FSDF Pathway Programme sets the benchmark for training in the food industry

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As part of their employee development programme for the business, Cold Move’s participation in the FSDF Pathway Qualification Programme recently resulted in 29 of their staff receiving a national qualification in Warehousing and Storage Operations that is accredited by both City and Guilds and Skills for Logistics.

The bespoke programme, which ran over several months, was designed to reinforce Cold Move’s internal operating procedures whilst at the same time recognising this in the form of a formal qualification.  The focus of the programme was to evaluate competence and their ability to consistently deliver the required level of performance within Cold Move’s warehouse operations in support of the company’s commitment to the delivery of high levels of service to its customers.

 

Pictured at the presentation ceremony on 12th April are some the successful candidates from the Oswestry and Golborne sites along with James Woodward, Cold Move’s Managing Director, Chris Sturman CEO of the FSDF and Simon Williams from Cold Move.  Simon and his colleague Alistair Mitchell assisted with the training and obtained a qualification as an assessor for the programme.

Speaking at the award ceremony James Woodward said “the programme has been extremely successful and has been well received by all our employees who participated in the initiative”.  He also thanked the FSDF team for their excellent support throughout the entire programme.

In his reply the FSDF’s CEO, Chris Sturman congratulated everyone at Cold Move for supporting the Pathway initiative and those people who had successfully gained their award.

He went on to explain that FSDF Pathway Qualifications are quickly establishing the benchmark against which operational managers and operatives working in the food and drink logistics supply chain can be measured.  They also provide employers such as Cold Move with a vocational training and skills programme that is aligned to their own operations and gives them the reassurance that their employees have the skills, knowledge and competence to underpin the business’s strategic plans and objectives in the future.

Developed by senior professionals with many years’ of expertise in food logistics the FSDF Pathway Programme has been endorsed by Skills for Logistics and the National Skills Academy for Logistics and has been carefully designed to fit alongside the Skills for Logistics Virtual Stairway and the Modern Logistics Guild.  In addition the Pathway Programme also sits alongside the Manufacturing Excellence qualifications of Improve, the National Skills Academy for Food Manufacturing.  Today there is a bespoke vocational training and skills programme available to meet the needs of all companies with employees who are working in a logistics function within the food and drink sector that focuses on and addresses the special product care and consistency of quality management necessary to ensure the safety of the consumer.

Currently, a number of Cold Move’s employees are enrolled on a similar programme covering transport office skills which they are due to complete in about three months’ time.

The Pathway Programme at Cold Move was designed and implemented for the FSDF by Maurice Young Consulting.