The ethos at Winns Waste Services is one that considers their human capital to be one of its most valued assets in reaching the levels of recycling and responsible waste management. Therefore, they are looking to ensure that everyone within the organisation has, along with the necessary experience, a good standard of skill and training as well as relevant qualifications so that their company stands out against others.

During this recession, and with big companies having trouble, job security is at its lowest but innovatively Winns Waste Services helped their employees address their concerns by decided to provide them with more training opportunities which subsequently has given each individual improved job security as well as more confidence about their future prospects.

Supported by Kerrina Peschkes, the Business Training and Support Officer at ESN, and the holistic training plan she put in place across the organisation, Winns was able to which maximise the amount of training and funding that ESN was accessed on its behalf. Every member of the team received training to help them secure qualifications and support their person development; training undertaken included NVQs (both full and notional) ranging from level 2 to 4 in the following:

• Health And Safety In The Workplace
• Risk Assessment In The Work Place
• Environmental Principles & Best Practices
• Professional Trainer
• Plant Operation
• Weighbridge Operation
• Waste Management Supervision
• Environmental Management Certificate

Mark Pascoe, the Operations Manager at Winns claims ‘I very much doubt that we could have afforded the degree of training we eventually did across the organisation and the support of the Environmental Network over the last few years has been invaluable to our company. I think everybody here has felt the benefit in one way or another’.