NEW JOB ROLE – Training Administrator

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES AT THIS POINT
TO APPLY EMAIL CVs to [email protected]

HL Training Services are looking for a training administrator to work within our team to assist with training requirements. Working as part of a small team you will provide a complete solution for every customer using Administrate, our Training Management Platform, which is used for all customer communications including quotes, bookings, and production of certification for training.

Basic Understanding of job roles.

The role includes, but is not limited to;

Answering calls from our large customer base

Administrate:  Entering applicant’s details and training outcomes, logging, sending and following up on quotations for training onto our Training Management Platform

Registration:  Registering candidate’s details with various accrediting bodies registrations schemes as part of the process for providing accredited training.

Certificate production:   Producing certificates and accompanying ID cards from Administrate.

Posting relevant documents: Certificates and ID Cards to companies/individuals and relevant course paperwork to instructors where required.

Card payments:  Taking card payments from clients.

Email:  Emailing course confirmation to clients and trainees from Administrate, along with course joining instructions.

Other admin duties to include generating certificates, liaising with instructors regarding course paperwork and more.

Establishing an understanding of our customers’ requirements and the courses we offer (including upselling where appropriate) and developing a strong relationship with our customer base

Requirements

•             Work experience within admin roles (highly recommended, but not essential)

•             Excellent knowledge of MS Office packages

•             Familiarity with CRM packages along with ability

•             Excellent verbal and written communication

•             Strong time management and organizational skills

•             GCSE English minimum grade 4 (old grade C) or equivalent

•             GCSE Maths minimum grade 4 (old grade C) or equivalent

Relevant job specific training given.

Applicant must be able work well within a small team and adapt to the challenges that arise on a day-to-day basis.

Company Benefits include 28 days annual holiday (including bank holidays) & company pension scheme, opportunities for progression within the job role depending on skillset of applicant.

Working pattern: Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm (with 30 minutes for lunch)

Salary: £18,876.00 pro rata (based on 37.5 hours per week)

Location: Barton Hill, BS5 9RD

Parking: Onsite staff parking available

Start Date: September 2021 (exact date negotiable)

TO APPLY EMAIL CVs to [email protected]

Covid 19 Statement (January 2020)

Until told otherwise, training must continue as per previous Lockdowns.

We have all measures in place and will continue to provide training at both our centre (Covid Secure) and at customers locations to ensure essential workers are training appropriately.

We await updates from our accrediting bodies.

Christmas 2020 Opening Hours

After an absolutely dreadful 2020, we are preparing for the festive period and want to wish all of our customers, staff, suppliers and friends an amazing festive period. We would also like to wish all a very happy new year (it can’t be worse than this one right?)

If you have any requirements over the festive period, please follow our guide below with how best to get in contact with a member of our team.

See below list of our Festive Opening Hours

21st Dec – 23rd Dec – Training Centre OPEN as Normal* 
24th Dec – Training Centre CLOSED
Call 0117 9525625 or email [email protected] to speak to the team
25th – 28th Dec – Training Centre CLOSED
29th to 31st Dec – Training Centre CLOSED 
Call 0117 9525625 or email [email protected] to speak to the team
1st Jan 2021 Training Centre CLOSED
4th Jan 2021 Training Centre OPEN as Normal

*dependant on requirements
Please Note: For any highlighted BLUE dates, calls and emails will NOT be answered until the next working day!

Any questions or queries you may have in the meantime, please call as above, or email [email protected].

Merry Christmas 2020

TRIBUTE to Jeff Longdon – HL Founder

It is with deep sorrow we have to announce that on Tuesday 10th November 2020, after a short hospital stay, Jeff Longdon (co-founder, brother to Vince Snr & uncle to Directors Vince Jnr and Jay) passed away in Bristol Royal Infirmary after a short illness with Covid-19. Jeff loved and was proud of HL Training and never stopped wearing his work shirts after retirement. Together, we will all make him proud of how we carry on with the company he played such a huge part in creating.

HL Training services was formed by the cofounders Jeff Longdon & his brother Vince Hueston snr, creating what became HL Training Services (HLTS) – Jeff being the “L” in Hueston and Longdon Training Services.

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Jeff Longdon, the 'L' in HL Training Services.
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Jeff with Vince Snr at Vince Jnrs wedding in 2013
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Jeff with Great-Nephew Rico

Jeff & Vince came from a transport and warehouse background & had worked very closely together for many years.   Because of the road haulage links several of their drivers were casual drivers working on a casual day to day basis.  They often had HGV drivers standing by waiting for work which led to some regular sub-contract customers asking if they had any drivers available.  Jeff soon saw an opportunity and convinced Vince that opening a small employment agency was the way to go.  Being asked on a regular basis for forklift operators again Jeff saw an opportunity and book himself onto a forklift instructors’ course.  Before returning from his instructor course they started getting calls from hauliers such as BRS wanting forklift training & retraining of their operators.

The interest in our newly formed training service started to grow & soon after Vince Hueston snr also found himself booked onto an instructors course.  Very soon the training side of the business took off and overtook the transport & agency work and HL Training services was born in 1988. 

The early years were very lean & the partners struggled to survive but eventually HLTS became a viable business in its own right.   At the start the main training service offered was Counterbalance & Reach forklift trucks, but occasionally were asked to perform training on Telescopic & Rough Terrain machines and expanded their portfolio to cover this. 

In 2003, Jeff semi-retired due to ill-health, at this time Vince Hueston Jnr was a very competent operator on several pieces of plant & machinery and Jeff mentioned he would be an asset to HLTS due to his operational ability. Subsequently Vince Joined his Uncle Jeff & Father Vince as a very competent instructor, being brought in to help as Jeff was beginning to struggle due to health issues. At the time Jeff was still working as much as he could and took Vince Jnr under his wing.

“I can honestly say the majority of my operational skill set was developed by Jeff whilst Vince (snr) developed my instructional skill set.”

Vince Jnr, Nov 2020

The business grew and started to incorporate many new courses including instructor training, sadly Jeff’s health deteriorated and was forced into unwanted retirement.  Jeff never lost his love of HLTS,  to the day he died he was deeply saddened that his personal career in HLTS had come to an end.

Jeff’s passing has been extremely hard as he was a beloved family member, a mentor and a friend that will be so sorely missed. We have been so lucky and are so proud to have had Jeff in our lives, we never always saw eye to eye but there was always the respect and understanding of each other’s point of view and the ability to move forward.

Jeff was recently described as a “Force of life” & a “Force of Nature” which he certainly was.

Jeff & Vince snr were business partners but their extremely close bond as Brothers forged HL Training Services as it is today. 

Jeff will be deeply missed by all who knew him & will be remembered, missed & deeply loved by his family.