OPEN DOORS Let’s bang the drum again about training Considering that dhf had its foundations in the 1890’s it is hard to believe that our first training courses only started 9 years ago. Today training is a major part of dhf’s offering to members. We run our in-house automated gate, industrial door and garage door courses and also offer Fire Door Inspection and Installation courses in conjunction with BRE ( Building Research Establishment). In the last 4 years, dhf has invested over £250k |in course material and accreditation, a new training academy website and not least of all strengthened the team of training officers and office staff. Has it all been worthwhile? Of course, it has….we now have nearly 5000 registered learners and our aim is to reach 10,000 by 2027. We offer a number of different training options including; face-to-face courses, a distance learning programme and also private courses for our members. And we have just restarted training in Ireland. But this is just the start and dhf is committed to launching several new courses over the coming months. What is really encouraging is that so many of our members now recognise the importance and value of a properly trained competent workforce complemented by the appropriate NVQs. Yes, there is still a long way to go, but there is no doubt that our industries have raised the bar substantially in the last decade. The importance of a competent workforce was of course highlighted in Dame Judith Hackitt’s report following the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017. In this respect, dhf fully endorses the proposed Construction Product Competence Standard (White Paper) recently published by Working Group 12 of the Competence Steering Group…see page 19 for further details. A regular comment column, brought to you by Bob Perry, CEO, Door and Hardware Federation For more information, please visit www.dhfonline.org.uk THE door industry journal winter 2022 Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk Bob Perry, dhf CEO ABUS Builds on Team Success ABUS UK has strengthened its sales operations with two key new appointments within its business development team. The two new recruits have been appointed as part of ABUS UK’s continued commitment to offering its customers the best service in the business. Nevan Lucas has been appointed as Regional Sales Manager for London and the southeast with a focus on cylinders, while Tom Snow has been assigned the role of Business Development Manager, National Accounts. Both bring a wealth of experience to their new roles and their new positions include maintaining and developing relationships with ABUS’s existing and new key accounts, and broadening knowledge of the wide range of home security and access control products that ABUS offers. “Nevan and Tom’s new roles will give them the scope and resources to support our existing customers and develop new accounts,” says Kevin Menzies, ABUS UK’s Sales Director. “They are both getting to know our products and services inside out so they can offer customers the level of support and expertise that they have come to expect from the leading supplier of highperformance security and access control products.” ABUS has been making locks since 1924 and the company’s lock-making expertise lies at the heart of the padlocks they are so well-known. ABUS is a global manufacturer of high quality, innovative security, access & safety solutions with a nearly 100 year history of innovation. ABUS UK is part of a worldwide group of companies that supplies and distributes a huge range of both electronic and mechanical security products and systems for home, mobile security and commercial security. www.abus.com/uk/ Nevan Lucas Tom Snow
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