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Meet The Team

Experience the difference that comes from working alongside highly-qualified business advisors, dedicated to addressing your unique training requirements. Whether the need is for a singular training session or a comprehensive strategy, the opportunity to enhance your workforce and elevate your business to unprecedented heights awaits.

Ash Alderson – Managing Director

Leading his team to provide exceptional commercial training and guiding businesses forwards.

Geoff Altham – Advisor

With over 30 years’ experience in commercial training, Geoff is driven to work with businesses and their employees to reach their full potential.

Sophie Haworth – Advisor

Dedicated to providing businesses with training that will help them develop to scale new heights.

Ione Howard-Simpson – Advisor

Passionate about matching your business with the perfect training courses to achieve your goals.

Meet The Trainers

Michael Collinge

  • Over 30 years of experience in the electrotechnical industry and 20 years in the education sector
  • Highly experienced in electrical and renewable sectors
  • Consultant for many awarding bodies including City and Guilds and EAL
  • Sat on various IET committees
  • Dedicated to ensuring his skills and training meet the Government Net Zero standard
  • Curriculum manager for Construction and Engineering at Burnley College

Louise Turnbull

  • Over 8 years of teaching and training experience
  • Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management
  • Achieved status as Mental Health First Aid Instructor and completes annual refresher training ensuring her knowledge and skills are up to date, and that the content she’s delivering is up to date and standard
  • Regularly attends networking meetings to communicate with other instructors about effective training techniques and methods – and enhance her own knowledge and skills

Stephen Dobney

  • Unit 5001 – Personal development as a manager and leader level 5 (chartered managers institute)
  • Undertakes training and assessments in gas, plumbing and renewable technologies centre
  • Logic heat pumps installer certificate
  • Renewable awareness certificate
  • Assessor and verifier awards
  • Building and construction HNC
  • Managing safely institution of occupational health and safety
  • Became a tutor at Burnley College in 1995
  • Currently a curriculum manager in the construction and engineering department

Catherine Dallas

  • 34 years’ management experience
  • APM project management qualified
  • Diploma in Management Studies
  • 10 years as a business owner
  • Experience as regional retail manager for over 52 stores
  • Leads on all ILM and bespoke training courses

Matt Morris

  • 25 years’ industry experience operating Mazak machines
  • Started career as apprentice and has worked across all aspects of manufacturing
  • Experienced in 3, 4 and 5 axis machines
  • Trainer Assessor for Themis Apprentices

Mick Johnston

  • 40 years of industry experience in electrical installation, 15 of these years he owned his own business
  • Qualified and experienced teacher and trainer in all aspects of the sector – including level 3 apprenticeships. commercial inspection and testing, 18th edition wiring regulations, PAT Testing and renewable energies such as solar and PV
  • Leads on electrical Themis Apprenticeships at Burnley College

Nick Wildman

  • Over 11 years industry experience
  • 8 years of qualified experience in the Plumbing, Heating and Gas industry
  • Experienced in the maintenance and repair of plumbing heating systems
  • Commercial Gas Certification
  • Gas safe registered
  • NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Domestic Plumbing and Heating
  • Nelson, Cole and District Masters Plumbers Apprentice of the year

Duncan Wilson

  • Award winning Trainer with over 20 years industry experience
  • City and Guilds Level 3 NVQ Diploma in solid plastering
  • City and Guilds level 2 NVQ Damp Proofing and Timber Treatment
  • City and Guilds Level 2 Wall and Floor Tiling
  • Certificate in education qualification
  • Member of national association of plastering lecturers
  • Attends regular British Gypsum updates
  • Completed Apprenticeship at at Burnley College and was self employed for 16 years working on new builds and domestic contracts
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Where to find us?

North West Business Training
Burnley College Campus
Princess Way
Burnley
Lancashire
BB12 0AN

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