Meet the team
Darren O’Neill
Darren O’Neill
Training & Consultancy Director
The Training and Consultancy Director is responsible for effectively managing projects, providing solutions design, and implementing and generating project results for the business. The role involves identifying, creating and delivering innovate service strategies and tools to generate revenue opportunities related to new and existing clients.
One of the main functions includes leading and coordinating team efforts to increase company profitability in the southern region. To collaborate in project planning and execution, as well as collecting feedback after project deployment and feeding this information back to the Senior Management Team.
Emily Rycroft
Emily Rycroft
Commercial Training Manager
Emily is responsible for the Commercial Training Team, ensuring all training and development processes are in line with the Company’s quality standards. Her strong personal and leadership skills encourage team excellence and optimum performance.
Emily has recently completed her L3 Award in Education and Training to provide a further understanding of the training delivery. By reinforcing learning within her own team and encouraging them to continually develop she has built a strong and quality driven team.
Emily has a friendly and supportive approach with outstanding communication and management skills, which embeds into her work and team strategy. With a strong eye for detail and extremely high standards, the Senior Management know that they have the backing of a strong team leader.
Michael Harcourt
Michael Harcourt
Training & Consultancy Manager
Michael is responsible for managing varied Training and Consultancy outputs to ensure our clients receive the very best possible training and learning experience. Assisting in the development of market leading training courses and materials who also routinely contributes to the progression of our more junior trainers across varying aspects of H&S training; Michael plays a key part in upholding our quality driven training standards.
A multi-skilled and experienced trainer himself, he delivers a vast array of technical safety courses, both non-accredited and accredited, with clarity, passion and a wealth of knowledge whilst accounting for the learners every need. He thrives on watching learners surpass and exceed their desired goals. His attention to detail and meticulous preparation before, during and post training is testament to his professionalism and conduct and one of the many reasons why his training acumen is sought after and requested across the breadth of the UK.
A conversant H&S industry contributor, you will often find Michael educating and speaking in support of UK wide events in Respiratory Protection and Management making a real difference and improving cultures surrounding Health and Safety.
Matt Fletcher
Matt Fletcher
Training & Consultancy Instructor
Matthew is one of our passionate and dedicated Health and Safety trainers supporting our clients across the breadth of the UK within the Construction Industry. A multi-skilled and qualified trainer, he ensures all courses, both non-accredited and accredited, are delivered in accordance with the standards and procedures required to deliver an informative, enjoyable and quality driven training session.
Matts ability to unlock and exceed the potential of those he teaches is second to none. He possesses an in-depth library of experience he can relate to when working with learners across a diverse and varied spectrum. His calm, detailed and active learning style to teaching enables his audience to receive the very best training experience catering for almost any learner need.
Travelling and delivering courses to a variety of trades and organisations daily, Matt will scrutinise, assist and feedback vital data enabling us to keep abreast of the evolving needs of the industry, and the learner, to ensure we are adapting and meeting our client’s wishes.
John Wright
John Wright
Senior Training & Consultancy Manager
Within a Senior role John is qualified CMIOSH, PIEMA, assisting with internal and external quality audits, course development and internal verification.
John delivers a wide range of Health & Safety, Construction and Workplace training such as NEBOSH, IOSH and CITB Site Safety Plus courses in accordance with Awarding Body requirements, striving for Essential Site Skills exceptional standard of delivery at all times. He has responsibility for the guidance and support of learners to achieve their learning goals.
Mike Kirkham-Ingram
Mike Kirkham-Ingram
Training & Consultancy Instructor
Mike is one of our passionate and dedicated Health and Safety Trainers and Consultants, supporting our clients across the South Region of the UK. A passionate and qualified trainer, he ensures all courses, both non-accredited and accredited, are delivered in accordance with the standards and procedures required to deliver an informative, enjoyable and quality driven training session.
Mike can draw upon years of experience from previous careers within the Health and Safety sector, including the waste and environmental industry to better guide our clients when advising on consultancy services or delivering the many training courses he is accredited for.
Travelling and delivering courses to a variety of trades and organisations daily, Mike will scrutinise, assist and feedback vital data enabling us to keep abreast of the evolving needs of the industry, and the learner, to ensure we are adapting and meeting our client’s wishes.
Warren Mulford
Warren Mulford
Plant Training Instructor
Warren is our experienced and passionate plant training manager who is responsible for ensuring compliance and quality training is delivered across various aspects of CPCS/NPORS construction plant, RTITB logistics and transport.
A dedicated and professional trainer, Warren has the patience and expertise to coach any learner but with absolutely no comprise to the testing standards required by ourselves or our partnered Awarding bodies.
A multi-skilled trainer and tester himself, you will find him out on sites across the UK, teaching and testing a wide array of qualifications to the next generation of construction plant operators or reaffirming current competence from those already working in the sector.
Les Raine
Les Raine
Training & Consultancy Instructor
Highly experienced within the construction Health and Safety sector, Les is one of our passionate and knowledgeable Health and Safety Trainers supporting our clients across the UK. A highly qualified professional, Les delivers both accredited and non-accredited courses in accordance with the standards and procedures required to deliver an informative and quality driven training course.
Les’s main forte is delivering training to our clientele in courses such as NEBOSH, CITB and IOSH; considered as highly technical courses but very rewarding upon completion for those attending.
Travelling and delivering courses to a variety of trades and organisations daily, Les will scrutinise, assist and feedback vital data enabling us to keep abreast of the evolving needs of the industry, and the learner, to ensure we are adapting and meeting our client’s wishes.
Nigel Anker
Nigel Anker
Assessor / Tutor
Nigel delivers a combination of NVQ Assessments and Health & Safety Training courses in accordance with Awarding Body requirements, following industry standards and guidelines, striving for Essential Site Skills exceptional standard of delivery at all times.
He is passionate about delivering high quality training to develop the skills of individuals and assist them in achieving their goals. Using his vast experience as a tutor and assessor to assist learners to gather the evidence they need to obtain qualifications.
Emma Green
Emma Green
Training Co-ordinator (Team Leader)
Emma is responsible for organising and coordinating Commercial Training Courses in line with awarding body/industry standards. She supports the delivery of our training courses to ensure that all trainer, learner and client needs are met to a high standard.
She is knowledgeable and experienced, extremely organised and always takes pride in her work. With a friendly and supportive approach, and excellent communication skills, Emma is always happy to help and willing to go that extra mile.
Emma is currently working towards her Level 2 in Team Leading.
Heather Clarke
Heather Clarke
Commercial Administrator
Heather provides efficient and professional administrative support to the Commercial Training team. She ensures that all course paperwork and certificates are processed in a timely manner so that our learner and client needs are consistently met to a high standard.
She has strong organisation skills and great attention to detail which she embeds into her work to ensure that the output is of the highest standard.
Shannon Wrenn
Shannon Wrenn
Training Co-ordinator
Shannon is responsible for organising and coordinating Commercial Training Courses in line with awarding body/industry standards. She supports the delivery of our training courses to ensure that all trainer, learner and client needs are met to a high standard.
She has a friendly and helpful approach with strong communication skills and is always happy to help.
Shannon is currently working towards her Level 2 in Business Administration.