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Story Contracting offer a vast range of training and development courses to both internal and external clients. Find about what people have to say about their training experience…
Case Studies
Alison Watt
Tailored courses to suit all
Personal Effectiveness at work with Florence Madden enables individuals to work on ‘real’ issues. The course is 5 days and entails pre-course work and assessment.
I really enjoyed the development course but more importantly, I feel that very quickly, I am putting into practice what I have learned. In particular, asking for and giving feedback and being aware of the way we communicate with others and how that can change or influence the response we receive.
Alison Watt, Story Contracting
Introduction to Management
Vera Wood
Apprenticeships
Working in partnership with Gen 2 for Apprenticeship and Management Development delivery.
Story Contracting is a very forward-thinking organisation which values training and understands the contribution qualified staff make to their business goals. The company is a large family-owned business and genuinely cares about its workforce and it was important to them that the selected training provider understood their business, goals and company ethos.
Vera Wood
Operations Manager, Gen 2
Mark Astley
Continued learning
Higher Education and professional training is encouraged and supported throughout the business.
As part of my ongoing development with Story Contracting, the Training & Development team have assisted me in my new role with the business and through continued support during my two-year HNC course at Bolton College. They have helped me gain further experience within the railway and construction sectors and with on-the-job training.
Mark Astley, Project Agent
Story Contracting
Danny Gee
Local Labour Market Aligned Curriculum
Working with employers, pupils are exposed to the ‘real world’ and will be fully equipped and ideally placed to take up jobs, training and apprenticeships when they leave secondary education.
Right from the start, Story’s Training & Development team have been a significant supporter of our new curriculum project. The reassurance given to the community by them presenting and expressing support is significant. This is a fundamental change to the curriculum and to the nature of the school, and the constant visual support from a significant and renowned local employer massively helped the community embrace this new curriculum.
Danny Gee
Deputy Headmaster, Beacon Hill School
Tony Cook
All-rounded development
The Training & Development team are passionate about ‘doing it right’, with the perfect blend of commitment, energy, expertise and teamwork
Training & Development is a vital component to our structure and prevents any pitfalls that we have previously come across. Without that support, our growth plans would be on hold.
Tony Cook, Plant Director
Story Contracting
Peter Hill
Technical training
We offer a range of technical training courses to external clients including COSS Initial/Recertification, Lookout Initial/Recertification and PTS Initial/Recertification.
Story is definitely the best training facility I been to in a long time. I was extremely impressed with the trainers who delivered the course well and made all the delegates feel at ease.
Peter Hill
AMCO
Ian Purdham
Insights Discovery
Ian participated in Discovery Insight Full Circle 360 Feedback, bringing personal feedback to life in a positive and engaging way.
Our Training & Development team have the distinct advantage of understanding the strategic business plan and goals for our division and this has enabled us to tailor the courses and training to suit. A great example of this is the use of the Insights 360 feedback tool. Not only did we utilise this for our own people, we also engaged with our client which helped to better understand their drivers which was really powerful in developing the collaborative relationship in which we work.
Ian Purdham, Rail Director
Story Contracting
Fayaz Mazammil
Skills Toolbox
We have a suite of over 50 internal ‘bite-size’ courses on the softer skills entitled Skills Toolbox.
The Skills Toolbox has a list of internally-delivered courses which I am able to cherry-pick from which are tailored to my own professional development and career progression. The courses don’t take very long – many are around one-and-a-half hours – but within that time you are equipped with so much information that you are able to use in your job immediately.
Fayaz Musammil, Continuous Improvement Co-ordinator
Story Contracting
