Mainstream training expands into the removals industry.

Mainstream, a training specialist from Sittingbourne, has broken into the removals market by including Pickfords as one of its 400 clients.  This is the first time the company has worked in the moving industry and it is keen to expand within the sector.  

The company provides a wide range of training services including the Certificate in Commercial Moving, Driving Goods Vehicles (DGV) and the Driver CPC, National and International CPC, Warehousing and Storage, and Plant Operations which includes fork lift driving.  Its list of clients includes Eddie Stobart, Tesco, Royal Mail and now, of course, Pickfords.

Training is provided either at its centre in Sittingbourne, the UK’s largest indoor training centre, or can be arranged on-site for companies anywhere in the UK.  The facility is an Edexcel/Awards UK accredited NVQ assessment centre.

On 8 September, 2009 the company took part in an historic event that marked its introduction to the world of moving.  At one minute past midnight the company started a Driver CPC training programme for Pickfords.  As this was the first day of training for the Driver CPC it allowed Pickfords to legitimately claim to be the first moving company in the UK to have drivers trained for the qualification.  Maxine Hales, the Operations Manager at Sittingbourne commented: “It was a bit of a long night but we all enjoyed it really.  The bacon sandwiches in the morning were very welcome.”

With September 2014 getting ever closer, the transport industry in general and movers in particular will be in need of as many facilities as possible for driver training.  Mainstream is willing and able to help.

Left to right: John Casey, Mainstream Managing Director/Owner with David Sanderson and David Hurdiss of Pickfords.