We are starting to recruit our second cohort of apprentices, ready to commence their careers September 2022.

We are hosting an Apprenticeship Open Event on Friday 25th February in our delivery center at Kirklees College, Process Manufacturing Centre, Huddersfield, HD1 6AG.

The event will be an opportunity to hear a presentation from Lisa Kennedy, CATCH Apprenticeship Delivery Manager and our Lead process trainer Debbie Lumb, followed by a tour of the PMC with Paul Singh, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering from The University of Huddersfield.

The event will be advertised to all Yr 11,12 and 13 across Kirklees, Calderdale, Bradford, Leeds, Barnsley and Wakefield through the careers services, as well as social media channels. If you are interested to attend this event as an employer with a careers stand, please contact Debbie – Debbie.lumb@catchuk.org or if you would like to attend as a learner please click here to register your place.

Changes to CCNSG Safety Passport

From 1^st April 2022, the ECITB / CCNSG will no longer allow or accept the 3-month grace period currently given to all CCNSG Safety Passport Cards.  Delegates will be required to renew their card no later than their card expiry date, otherwise a 2-day Basic Safety Passport course will need to be completed.

With a significant number of sites refusing to accept CCNSG cards that have gone past the official registered expiry date, the rule change will ensure consistency across the industry as a whole.

The official statement from the ECITB can be viewed below –

Changes to the CCNSG safety passport renewal rules – ECITB

Book your CCNSG Safety Passport Renewal training course today!

https://catchuk.org/product/ccnsg-safety-passport-renewal/

Contact the team on 01469 552852 or email info@catchuk.org

Happy New Year!

The CATCH Skills Team look forward to continuing working with you throughout 2022.

January is already set to be one of our busiest months, with 66 courses already scheduled for onsite and offsite training delivery.   This includes 20 MJI10 courses, 25 delegates learning Small Bore Tubing and 50 delegates earning their CCNSG cards.

There are also several bespoke training packages taking place, utilising the National Centre for Process Manufacturing.

For any bespoke training programmes and training enquiries you have, we will be happy to help you.  Please contact myself or Daisy Seddon.

Holly Goodwin
Account Manager

We have the following availability for February and March 2022

First Aid at Work 
4th- -6th February
First Aid Refresher 
21st- 22nd February
ECITB MJI10 
4th February
21st February
7th March
28th March
ECITB Medium Risk Confined Space 
8th-9th February
24th-25th February
10th-11th March
28th-29th March
ECITB Small Bore Tubing 
24th-25th February
ISO Internal Auditor Training
15th-16th March
Mental Health First Aid 
15th-16th March
City & Guilds 18th Edition 
22nd-24th March
CCNSG Leading a Team Safely 
25th March

CATCH has recently become an apprenticeship provider and as such are recruiting a number of roles for this exciting addition to our services to the Yorkshire & Humber regions industry partners.

CATCH is a people-centric business with a focus on creating a positive organisational culture promoting a healthy work/life balance. We have an ideology around a “CATCH Person” who we look to recruit which include;

• Following our values
• Being passionate about our company, our clients, our learners and our region
• Be mutually supportive across our business, working as “One Team”
• Treating everyone equally and with respect

If you believe that you could be a “CATCH Person” then why not apply today?

We are looking at a number of full time, part-time or associate roles in the following areas;

• Apprenticeship Trainers & Assessors (Electrical, Instrumentation, Mechanical, Welding, Pipefitting, General Engineering)
• Apprenticeship Account Manager
• Apprenticeship Coordinator
• Schools Engagement & Recruitment Coordinator

Benefits of working for CATCH include;

• Flexible working policy
• Competitive salary packages above regional averages
• Excellent holiday, benefits and bonus package
• Staff training and development
• Inclusive team culture
• Progression opportunities

For an informal discussion please contact james.mcintosh@catchuk.org or 07904 598165

For an application pack please contact jasmine.greenhalgh@catchuk.org or 01469 552829

Information on all the jobs listed can be viewed in detail by clicking the link below.

www.catchuk.org/catch-careers       

Closing date – 18^th February 2022

The CATCH award for excellence is a scheme for recognising when one of our employees really goes above and beyond. Yasmin Smith, Trainee Course Coordinator,  was nominated and then subsequently presented with the award this week.

Yasmin was nominated by colleague Jess Bocock and said “Yasmin has consistently taken on new challenges and responsibilities within her role since starting 7-8 months ago. In such a short space of time, she has achieved so much for the business. She has allowed the production levels to increase, staff members to take holidays with ease knowing their roles are covered with accuracy and has never complained about a job she has been asked to do. No challenge is too much for her and considering she didn’t have any administration experience.   She has a very positive impact on the team and always comes to work with a smile on her face!”

On receipt of her award, Yasmin commented, “I was really shocked to receive this; I wasn’t expecting it at all. I haven’t been here long, but I really love my job already and everyone I work with is so supportive. I am very grateful to receive this award and I am pleased people think I’m doing a good job”.

Congratulations Yasmin from all at CATCH!

I would like to take a moment to reflect on an unusual and remarkable year, on the back of what was a very difficult 2020.  When we first started to take notice of COVID-19 early in 2020, little did we know that almost 2-years later we would still be wearing masks and sanitising at every opportunity.  At CATCH we have continued to deliver our services throughout the pandemic and to date we have not relaxed our COVID protocols.  As I write this message it looks as if we were right to maintain our stance on COVID precautions as we are waiting to hear if yet another Christmas is to be curtailed with ‘Plan B’!

Despite the difficult times for everyone, I would like to focus on the huge number of positives for CATCH from the last year.  I hope you will forgive my indulgence as I know that many will have faced personal challenges, but I am so proud of what the CATCH team has delivered and  want to end the year on a positive note.

This year CATCH has supported the Humber Industrial Cluster Plan, the roadmap to net zero industrial emissions for the Humber region.  We have been working closely on the Plan with the Hull and East Yorkshire LEP and key industrial partners. Central to the Plan are 6 work packages that include a systems model of the region, technical studies, supply chain capability, skills and age profile audits, an understanding of the social dimension to decarbonisation, and finally pulling the Plan together into a cohesive strategy by March 2023.  You can sign up for cluster plan news and updates on the Humber Industrial Decarbonisation and Humber Hydrogen networks at (https://www.humberindustrialclusterplan.org/).  As we move into our second year we are investigating what is needed as a legacy project to the Plan to support the region and industry through to 2040 and beyond.

At CATCH we are also on our own journey to net-zero and have signed the SME Climate Hub Pledge.  This has led to a commitment to reach net-zero as a business by 2040 and we are currently working on benchmarking our own emissions and developing our own roadmap through Visibility Carbon.  https://www.carbonvisibility.com/

We have seen the completion of a project to deliver improvements to the site, including an exciting enhancement to the on-site process plant that makes CATCH unique.  This work has provided for increased capacity and capability including a state-of-the-art Honeywell control system and a new receipt/issue and storage capability.  The site improvement project was funded through a 3-way collaboration of the Humber LEP, CATCH and Reynolds Training Services, with Reynolds having the vision and providing the majority of the funding for the delivery of the plant expansion.  The partnership with Reynolds (https://reynoldstraining.com/) has led to the development of the National Centre for Process and Manufacturing concept (https://ncpm.uk/) based around the process plant.

Throughout the year CATCH has continued to deliver its traditional services with great success, including Membership events and networking, contractor competence audits (ConCom), office space, room hire and the campus of leading training providers on site.  Our own CATCH Skills capability has continued to go from strength to strength and has only been limited by the availability of facilities (the site is currently running at 91% utilisation), leading to developing thinking about a need for a new facility to provide additional capacity. Despite this, the team has delivered a high class training service with the constant challenge of COVID cancellations, postponements and social distancing measures – lots of new customers and projects make 2022 an exciting year ahead.

Finally, in July we were delighted to announce that CATCH was taking its greatest step forward since the site was opened in 2006 by becoming a registered apprentice provider in our own right.  This was a huge achievement by the team, and we currently have 19 apprentices on our books within various Science Manufacturing Technician (process operation) Standard pathways. Our vision is to expand the CATCH Apprenticeship provision so look out for more information as we look to establish ourselves in the region as a truly employer led apprenticeship provider.

We could not have achieved what we have this year without the support of our Member organisations, partners, and wider customer/stakeholder group.  We have an exciting vision at CATCH for our region, and with this incredible support we will be able to continue our exciting journey.

We have grown considerably as a team this year, both in terms of the size and capability. I have worked with some incredible people over the years, but I am continually amazed by the passion of the CATCH team for their work and their positive approach to the organisation.  I am genuinely humbled every day by our team and am proud of how they have adapted to every challenge.  The CATCH team has driven our business forward during an incredibly difficult time and I am so proud of what has been achieved together.

We would like to wish everyone a wonderful holiday and look forward to returning in the New Year to continue afresh on our journey.

Happy Christmas.

David

I am the Lead Process Trainer for CATCH Apprenticeships. My role is to provide the lead on teaching and learning for CATCH apprenticeships. I ensure we create a variety of innovative teaching resources to equip apprentices with the knowledge, skills and behaviours to be successful in their job role.

Our delivery programme has been built by our employers, it is in every sense of the term – employer led. We have access to the Process Manufacturing Plant at West Yorkshire so we can safely train apprentices in a realistic working environment. We provide bespoke ‘added value’ training during our apprenticeship too. This is unique to CATCH. Employers choose training that matches their company needs for each apprentice. I enjoy being part of a journey. Seeing school and college leavers transform into responsible highly skilled technicians is the best feeling ever! As teaching is my passion, l love providing opportunities to share experiences and relating theorical knowledge in the classroom to a technical role in company.

We will keep listening and being responsive to employers and apprentices needs. We will build on our West Yorkshire school and college engagement programme thus creating a well prepped talent pool for employers to pick from. In 10 years I hope to be fulfilling our mission to make CATCH Apprenticeships Your route to success!

Award winning skills provider CATCH have announced that they are set to boost the prospects of young people across the Yorkshire and Humber region by offering a suite of apprenticeship standards under their new brand CATCH Apprenticeships.

This exciting development will see CATCH deliver four apprenticeship standards, Science Manufacturing Technician (Process Operations), Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician (Electrical & Instrumentation and Mechanical),  Plate Welder and Pipe Welder. All CATCH apprenticeships will include a large amount of practical experience utilising the fully operational process plant facility and engineering workshops at the National Centre for Process Manufacturing (NCPM). The Science Manufacturing Technician apprenticeship is also delivered at the Process Manufacturing Centre (PMC) in West Yorkshire.

In September 2021 CATCH enrolled their first cohort of 10 apprentices in West Yorkshire and are actively recruiting across the Yorkshire and Humber region for candidates ready to commence their career in September 2022. Applications to become a CATCH apprentice are now open and you can apply directly here.

Local renowned employer Syngenta are one of the inaugural companies that selected CATCH Apprenticeships as their provider to deliver the Science Manufacturing Technician standard in West Yorkshire. Training and Apprenticeship Manager Nikita Seabright said;

“Syngenta’s relationship with CATCH has been ongoing over the years in which they have supported and delivered our Work Preparedness Programme to all of our new Apprentices as part of their Induction to our organisation. Their knowledge and expertise of training delivery and apprenticeships is exceptional and we are thrilled to join them in this establishment of Apprenticeship Delivery.

Initial delivery of training has been of a high standard with commendable organisation, planning, communication and training delivery. We have visibility of our Apprentices progression throughout their training and share the same passion with the tutors and programme leaders to develop all learners to the best of their ability which will be invaluable to our organisation and industry.”

James McIntosh, Chief Operating Officer of CATCH added,

“I am delighted to be able to formally launch the CATCH Apprenticeship brand. Becoming an apprenticeship provider is the next evolution of CATCH and builds on the previous 5 years of CATCH Skills delivering high quality employer led training and the extensive experience over the past 20 years of us working with our members closely with their skills, competency & apprenticeship solutions. Feedback has been excellent from employers and learners so far and we look forward to working with all stakeholders as we develop our programme for a September 2022 intake.”

CATCH invites employers to attend an informal breakfast meeting on Monday 13^th December at 8.30am at CATCH, Stallingborough. This meeting will provide attendees with an introduction to the CATCH Apprenticeship programme including the recruitment process. To register for the event please click here.  The CATCH delivery team are also planning a host of open evenings throughout 2022, to book please click here.