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Our company had a stage of making people sign contracts to pay back the cost of training, one of our guys left and they took the cash from his final salary, he challenged them and they had to give it back, I think he used the human rights ground, not sure though. needless to say they no longer do it...

We have a very effective way in our depot that keeps accidents down to a minimum. The reporting system takes an hour to complete and must be done when the drivers return from their run, we officially finish at 17:30 and sometimes get back at 21:00, no driver wants to stay past 10 at night when they ...

We have a zebra crossing at our depot that allows foot visitors to our site to access the security office. The paint on the crossing is almost completely worn away, it still slightly resembles a crossing by the stain from the paint on the concrete but most of the paint is missing. I would like to be...

Hi thanks for all your inputs. Berni the training company I use allow me to take NGC2 and NGC1 on those dates, I can only do it that way because NGC2 is not available in July. Still confused about the NGC3, does someone come to my place of work or am I sent the exam and expected to do it within 2 ho...

I am ready to take my NGC exams, I am contemplation taking them in June (the next available date). I am not sure whether to take them both on the same day and save a few quid or take NGC2 in June and NGC1 in July. I guess taking them different months will allow me to dedicate my revision to smaller ...

I am training using Distance Learning for the NGC. I have read all the way through the learning material quickly to get the overall idea of the content, I am now going back through at a slower pace to let the information sink in. A problem I am having with the material is it is too limited with info...

Ozone is produced in large amounts from older printers, this was created when printers used corona wires, these printers used ozone filters and most printers had changeable ozone filters, modern printers use transfer rollers and these are reported to produce no or little ozone but in the early days ...

Thanks for my very warm welcomes, its lovely to be here.

Steve

I currently work for a large UK white goods / computer /TV delivery and installation company. I am a part of the technical team who install the pc's and TV's and repairing our stores pc's but often end up on 7.5 ton lorry delivering white goods. My depot is a health and safety nightmare and I have t...

I would also be interested in this, I have trouble holding a a pen and it causes great pain the only way I can hold it so cant write for long. I was a thinking about creating a spreadsheet with a list of standard requirements plus areas for random scribblings. My son is learning about making apps at...