in the industry to become a plant instructor and assessor. The latter years of my employment have been in managerial positions within the rail plant industry. I have only been with Birkwood a couple of months but already have bought into the ‘Birkwood ‘ brand and am looking forward to being involved in the development of new courses which we propose to launch later this year.

Email: liam@birkwoodplant-training.co.uk

I have worked for Birkwood since leaving college at 17 years old. I started as a site labourer and have gradually added various pieces of Plant machinery to my licence. Birkwood has invested a great deal into my training and development. I am now working towards becoming a plant instructor/assessor which is a very exciting new challenge.

Jamie Green: Site Supervisor, Trainee Assessor/Instructor

The largest part of my working life has been as a self employed property developer managing projects. I joined Birkwood 3 years ago.

I supervise Birkwood’s groundwork team and am nearing achieving my A1 assessor award with a view to joining the rapidly growing training arm of Birkwood.

I have been with Birkwood for 18 months. I find it exciting to be part of such a dedicated forward thinking organisation.

On a daily basis I arrange paperwork for various courses. I ensure the assessors have the appropriate paperwork, record results and maintain an accurate paper trail for all courses.

I am currently at Sheffield University studying Law but work for Birkwood 2 days a week. I register candidates for NVQ qualifications, as well as dealing with general data input and customer service.