Harpenden

<p>This training day will help managers explore what they need to do to create a motivating environment at work and learn some theory, tools and ideas to inspire motivation at individual and team level.</p><p>Motivation is a key factor in effective people management and successful team performance. It involves engaging and inspiring your people and developing them in such ways as to improve their effectiveness and thus have a greater benefit to customers. It can also involve having tough conversations with those who do not seem to be motivated.</p>By the end of the workshop participants will be able to:<ul><li>Identify key motivating factors at work and learn and create ideas to better engage staff</li><li>Learn a conversation tool to use for challenging discussions</li><li>Explain their role in motivating staff and understand a range of techniques and approaches to use in the workplace</li><li>Review learning and have an action plan to take back and implement at work</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Welcome, housekeeping, objectives</h3><ul><li>Breaking the ice</li><li>Setting personal objectives</li></ul> <h3>2 Group work: identifying personal motivators and where they come from</h3> <h3>3 Defining motivation</h3><ul><li>The characteristics of a motivated team</li><li>Input and group discussion</li></ul> <h3>4 Factors impacting on motivation at work</h3><ul><li>Using pre-work to identify challenges, hotspots and obstacles</li><li>Feedback in plenary</li><li>Exploring the benefits of motivation that address current challenges and agreeing outcomes for change</li></ul> <h3>5 Commitment vs. compliance - organisational engagement and the manager's approach to buy in</h3> <h3>6 Team challenge task using a theory about motivation</h3><ul><li>Trainer input and review in plenary</li></ul> <h3>7 Group task - complete a plan for individuals identified in pre-workshop task</h3> <h3>8 Skill / will - a motivation tool: trainer input, followed by tasks that are assessed and discussed in peer groups</h3><ul><li>1-2-1 feedback task on approaches and plans to be taken back and used at work</li><li>Feedback and plenary review</li></ul> <h3>9 DEAL - a conversation tool: how to construct a conversation plan about motivation with an individual</h3><ul><li>Peer professional 1-2-1s to practice the discussion planned and gain feedback</li></ul> <h3>10 Review, evaluation and action planning</h3> 


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The In House Training Company

Team Building

Coaching Skills

Meeting Skills

Counselling Skills

Manager Training

Management Skills

Motivating people - skills for managers (In-House)

<p>This five-day programme empowers participants with the skills and knowledge to understand and effectively apply best practice commercial and contracting principles and techniques, ensuring better contractor performance and greater value add.</p><p>This is an assessed programme, leading to the International Association for Contracts &amp; Commercial Management (IACCM)'s coveted Contract and Commercial Management Practitioner (CCMP) qualification.</p>By the end of this comprehensive programme the participants will be able to:<ul><li>Develop robust contracting plans, including scopes of work and award strategies</li><li>Undertake early market engagements to maximise competition</li><li>Conduct effective contracting and commercial management activities, including ITT, RFP, negotiated outcomes</li><li>Understand the legalities of contract and commercial management</li><li>Negotiate effectively with key stakeholders and clients, making use of the key skills of persuading and influencing to optimise outcomes</li><li>Undertake effective Supplier Relationship Management</li><li>Appreciate the implications of national and organisational culture on contracting and commercial activities</li><li>Appreciate professional contract management standards</li><li>Set up and maintain contract and commercial management governance systems</li><li>Take a proactive, collaborative, and agile approach to managing commercial contracts</li><li>Develop and monitor appropriate and robust KPIs and SLAs to manage the contractor and facilitate improved contractor performance</li><li>Appreciate the cross-functional nature of contract management</li><li>Collaborate with clients to deliver sustainable performance and to manage and exceed client expectations</li><li>Understand the roles and responsibilities of contract and commercial managers</li><li>Use effective contractor selection and award methods and models (including the 10Cs model) and use these models to prepare robust propositions to clients</li><li>Make effective use of lessons learned to promote improvements from less than optimal outcomes, using appropriate templates</li><li>Effectively manage the process of change, claims, variations, and dispute resolution</li><li>Develop and present robust propositions</li><li>Make appropriate use of best practice contract and commercial management tools, techniques, and templates</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>DAY ONE</h3> <h3>1 Introduction</h3><ul><li>Aims</li><li>Objectives</li><li>KPIs</li><li>Learning strategies</li><li>Plan for the programme</li></ul> <h3>2 The contracting context</h3><ul><li>Key objectives of contract management</li><li>Importance and impact on the business</li></ul> <h3>3 Critical success factors</h3><ul><li>Essential features of professional commercial and contract management and administration</li><li>The 6-step model</li></ul> <h3>4 Putting the 'management' into commercial and contract management</h3><ul><li>Traditional <em>v</em> 'new age' models</li><li>The need for a commercial approach</li><li>The added value generated</li></ul> <h3>5 Definitions</h3><ul><li>'Commercial management'</li><li>'Contract management'</li><li>'Contracting'</li><li>... and why have formal contracts?</li></ul> <h3>6 Stakeholders</h3><ul><li>Stakeholder mapping and analysis</li><li>The 'shared vision' concept</li><li>Engaging with key functions, eg, HSE, finance, operations</li></ul> <h3>7 Roles and responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Contract administrators</li><li>Stakeholders</li></ul> <h3>8 Strategy and planning</h3><ul><li>Developing effective contracting plans and strategies</li></ul>  <h3>DAY TWO</h3> <h3>1 Contract control</h3><ul><li>Tools and techniques, including CPA and Gantt charts</li><li>A project management approach</li><li>Developing effective contract programmes</li></ul> <h3>2 The contracting context</h3><ul><li>Key objectives of contract management</li><li>Importance and impact on the business</li></ul> <h3>3 Tendering</h3><ul><li>Overview of the contracting cycle</li><li>Requirement to tender</li><li>Methods</li><li>Rationale</li><li>Exceptions</li><li>Steps</li><li>Gateways</li><li>Controls</li><li>One and two package bids</li></ul> <h3>4 Tender assessment and contract award I - framework</h3><ul><li>Tender board procedures</li><li>Role of the tender board (including minor and major tender boards)</li><li>Membership</li><li>Administration</li><li>Developing robust contract award strategies and presentations</li></ul>  <h3>DAY THREE</h3> <h3>1 Tender assessment and contract award II - processes</h3><ul><li>Pre-qualification processes</li><li>CRS</li><li>Vendor registration rules and processes</li><li>Creating bidder lists</li><li>Disqualification criteria</li><li>Short-listing</li><li>Using the 10Cs model</li><li>Contract award and contract execution processes</li></ul> <h3>2 Minor works orders</h3><ul><li>Process</li><li>Need for competition</li><li>Role and purpose</li><li>Controls</li><li>Risks</li></ul> <h3>3 Contract strategy</h3><ul><li>Types of contract</li><li>Call-offs</li><li>Framework agreements</li><li>Price agreements</li><li>Supply agreements</li></ul> <h3>4 Contract terms I: Pricing structures</h3><ul><li>Lump sum</li><li>Unit price</li><li>Cost plus</li><li>Time and materials</li><li>Alternative methods</li><li>Target cost</li><li>Gain share contracts</li><li>Advance payments</li><li>Price escalation clauses</li></ul> <h3>5 Contract terms II: Other financial clauses</h3><ul><li>Insurance</li><li>Currencies</li><li>Parent body guarantees</li><li>Tender bonds</li><li>Performance bonds</li><li>Retentions</li><li>Sub-contracting</li><li>Termination</li><li>Invoicing</li></ul> <h3>6 Contract terms III: Risk and reward</h3><ul><li>Incentive contracts</li><li>Management and mitigation of contractual risk</li></ul>  <h3>DAY FOUR</h3> <h3>1 Contract terms IV: Jurisdiction and related matters</h3><ul><li>Applicable laws and regulations</li><li>Registration</li><li>Commercial registry</li><li>Commercial agencies</li></ul> <h3>2 Managing the client-contractor relationship</h3><ul><li>Types of relationship</li><li>Driving forces</li><li>Link between type of contract and style of relationships</li><li>Motivation - use of incentives and remedies</li></ul> <h3>3 Disputes</h3><ul><li>Types of dispute</li><li>Conflict resolution strategies</li><li>Negotiation</li><li>Mediation</li><li>Arbitration</li></ul>  <h3>DAY FIVE</h3> <h3>1 Performance measurement</h3><ul><li>KPIs</li><li>Benchmarking</li><li>Cost controls</li><li>Validity of savings</li><li>Balanced scorecards</li><li>Using the KPI template</li></ul> <h3>2 Personal qualities of the contract manager</h3><ul><li>Negotiation</li><li>Communication</li><li>Persuasion and influencing</li><li>Working in a matrix environment</li></ul> <h3>3 Contract terms V: Drafting skills</h3><ul><li>Drafting special terms</li></ul> <h3>4 Variations</h3><ul><li>Contract and works variation orders</li><li>Causes of variations</li><li>Risk management</li><li>Controls</li><li>Prevention</li><li>Negotiation with contractors</li></ul> <h3>5 Claims</h3><ul><li>Claims management processes</li><li>Controls</li><li>Risk mitigation</li><li>Schedules of rates</li></ul> <h3>6 Close-out</h3><ul><li>Contract close-out and acceptance / completion</li><li>HSE</li><li>Final payments</li><li>Performance evaluation</li><li>Capturing the learning</li></ul> <h3>7 Close</h3><ul><li>Review</li><li>Final assessment</li><li>Next steps</li></ul> 


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Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)

Commercial Manager

Construction Management

Construction Design & Management (CDM)

Contract Management

Commercial & Contract Management Certification Program (CCM)

Contract and commercial management for practitioners (In-House)

<p>The IOSH Managing Safelyaward is valid for three years. Award-holders need to undertake this one-day refresher programme every three years in order to maintain their status.</p><p>This very interactive, practical programme covers:</p><p>An interactive case study exercise is used throughout the day to apply refreshed knowledge to the plan-do-check-act model and then link it back to the workplace. For example, participants examine the elements of a safety and health policy, come up with ideas to influence safety culture, and select the best communication methods to engage a workforce.</p>

First Aid At Work

Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)

Health & Safety Awareness

Safety Manager

IOSH

Fire Safety Instructor

Managing Safely Refresher - IOSH Award (In-House)

<p>When managers have too many decisions to make, it can have a serious impact on the speed and efficiency of the organisation. When those decisions are commercial ones, the results can wreak havoc with the bottom line.</p><p>Often the problem arises when those below them or in operational areas of the organisation aren't equipped or allowed to make a decision for themselves. Issues get passed back up and that wastes time.</p><p>This programme provides a solution, giving your entire team the skills to:</p><p>And most importantly, they'll be able to do this in line with the broader aims and commercial objectives of the business.</p>By the end of the programme participants will be able to:<ul><li>Fully appreciate the importance of effective decision-making in business</li><li>Use the five-step 'Stop, Think, Act!' decision-making process</li><li>Stop leaping to conclusions</li><li>Really understand the situations and decisions they are dealing with</li><li>Identify good options</li><li>Evaluate those options</li><li>Make decisions and then put them into action</li><li>Apply these tools and techniques to all their decisions in future</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Understanding the business we work in</h3><ul><li>What are the critical factors in our business?</li><li>What is the SWOT analysis for our business?</li></ul> <h3>2 Understanding what decision-making is</h3> <h3>3 Background</h3><ul><li>Culture of 'having to be doing'</li><li>To change things we have to think about it!</li><li>We are paid to make decisions!</li></ul> <h3>4 Recognise the opportunity to make a decision</h3> <h3>5 The 'Stop, Think, Act!' technique</h3> <h3>6 STOP!</h3><ul><li>Recognise the opportunity to make a decision</li><li>Don't leap to conclusions</li><li>Get ready to think</li><li>Initial questions:<ul><li>Is this my decision? (Do I have the authority?)</li><li>Who is this going to affect? (Do they need to be included?)</li><li>When do I need to make the decision? (What's the timeline?)</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>7 THINK!</h3><ul><li>The 3 Cs - making sure we understand the decisions we have to make</li><li>What is the context of this decision?<ul><li>What is the overall situation?</li><li>Why is this decision important?</li><li>What do we need to achieve?</li><li>What will success look like?</li></ul></li><li>Do I have clarity about the decision I need to make?<ul><li>Can I write it down?</li><li>Can I express it clearly in two sentences?</li></ul></li><li>What are the criteria?<ul><li>What are the critical commercial factors that we will use to select our options?</li><li>What will we use to measure the business success?</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>8 ACT!</h3><ul><li>Identifying options</li><li>What data do I need to collect?<ul><li>Issues with today's overload</li><li>Identifying what will help you</li></ul></li><li>Select options<ul><li>How many options?</li><li>Must match your criteria</li><li>Must achieve success</li><li>'Decision compass' exercise</li></ul></li><li>Analyse options<ul><li>Tabular method</li><li>Risk analysis (likelihood <em>v</em> effect)</li><li>Head, heart and gut (is there any organisational history/bias that we are up against?)</li></ul></li><li>Making your decision</li><li>Taking it to action<ul><li>First actions</li><li>Planning how to make it happen</li></ul></li></ul> 


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Business Leadership

Organisational Skills

Decision Making

Business Case Development

Strategic Thinking

Commercial decision-making - 'Stop, Think, Act!' (In-House)

<p>What do engineers and project managers need to know of finance? 'Nothing - leave it to the accountants!'</p><p>No, no, no! Engineers must be conversant with the terminology and statements that accountants use. Technical expertise in projects, service delivery, production or other areas can only really be harnessed if the managers understand the accounting and reporting that drives businesses.</p><p>This course gives the necessary understanding to project, production and technical managers. It develops their skills in understanding financial and management accounting.</p><p>Accountants may not always like it but a major part of their work is to be the 'servants of business' and to gather, compile and present your figures. So you must understand the figures - they belong to you, your processes or projects. There are many reasons for maintaining accurate accounts. This course focuses on the strategic issues (those over-used words) - what figures reveal about the drivers of business and what they reveal about the day-to-day issues that accountants bother you with. The course will enhance your understanding of finance and of the accounting issues which affect your projects, production and technical areas of business.</p>This course will help you:<ul><li>Understand the business world in figures - make sense of what the accountants are telling you</li><li>Appreciate what drives business - and how this affects your role in your part of the business</li><li>Relate your activities to the success of the business - through figures</li><li>Gain the skills to advance in management - financial awareness is a 'must have' if you are to progress in your career</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 What do accountants do?</h3><ul><li>The finance function, types of accountant, financial v management accounting and the treasury function</li><li>Understanding the role of the finance function and how the information you provide may be used</li></ul> <h3>2 The basic financial statements</h3><ul><li>Balance sheets and income statements (P&amp;L accounts)</li><li>What they are, what they contain and above all what they can reveal - how to read them</li><li>The accounting process - from transactions to financial statements</li><li>What underpins the statements - accounting systems and internal controls</li></ul> <h3>3 Why be in business - from a financial perspective</h3><ul><li>The driving forces behind financial information</li><li>Performance measures - profitability, asset utilisation, sales and throughput, managing capital expenditure</li></ul> <h3>4 Accounting rules - accounting standards</h3><ul><li>Accounting concepts and the accounting rules: accruals, 'going concern' - substance over form and other 'desirable qualities'</li><li>Accruals - why the timing of a transaction is so important to the finance function</li><li>Depreciation and amortisation - the concepts and practice</li><li>Accounting standards - the role of International Financial Reporting Standards</li></ul> <h3>5 Cash</h3><ul><li>The importance of cash flow - working capital management</li><li>Cash flow statements - monitoring overall cash flows</li><li>Raising cash - levels of borrowing, gearing</li><li>Spending cash - an outline of capital expenditure appraisal</li></ul> <h3>6 Budgeting</h3><ul><li>Why budget? - good and bad practice</li><li>Determining why budgets play a key role and should not be simply an annual ritual</li><li>Justifying your budgets - the link between the strategic plan and day-to-day budgeting - alignment of company culture</li><li>Budgets as motivators - the importance of the right culture</li><li>Techniques to improve budgeting - whether day-to-day or capital budgeting</li></ul> <h3>7 Costing</h3><ul><li>The type and detail of costing very much depends on your business - eg, manufacturing piston rings is quite different from the construction of a power plant</li><li>Issues with overhead allocation</li><li>Accounting for R&amp;D</li></ul> <h3>8 Reading financial statements</h3><ul><li>Annual financial statements - why they are produced, what's in them and what you should look for</li><li>Learning what a set of accounts reveals about a company's current situation, profitability and future prospects</li></ul> <h3>9 Performance measurement - analytical reviews and ratio analysis</h3><ul><li>ROI/ROCE</li><li>Profitability, margins and cost control</li><li>Sales - asset turnover</li><li>Efficiency (asset / stock turnover, debtor / creditor days)</li><li>'City' measures</li><li>Investment (interest / dividend cover, earnings per share, dividend yield)</li></ul> 


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Accounting & Finance

Business Accounting

Corporate Finance Level 1

Finance For Non Finance Managers

Financial Accounting

Practical Accounting

Finance for project managers and engineers (In-House)

<p>The importance of building services to the success of an organisation has never been greater and continues to grow. Developers and occupiers are becoming more aware of the contribution that building services make to the well being of occupants and hence their perception of the quality of the working environment. Those involved with the design, construction, maintenance and operation will increasingly be required to deliver building services that demonstrable contribution to the occupier's business.</p><p>Energy efficiency, carbon management and occupant satisfaction depend substantially on the way building services are designed, managed and operated. To optimise these aspects, an informed strategic approach is essential. Tried and tested techniques and processes are available that, when applied holistically, will deliver substantial benefits.</p><p>This course reviews best practice in the area and inspires participants to ensure that building services perform at their optimal level.</p>To provide a better understanding of how building services can be designed, managed and operated to:<ul><li>Maximise occupant comfort, satisfaction and wellbeing</li><li>Add value and contribute to the success of the business of the occupier</li><li>Improve health safety</li><li>Reduce operating cost, energy use, carbon emissions and environmental impact</li><li>Optimise cost and value</li><li>Provide strategies for continuous improvement and sustainable operation</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Building services fundamentals</h3><ul><li>The function of services in commercial buildings and their importance to the core business</li></ul> <h3>2 Techniques and processes for optimising cost and value</h3><ul><li>Programmed operation evaluation</li><li>Continuous commissioning</li><li>Lifetime product management</li><li>Performance-based service</li><li>Energy efficiency and the scope for environmental improvement</li></ul> <h3>3 Making the business case and preparing the strategy</h3><ul><li>Motivating decision-makers</li><li>Empowering those who have to deliver the results</li><li>Managing business risk</li></ul> <h3>4 Strategy implementation and monitoring results</h3><ul><li>Ensuring that rich and robust feedback is available to support continuous improvement and<br />strategy enhancement<ul><li>When to get feedback</li><li>Why</li><li>How</li><li>What to do with it</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>5 Case histories and 'air time'</h3><ul><li>Sharing experience and addressing specific issues of interest to participants</li><li>Course review</li><li>Close</li></ul> 


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Service Design Courses (SDC)

Building Engineering Services Association (BESA)

Facility Management

Building Management

Building services and maintenance - best-practice (In-House)

<p>If you want to be better at making to-do lists or managing time better this is NOT for you! The time challenges we all face at work need to be addressed with a different approach.</p><p>This 'bite-size' session takes a fresh approach to how we deal with time personally and challenges the belief that we don't always have enough time. The workshop will be participative, interactive, and will cover the personal relationship we have with time and how this impacts on dealing with challenges and ever-changing priorities on a daily basis at work. The workshop will give you some practical tools and ideas on dealing with your thieves of time from a different perspective, including interruptions and emails.</p>To enable participants to organise and use their time effectively, using strategies to help with both 'thinking' and 'doing' that are fit for purpose. This workshop will enable you to:<ul><li>Recognise the barriers to effective time management and set goals to overcome them and get things done</li><li>Understand how their mindset affects how they use time and use better ways to deal with the inbuilt patterns of behaviour this produces when at work</li><li>Plan for tasks and projects in a productive way</li><li>Use some new tools and techniques to tackle time thieves, including email and interruptions</li><li>Review and evaluate their learning and have an action plan to take back to work</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Welcome, introductions and objectives</h3><ul><li>Exploring your relationship with time and how you focus your mind on daily work pressures in relation to time</li><li>Past, present and future - where do you focus your energy at work?</li><li>Time thieves - exploring the results of the pre-workshop questionnaire and learning strategies to deal with the roots of your time thieves</li></ul> <h3>2 Personal strategies and tools: having a new mindset</h3><ul><li>Emails, interruptions and curve balls</li><li>Review and evaluation of learning</li><li>Action-planning</li></ul> 


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Office Skills & Productivity

Stress Management

Time Management

Mental Health At Work

Personal Productivity

Making the most of your time (In-House)

<p>This comprehensive one-day programme has been designed to provide participants with an overview of basic supply chain principles and concepts and to identify potential opportunities for reducing costs, minimising risks and adding value across the supply chain.</p><p>This could include reducing inventory, procurement, transport and storage costs.</p><p>Fundamentally, the object of the programme is to empower participants to be able to collaborate with all key stakeholders across the supply chain.</p>This course will help participants:<ul><li>Appreciate the importance of the supply chain as a source of competitive advantage</li><li>Understand the tools and techniques available to improve supply chain performance</li><li>Analyse and mitigate risks across the supply chain</li><li>Identify opportunities for improvements in their respective supply chains</li><li>Demonstrate competence in the pro-active management of the supply chain</li></ul>

Procurement & Supply

Warehouse Management

Supply Chain Management

Supply chain management (SCM)

Introduction to supply chain management (In-House)

<p>Meetings are a traditional and essential component of local government. For both elected members and officers, meetings serve as a forum for discussion and agreement, planning and monitoring, communication and leadership, and decision-making. Used appropriately, meetings can challenge, inspire, illuminate and inform. And while they are not the only meetings that elected members will be asked to attend, committee meetings, in particular, are a mainstay of the political management process.</p><p>Effective chairing is important because it can provide clear leadership and direction, ensure that debates are focused and balanced, enable decisions to be reached and ensure that resources are used to best effect.</p><p>This two-hour 'masterclass'-style workshop will help elected members to understand their role, offer some approaches and ideas that will help to tackle typical challenges, and help to generally improve their effectiveness as a chair.</p><ul><li>To understand the skills and qualities of a good chair</li><li>To learn ideas and approaches for chairing a successful meeting that is on time and achieves its outcomes</li><li>To understand the protocols and boundaries for appropriate meeting etiquette and the chair's role in managing this effectively</li><li>To appreciate how to manage yourself and others appropriately</li><li>To take away personal actions to apply to your role</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Welcome and introductions</h3><ul><li>Objectives</li><li>What's the challenge for you?</li></ul> <h3>2 We can't go on meeting like this</h3><ul><li>Common meeting challenges for chairs and why they succeed or fail</li><li>Consequences and impact for the Council</li><li>What's the context?</li></ul> <h3>3 Roles and responsibilities of an effective chair</h3><ul><li>Activities and input that explore the role, skills and qualities needed</li><li>Role of the chair: what is it and how to do it well</li></ul> <h3>4 Chairing for success - ideas and approaches to meet the challenges</h3><ul><li>Managing time and boundaries</li><li>Preparation and planning</li><li>Creating the right environment</li><li>Self-management</li><li>Challenging personalities and good meeting behaviour</li></ul> <h3>5 Final plenary session</h3><ul><li>What's your plan? Take away actions</li></ul> 


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Leadership Skills

Chairing Skills

Meetings

Presentation Skills

Chairing Meetings

Chairing meetings skills for Elected Members Masterclass (In-House)

<p>M&amp;O of engineering plant and services is becoming more important to the success of the core business. To select the right M&amp;O technique for specific plant and equipment it is necessary to know what options are available, what they deliver and how they should be implemented. This course will help you consider options and techniques that provide best value based on that thorough understanding of the business need. M&amp;O will increasingly be required to demonstrate it is delivering the optimum of cost and value and the main purpose of the course is to show how this can be achieved.</p><p>Note: this is a purely indicative list of topics that can be covered. The content, duration, objectives and material used would all be adapted to match your specific requirements.</p>This course will help you:<ul><li>Determine what the business needs from the M&amp;O service</li><li>Determine the cost and value of the various M&amp;O options</li><li>Prepare and present the business case for the selected M&amp;O strategy</li><li>Introduce meaningful KPIs based on performance-based service by the M&amp;O provider</li><li>Undertake a review of current M&amp;O and make recommendations for improvement</li><li>Introduce energy and carbon management performance criteria in M&amp;O</li><li>Better deal with project risk and uncertainties</li><li>Motivate others to deliver a reliable and cost effective M&amp;O service</li></ul><section>
                    					<p><em>Note: this is a purely indicative list of topics that can be covered. The content, duration, objectives and material used would all be adapted to match your specific requirements.</em></p>			  <h3>1 What is maintenance and what is operation? - their relative importance to the business</h3> <h3>2 Comparison of the various maintenance options and techniques, including:</h3><ul><li>Planned preventative</li><li>Run to failure</li><li>Condition monitoring</li><li>Business focused</li><li>Business critical</li><li>Total productive</li><li>Reliability centred maintenance</li></ul> <h3>3 Forms of contracts and service, including:</h3><ul><li>Comprehensive</li><li>Input driven</li><li>Output driven</li><li>Limited replacement</li><li>Performance based M&amp;O</li></ul> <h3>4 Selecting the right options and making the business case</h3> <h3>5 Continuous commissioning as a tool for delivering best value</h3> <h3>6 Case studies</h3> 


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Operations Management

Computer Maintenance

Vehicle Maintenance

Plant Maintenance

Aircraft Maintenance

Maintenance and operation (M&O) of engineering plant and services (In-House)

<p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;">This&nbsp;live virtual<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"> <span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201);">Business Agility Foundations (ICP-BAF) training &amp; certification program</span></strong>&nbsp;enables the participants to learn:</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">1. How to Adapt to Business Needs</strong>: Participants gain the ability to quickly adapt to changing business requirements, ensuring they can effectively respond to market changes and challenges.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">2. Opportunity Identification Skills</strong>: Participants are equipped with the skills necessary to identify and leverage potential opportunities for enhancing business systems and delivering better business value.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">3. Transformation of Management Models</strong>: The program provides insights on how to transform traditional management and corporate governance models into modern frameworks that prioritize agility.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">4. Business Agility Mindset Building</strong>: It aims to cultivate a mindset focused on business agility, emphasizing the importance of agile principles in the context of business operations.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">5. Frameworks, Tools, and Techniques</strong>: Participants are introduced to various frameworks, tools, and techniques essential for implementing and maintaining business agility within an organization.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">6. Coverage of a Broad Range of Topics</strong>: The training covers a wide spectrum of topics, including Leadership, Lean System Thinking, Network Organization, Developing People, Managing Change, and Design Thinking.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);">Leadership for Agility:</span> </strong>Learn to lead with flexibility, fostering an environment where innovation thrives.</span></li><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);">Lean System Thinking:</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"> </span>Understand how to streamline processes for maximum efficiency and value delivery.</span></li><li style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Network Organization:</strong> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Discover how to leverage the power of networked teams and communication for enhanced collaboration and results.</span></span></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);">Developing People:</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"> </span>Focus on building and nurturing a team capable of driving and sustaining agility.</span></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);">Managing Change:</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"> </span>Master the strategies for managing change effectively, ensuring your organization remains resilient and responsive.</span></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);">Design Thinking:</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"> </span>Embrace customer-centric problem solving to create solutions that genuinely meet user needs and stand out in the market.</span></li></ul></ul><p style="margin-left: 20px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">7. The Blend of Theory and Practice</strong>: Through a combination of case studies and theoretical knowledge, the program prepares participants to apply their skills as effective agility practitioners in real-world business scenarios.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">8. Certification Achievement</strong>: Upon successful completion, participants are awarded the ICP-BAF certification, recognizing their understanding and capability to foster business agility.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95);">Bonus Module: <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Enhancing Business Agility with AI &amp; Analytics:</u></em>&nbsp;</span></strong>This bonus section covers how artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics can boost business agility. It explains how these technologies simplify decision-making, automate tasks, and analyze data to improve agile practices. Participants will learn about the practical uses of AI and analytics in making businesses more innovative and efficient, with real-world examples from agile environments. This module offers insights into using AI and analytics to enhance the agility of businesses.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;">This course will be delivered through <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201);">live virtual sessions via Zoom</span></strong>.&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;">There are the following dates on which you can opt for this course:</span></span></p><ol fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 22-23 Apr | 9 am - 5 pm BST | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 16-17 May | 9 am - 5 pm BST | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 24-25 Jun | 9 am - 5 pm BST | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 11-12 Jul | 9 am - 5 pm BST | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 5-6 Aug | 9 am - 5 pm BST | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 19-20 Sep | 9 am - 5 pm BST | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 7-8 Oct | 9 am - 5 pm BST | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 14-15 Nov | 9 am - 5 pm GMT | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 16-17 Dec | 9 am - 5 pm GMT | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li></ol><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; 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Business Agility Foundations (ICP-BAF) Training & Certification Program | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | 9 am - 5 pm UK Time

General Admission

<div id="course-pills-1">Duration<p>2 Days</p><p>12 CPD hours</p>This course is intended for<p>The primary audience for this course is any IT, facilities or data centre professional, consultant and/or those who work in network cabling system design, implementation and operation.</p>Overview<p>With few exceptions, enterprises today rely on IT for the delivery of business-critical services - often directly to the end consumer.</p><p>It is therefore vital that the mission-critical data centre is designed, maintained and operated with high-availability and efficiency in mind. Among all the facilities, network cabling is the foundation for the network and one of the major contributors to the availability of the data center.CNCDPÂ© is a 2-day course designed to expose participants to in-depth knowledge in designing and installing the data network cabling system which includes key subject matters such as; technical standards, designing of different cabling sub-systems, calculation of material requirements, architecture, installation, testing and acceptance.</p></div><div id="course-pills-2"><h4>Introduction to Structured Cabling System (SCS)</h4><ul><li>Brief history of SCS</li><li>Basic copper and fibre transmission</li><li>Copper and fibre cabling</li><li>Single and multimode fibre</li><li>Step/graded index multimode fibre</li><li>Difference between Commercial Wiring and data centre cabling</li><li>Development of standards</li><li>Role of standards</li><li>ANSI/TIA 568 standard</li><li>Common standards</li><li>The new usage of cabling to support Smart building</li></ul><h4>Horizontal and Administration - Commercial Building</h4><ul><li>Standard diagram recap: ANSI/TIA-568</li><li>Functional elements and example</li><li>Scenario A: Determine the number of work areas</li><li>Scenario B: Determine the number of user locations</li><li>Zone wiring</li><li>Administration: Interconnect and cross-connect</li><li>Angled and flat panels</li><li>Creating a cabling schematic design</li><li>Convert schematic into physical layout</li><li>Calculating the material list</li></ul><h4>Horizontal and Administration - Data Centre</h4><ul><li>Standard diagram recap: TIA-942</li><li>Basic/Reduced/Typical data centre setup</li><li>Traditional 3 layers network design/ Spine and Leaf network design</li><li>Select termination hardware</li><li>Administration design</li><li>ToR/EoR/Spine &amp; Leaf cabling design</li><li>Network and cabling resiliency</li><li>Create cabling schematic design for ToR/EoR</li><li>Convert into patch panel/rack layout</li><li>Calculate the material list for ToR/EoR</li></ul><h4>Building Backbone - Commercial Building</h4><ul><li>Backbone diagram</li><li>Calculate the copper backbone requirements per Telecom Room (TR)</li><li>Calculate the fibre backbone requirements per Telecom Room</li><li>Summarize the building backbone requirements</li><li>Recognised cables</li><li>Backbone Patch panels</li><li>The maximum backbone distances</li><li>Create cabling schematic design</li><li>Converting the schematic design into patch panel/ rack layout</li></ul><h4>Building Backbone - Data Centre</h4><ul><li>TIA-942 based backbone topology</li><li>TIA-942 backbone requirements</li><li>Recognised backbone cable</li><li>ToR/EoR/Spine and Leaf</li><li>Backbone distance estimation</li><li>Resiliency of backbone cable routes</li><li>Creating cabling schematic design</li><li>Converting the schematic design into patch panel/ rack layout</li><li>Field and Fusion Termination for fibre connectors</li><li>Pre-terminated fibre trunk and copper cables</li></ul><h4>Architectural Considerations</h4><ul><li>ANSI/TIA569-D Cable pathway and spaces</li><li>Common requirements for the rooms</li><li>Definition of the rooms</li><li>Entrance Room/Demarcation</li><li>Ceiling and floor pathways types</li><li>Cable trays/basket/ladder/conduit</li><li>Inner duct/sleeve/slot</li><li>Calculating of pathway size</li><li>Cable run best practices</li><li>Cable management/AIM</li><li>Grounding and bonding</li><li>Separation distance requirements for copper cabling to power cabling</li><li>Fire stopping</li><li>Fire rated barrier</li><li>Fire rated jacket cable</li></ul><h4>Campus / Outdoor Backbone</h4><ul><li>Common campus cable installation and cable types : Aerial cable / Direct-buried / Underground in-conduit</li><li>Outdoor cable installation planning</li><li>Lightning / surge protection</li><li>Approved ground for surge protector</li><li>Creating a schematic diagram</li><li>Converting a schematic into a physical layout</li></ul><h4>Site Inspection and Testing</h4><ul><li>Visual site inspection notes</li><li>Installation common issues</li><li>Copper testing standard</li><li>Permanent link / Channel / Patch cord / MPTL testing configuration</li><li>Fibre connectors</li><li>Fibre testing standard</li><li>Tier 1 &amp; 2 certification</li><li>Fibre link definition</li><li>Fibre testing steps</li><li>Fibre inspection and cleaning</li><li>Calibrating the test sets - 3 methods</li><li>Setting up mandrel for testing</li><li>Fibre loss budget calculation</li><li>G.657 Bend insensitive fibre</li><li>Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR)</li></ul><h4>Exam - Certified Network Cabling Design Professional (CNCDPÂ©)</h4><ul><li>The exam is a 60-minute closed book exam, with 40 multiple-choice questions.</li><li>The candidate requires a minimum of 27 correct answers to pass the exam.</li></ul></div><div id="course-pills-3"><h4>Additional course details:</h4><br /><p>Nexus Humans Certified Network Cabling Design Professional (CNCDP) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. </p><p></p> This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. <p></p>Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success.  <p></p>While we feel this is the best course for the Certified Network Cabling Design Professional (CNCDP) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you.  <p></p>Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.<p></p></div>

Nexus Human

Certified Technology Specialist (CTS)

Cisco Certified Network Professional certification (CCNP)

Structured Cabling

IT Networking Fundamentals

Computer Networking

Certified Network Cabling Design Professional (CNCDP)

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">LOOKING FOR:</strong> ADULT FICTION</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Louise Buckley</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">has worked in publishing for well over a decade. She was inspired to enter the publishing industry after completing an MA in Creative Writing and then spent a hugely enjoyable year working as a bookseller for Waterstones, wishing that she could have a hand in publishing books.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">After a year working at Dorling Kindersley, she then spent almost five years working in the commercial fiction division at Pan Macmillan, where she published a mix of commercial bestsellers and award-winning authors.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Most recently, she was an Associate Literary Agent at Zeno Agency Ltd. As an agent she represented a roster of commercial and literary fiction, including Anne Griffin&rsquo;s <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">When All is Said</em>, which spent five weeks at number one in Ireland and sold into 17 territories.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">She is delighted to be working with Hannah at Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency.</span></p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Louise is looking for:-</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Literary and upmarket fiction</strong> that focusses on the underdog, the repressed, the suppressed. Louise is especially interested in novels that represent working-class people or children going through difficult circumstances (think <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shuggie Bain</em> by Douglas Stuart, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">My Name is Leon</em> by Kit de Waal or <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Boys Don&rsquo;t Cry</em> by F&Iacute;ona Scarlett).</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Irish literary and book club fiction</strong>. Think Claire Keegan, Louise Kennedy or Anne Griffin.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">In <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">commercial fiction</strong> she loves novels set during the Second World War, such as <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Nightingale</em> by Kristin Hannah, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Beekeeper of Aleppo</em> by Christi Lefteri or <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Midwife of Auschwitz</em> by Anna Stuart. Louise recently read and loved <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Last List of Mabel Beaumont</em> by Laura Pearson and would love to see anything in the same &lsquo;older person going on a journey&rsquo; category, a more recent <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry</em>.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Louise had a lot of fun publishing a &lsquo;pet fiction&rsquo; novel as an editor (<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Molly and the Cat&nbsp;Caf&eacute;</em>) and would love to find an author who can write an <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Alfie the Doorstep Cat/Dog</em>.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">She has a soft spot for novels featuring <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">time-travel or parallel universes</strong>, a &lsquo;what if&rsquo; that plays around with conventions. At the literary end this would be books like <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Life After Life</em> by Kate Atkinson, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Shining Girls</em> by Lauren Beukes or <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">This is How You Lose the Time War</em> by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. At the more commercial end Louise loved <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wrong Place, Wrong Time</em> by Gillian McAllister, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dark Matter</em> by Blake Crouch and <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Oona Out of Order</em> by Martina Montimore. She also enjoys novels set in the real world but featuring a hefty dose of magic or the supernatural. They can be commercial or literary, present-day or historical. Think <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rivers of London</em> by Ben Aaronovitch, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Threadneedle</em> by Cari Thomas, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">A Discovery of Witches</em> by Deborah Harkness or <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Gifts</em> by Liz Hyder. And also cosy fantasy in the vein of <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Legends and Lattes</em> or<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;The House in the Cerulean Sea</em>.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Cosy or humorous crime</strong>. Recently, Louise absolutely loved <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Over My Dead Body</em> by Maz Evans. When she was an editor Louise published the hit <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Luckiest Girl Alive</em> by Jessica Knoll and would love to represent incisive, intelligent suspense written by authors such as Jessica Knoll and Gillian Flynn, or something a little more subversive and blackly comic like <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">My Sister, the Serial Killer</em> by Oyinkan Braithwaite.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">More generally, Louise would also love to see novels with a disabled protagonist or someone (like myself) who is living with an invisible disability. As an ex-primary school teacher, she also warmly welcomes submissions from teachers, especially if the submission falls into one of the other categories she has listed. Following-on from this, she enjoys reading stories that follow a &lsquo;beating the system&rsquo; narrative.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><u fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Louise is NOT looking for</u>:</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-romance</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-romantasy</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-epic, traditional fantasy</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-space opera</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-straightforward women&rsquo;s fiction</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-children&rsquo;s fiction of any kind</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-non-fiction</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(16, 24, 64); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(16, 24, 64);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Louise would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first three chapters or 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.</span></strong>
</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(</span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In addition to the paid sessions, Louise is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email</span> <a href="mailto:agent121@iaminprint.co.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">agent121@iaminprint.co.uk</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the </span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">discretion of&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print)</em>.&nbsp;</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Pr</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">int</em> prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline and note that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The submission deadline is: Tuesday 1 October 2024</span></strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION
Louise Buckley  has worked in publishing for well over a decade. She was inspired to enter the publishing industry after completing an MA in Creative Writing and then spent a hugely enjoyable year working as a bookseller for Waterstones, wishing that she could have a hand in publishing books.
After a year working at Dorling Kindersley, she then spent almost five years working in the commercial fiction division at Pan Macmillan, where she published a mix of commercial bestsellers and award-winning authors.
Most recently, she was an Associate Literary Agent at Zeno Agency Ltd. As an agent she represented a roster of commercial and literary fiction, including Anne Griffin’s When All is Said, which spent five weeks at number one in Ireland and sold into 17 territories.
She is delighted to be working with Hannah at Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency.
Louise is looking for:-
Literary and upmarket fiction that focusses on the underdog, the repressed, the suppressed. Louise is especially interested in novels that represent working-class people or children going through difficult circumstances (think Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal or Boys Don’t Cry by FÍona Scarlett).
Irish literary and book club fiction. Think Claire Keegan, Louise Kennedy or Anne Griffin.
In commercial fiction she loves novels set during the Second World War, such as The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christi Lefteri or The Midwife of Auschwitz by Anna Stuart. Louise recently read and loved The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson and would love to see anything in the same ‘older person going on a journey’ category, a more recent The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
Louise had a lot of fun publishing a ‘pet fiction’ novel as an editor (Molly and the Cat Café) and would love to find an author who can write an Alfie the Doorstep Cat/Dog.
She has a soft spot for novels featuring time-travel or parallel universes, a ‘what if’ that plays around with conventions. At the literary end this would be books like Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes or This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. At the more commercial end Louise loved Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister, Dark Matter by Blake Crouch and Oona Out of Order by Martina Montimore. She also enjoys novels set in the real world but featuring a hefty dose of magic or the supernatural. They can be commercial or literary, present-day or historical. Think Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch, Threadneedle by Cari Thomas, A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness or The Gifts by Liz Hyder. And also cosy fantasy in the vein of Legends and Lattes or The House in the Cerulean Sea.
Cosy or humorous crime. Recently, Louise absolutely loved Over My Dead Body by Maz Evans. When she was an editor Louise published the hit Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll and would love to represent incisive, intelligent suspense written by authors such as Jessica Knoll and Gillian Flynn, or something a little more subversive and blackly comic like My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
More generally, Louise would also love to see novels with a disabled protagonist or someone (like myself) who is living with an invisible disability. As an ex-primary school teacher, she also warmly welcomes submissions from teachers, especially if the submission falls into one of the other categories she has listed. Following-on from this, she enjoys reading stories that follow a ‘beating the system’ narrative.
Louise is NOT looking for:
-romance
-romantasy
-epic, traditional fantasy
-space opera
-straightforward women’s fiction
-children’s fiction of any kind
-non-fiction
Louise would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first three chapters or 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.

(In addition to the paid sessions, Louise is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 
By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.
The submission deadline is: Friday 27 September 2024

I Am In Print

Fiction Writing

ONE SPACE LEFT! 8th October Louise Buckley #Agent121. Looking for: ADULT FICTION

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box-sizing: border-box;">Structure &amp; support</strong><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Stay motivated with a structured programme supported by fellow students and our customer success team.</li></ul><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">What you&rsquo;ll learn</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">We&rsquo;ve put together a university credit-rated curriculum that&rsquo;s deep, rigorous and<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">covers everything you need to know to become a certified UX professional and<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">turbocharge your career.</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 01</strong>&nbsp;- Introduction to UX design</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 02</strong>&nbsp;- User research</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 03</strong>&nbsp;- User goals</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 04</strong>&nbsp;- Structure and navigation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 05</strong>&nbsp;- Interactions</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 06</strong>&nbsp;- Design principles</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 07</strong>&nbsp;- Design patterns</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 08</strong>&nbsp;- Mobile</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 09</strong>&nbsp;- Workflows</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 10</strong>&nbsp;- Prototyping and handover</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 11</strong> - AI and UX</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 12</strong> - Creating your portfolio</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 13</strong> - Career guidance Hub</li><li style="font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-weight: bold;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Tutorials for Figma</strong></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Projects and portfolio</strong>&nbsp;- Projects that build into a portfolio</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Exam</strong>&nbsp;- 2-hour final exam</li></ul></section><section style="color: rgb(15, 21, 26); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(15, 21, 26);"><h2 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Requirements</h2><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Background</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">You don&rsquo;t need experience in design or technology to enrol in our courses, although having one or both is a definite bonus. Our students come from a diverse array of backgrounds, including project management, development, graphic design, product management, business analysis and so on.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Commitment</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">You do need to be motivated and committed. We set a high bar. Studying for one of our professional qualifications requires a certain amount of time, energy and focus. Our team will be there to support you along every step of the way but success will come as a result of your own diligence.</p></section><section style="color: rgb(15, 21, 26); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(15, 21, 26);"><h2 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Career path</h2><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The average salary for entry level user experience designers is &pound;28,000</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The average salary for user experience designers with 1-5 years experience ranges from &pound;29,000 to &pound;50,000</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The average salary for user experience managers/leads is &pound;80,000</li></ul><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Information from LinkedIn Salary Reports, based on real jobs listings.</p></section>

UX Design Institute 

Product Design

UI / UX Design

Professional Diploma in UX Design

Reading

Nottingham

Dickson Training Ltd

ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management

Online Course

Classroom Course

<div id="course-pills-1">Duration<p>4 Days</p><p>24 CPD hours</p>This course is intended for<p></p><p>This course is for Azure Security Engineers who are planning to take the associated certification exam, or who are performing security tasks in their day-to-day job. This course would also be helpful to an engineer that wants to specialize in providing security for Azure-based digital platforms and play an integral role in protecting an organization's data.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This course provides IT Security Professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to implement security controls, maintain an organization?s security posture, and identify and remediate security vulnerabilities. This course includes security for identity and access, platform protection, data and applications, and security operations.</p><p></p>Prerequisites<p></p><li>AZ-104T00 - Microsoft Azure Administrator</li>  <li>Security best practices and industry security requirements such as defense in depth, least privileged access, role-based access control, multi-factor authentication, shared responsibility, and zero trust model.</li>  <li>Be familiar with security protocols such as Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Internet Security Protocol (IPSec), Secure Socket Layer (SSL), disk and data encryption methods.</li>  <li>Have some experience deploying Azure workloads. This course does not cover the basics of Azure administration, instead the course content builds on that knowledge by adding security specific information.</li>  <li>Have experience with Windows and Linux operating systems and scripting languages. Course labs may use PowerShell and the CLI.</li><p></p></div><div id="course-pills-2"><h3>1 - Manage identities in Microsoft Entra ID</h3> <ul> <li>Secure users in Microsoft Entra ID</li> <li>Secure groups in Microsoft Entra ID</li> <li>Recommend when to use external identities</li> <li>Secure external identities</li> <li>Implement Microsoft Entra Identity protection</li> </ul> <h3>2 - Manage authentication by using Microsoft Entra ID</h3> <ul> <li>Configure Microsoft Entra Verified ID</li> <li>Implement multifactor authentication (MFA)</li> <li>Implement passwordless authentication</li> <li>Implement password protection</li> <li>Implement single sign-on (SSO)</li> <li>Integrate single sign-on (SSO) and identity providers</li> <li>Recommend and enforce modern authentication protocols </li> </ul> <h3>3 - Manage authorization by using Microsoft Entra ID</h3> <ul> <li>Configure Azure role permissions for management groups, subscriptions, resource groups, and resources</li> <li>Assign built-in roles in Microsoft Entra ID</li> <li>Assign built-in roles in Azure</li> <li>Create and assign a custom role in Microsoft Entra ID</li> <li>Implement and manage Microsoft Entra Permissions Management</li> <li>Configure Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management </li> <li>Configure role management and access reviews by using Microsoft Entra Identity Governance</li> <li>Implement Conditional Access policies</li> </ul> <h3>4 - Manage application access in Microsoft Entra ID</h3> <ul> <li>Manage access to enterprise applications in Microsoft Entra ID, including OAuth permission grants</li> <li>Manage app registrations in Microsoft Entra ID</li> <li>Configure app registration permission scopes</li> <li>Manage app registration permission consent</li> <li>Manage and use service principals</li> <li>Manage managed identities for Azure resources</li> <li>Recommend when to use and configure a Microsoft Entra Application Proxy, including authentication</li> </ul> <h3>5 - Plan and implement security for virtual networks</h3> <ul> <li>Plan and implement Network Security Groups (NSGs) and Application Security Groups (ASGs)</li> <li>Plan and implement User-Defined Routes (UDRs)</li> <li>Plan and implement Virtual Network peering or gateway</li> <li>Plan and implement Virtual Wide Area Network, including secured virtual hub</li> <li>Secure VPN connectivity, including point-to-site and site-to-site</li> <li>Implement encryption over ExpressRoute</li> <li>Configure firewall settings on PaaS resources</li> <li>Monitor network security by using Network Watcher, including NSG flow logging</li> </ul> <h3>6 - Plan and implement security for private access to Azure resources</h3> <ul> <li>Plan and implement virtual network Service Endpoints</li> <li>Plan and implement Private Endpoints</li> <li>Plan and implement Private Link services</li> <li>Plan and implement network integration for Azure App Service and Azure Functions</li> <li>Plan and implement network security configurations for an App Service Environment (ASE)</li> <li>Plan and implement network security configurations for an Azure SQL Managed Instance</li> </ul> <h3>7 - Plan and implement security for public access to Azure resources</h3> <ul> <li>Plan and implement Transport Layer Security (TLS) to applications, including Azure App Service and API Management</li> <li>Plan, implement, and manage an Azure Firewall, Azure Firewall Manager and firewall policies</li> <li>Plan and implement an Azure Application Gateway</li> <li>Plan and implement an Azure Front Door, including Content Delivery Network (CDN)</li> <li>Plan and implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF)</li> <li>Recommend when to use Azure DDoS Protection Standard</li> </ul> <h3>8 - Plan and implement advanced security for compute</h3> <ul> <li>Plan and implement remote access to public endpoints, Azure Bastion and just-in-time (JIT) virtual machine (VM) access</li> <li>Configure network isolation for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)</li> <li>Secure and monitor AKS</li> <li>Configure authentication for AKS</li> <li>Configure security for Azure Container Instances (ACIs)</li> <li>Configure security for Azure Container Apps (ACAs)</li> <li>Manage access to Azure Container Registry (ACR)</li> <li>Configure disk encryption, Azure Disk Encryption (ADE), encryption as host, and confidential disk encryption</li> <li>Recommend security configurations for Azure API Management</li> </ul> <h3>9 - Plan and implement security for storage</h3> <ul> <li>Configure access control for storage accounts</li> <li>Manage life cycle for storage account access keys</li> <li>Select and configure an appropriate method for access to Azure Files</li> <li>Select and configure an appropriate method for access to Azure Blob Storage</li> <li>Select and configure an appropriate method for access to Azure Tables</li> <li>Select and configure an appropriate method for access to Azure Queues</li> <li>Select and configure appropriate methods for protecting against data security threats, including soft delete, backups, versioning, and immutable storage</li> <li>Configure Bring your own key (BYOK)</li> <li>Enable double encryption at the Azure Storage infrastructure level</li> </ul> <h3>10 - Plan and implement security for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance</h3> <ul> <li>Enable database authentication by using Microsoft Entra ID</li> <li>Enable and monitor database audit</li> <li>Identify use cases for the Microsoft Purview governance portal</li> <li>Implement data classification of sensitive information by using the Microsoft Purview governance portal</li> <li>Plan and implement dynamic mask</li> <li>Implement transparent data encryption?</li> <li>Recommend when to use Azure SQL Database Always Encrypted</li> </ul> <h3>11 - Plan, implement, and manage governance for security</h3> <ul> <li>Create, assign, and interpret security policies and initiatives in Azure Policy</li> <li>Configure security settings by using Azure Blueprint</li> <li>Deploy secure infrastructures by using a landing zone</li> <li>Create and configure an Azure Key Vault</li> <li>Recommend when to use a dedicated Hardware Security Module (HSM)</li> <li>Configure access to Key Vault, including vault access policies and Azure Role Based Access Control</li> <li>Manage certificates, secrets, and keys</li> <li>Configure key rotation</li> <li>Configure backup and recovery of certificates, secrets, and keys</li> </ul> <h3>12 - Manage security posture by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud</h3> <ul> <li>Implement Microsoft Defender for Cloud</li> <li>Identify and remediate security risks by using the Microsoft Defender for Cloud Secure Score and Inventory</li> <li>Assess compliance against security frameworks and Microsoft Defender for Cloud</li> <li>Add industry and regulatory standards to Microsoft Defender for Cloud</li> <li>Add custom initiatives to Microsoft Defender for Cloud</li> <li>Connect hybrid cloud and multicloud environments to Microsoft Defender for Cloud</li> <li>Identify and monitor external assets by using Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management</li> </ul> <h3>13 - Configure and manage threat protection by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud</h3> <ul> <li>Enable workload protection services in Microsoft Defender for Cloud, including Microsoft Defender for Storage, Databases, Containers, App Service, Key Vault, Resource Manager, and DNS</li> <li>Configure Microsoft Defender for Servers</li> <li>Configure Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL Database</li> <li>Manage and respond to security alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud</li> <li>Configure workflow automation by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud</li> <li>Evaluate vulnerability scans from Microsoft Defender for Server</li> </ul> <h3>14 - Configure and manage security monitoring and automation solutions</h3> <ul> <li>Monitor security events by using Azure Monitor</li> <li>Configure data connectors in Microsoft Sentinel</li> <li>Create and customize analytics rules in Microsoft Sentinel</li> <li>Configure automation in Microsoft Sentinel</li> </ul></div><div id="course-pills-3"><h4>Additional course details:</h4><br /><p>Nexus Humans AZ-500T00 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. </p><p></p> This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. <p></p>Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success.  <p></p>While we feel this is the best course for the AZ-500T00 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you.  <p></p>Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.<p></p></div>

Microsoft AZ-900

Microsoft AZ-104

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft AZ-303

Microsoft AZ-700

CompTIA Security+

AZ-500T00 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies

<div style="color: rgb(36, 39, 41); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 39, 41);">The theory assessment provides delegates with the essential knowledge to select, monitor, manage and plan the correct use of Harnesses and lanyards for use in a MEWP.</div><div style="color: rgb(36, 39, 41); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 39, 41);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div style="color: rgb(36, 39, 41); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(36, 39, 41);">Delegates successfully completing the e-learning will:<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Have an awareness of how to correctly identify and select the appropriate form of personal<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">protection against falls from MEWPs.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Have a theoretical awareness only of how to check, use, maintain and store a harness and<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">lanyard with manufacturer&rsquo;s instructions.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Have a theoretical awareness of how harnesses and lanyards should be fitted and adjusted.</li></ul></div>

Kingfisher Access

The theory assessment provides delegates with the essential knowledge to select, monitor, manage and plan the correct use of Harnesses and lanyards for use in a MEWP.

Delegates successfully completing the e-learning will:
Have an awareness of how to correctly identify and select the appropriate form of personal
protection against falls from MEWPs.
Have a theoretical awareness only of how to check, use, maintain and store a harness and
lanyard with manufacturer’s instructions.
Have a theoretical awareness of how harnesses and lanyards should be fitted and adjusted.

IPAF - Harness Awareness 

<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">This 4 week online Course is suitable for complete beginners and improvers who would like to learn to paint in Watercolour.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Each session is 40 minutes live on Tuesday evening and start at 7.00-7.40pm Via Zoom<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">On this Course you will:<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">* learn to prepare your water colour paints and mix colours.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">* learn a variety of watercolour techniques including, washes, wet in wet, graded, dry brush Flat Wash, Loose watercolour see photos, we will cover a variety of subjects.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">* will be taught live by your tutor online via zoom with step- by -step demonstrations and clear explanations of the various stages.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">* Learners will then carry the various tasks alongside the tutor who will be at hand for any questions that you may have.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">This is a 4 week course offered live online via zoom this course rolls on and new dates will be added.</p>
<h2 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What&#39;s included in the price?</h2>
<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Online Tuition<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Step by step Demonstrations via Zoom in the live class<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Clear explanation from your Tutor<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">reference handouts sent via email</p>
<h2 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What you will need</h2>
<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Starter Kit Available from Tutor - Please email for details<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Watercolour paints - tubes or pans<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Watercolour paper ( Cold Pressed 300 gsm 140lb)<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Round watercolour brushes- size 4 and 6 ( or similar)<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">HB graphite pencil to draw image<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Eraser<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mixing Palette<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">2 x jars of clean water<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kitchen paper<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hairdryer<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sketchbook<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tracing paper</p>
<h2 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Suitable for</h2>
<ul fr-original-style="" fr-original-class="fa-ul course-checklists" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Adults</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Engagement, birthdays &amp; anniversaries</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Intermediate level</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Seniors</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Suitable for beginners</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Teenagers</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wheelchair users</li>
</ul>

Art By Purnima

Watercolour Painting

Watercolour Techniques for All - 4 week Online Course Tuesday Evenings Via Zoom

General admission

Southend on Sea

Droitwich Spa

Portsmouth

Rotherham

Manchester

Leeds

Slough

Bingley

Newport

Peterborough

Milton Keynes 

Paisley

Birmingham

Luton

Hull

Northampton

Bedford

Liverpool 

Swansea

BASIC to ADVANCED COURSE PACKAGE

Complete 3 courses over 2 full days and receive three qualifications:

Introduction to Phlebotomy Certificate (Nationally Recognised Level 3, Ireland Level 5)
Days 1 and 2: 9.30am – 5.00pm

Advanced Phlebotomy Certificate (Nationally Recognised Level 4, Ireland Level 6)
Day 1: 5.30pm - 8.30pm

Geopace Certificate of Competency (Nationally Recognised Accredited, CPD Practical Skills)
Day 2: 5.30pm - 8.30pm

Please make sure you verify the precise dates and timings of your course when you receive your booking confirmation, as it may vary from the information provided above.






Key Facts & Summary:


COURSE 1: INTRODUCTION TO PHLEBOTOMY COURSE - NATIONALLY RECOGNISED AND ACCREDITED VENEPUCTURE COURSE
UK Level Three (Ireland Level Five)
DUALLY ACCREDITED - Open College Network (OCN) and The CPD Certification Service (21 CPD Points)

PART 1 (DAY 1) - 9.30am to 5.00pm
PART 2 (DAY 2) - 9.30am to 5.00pm

Adheres to World Health Organisation guidelines (meets or exceeds all guidelines) and Skills for Health Directive HSC376

A TWO DAY venepuncture course at Level 3. Trains up to the point of live blood draws.

On completion awards a Nationally Recognised and Accredited Certificate in Phlebotomy.

DAY ONE (PART 1) - THEORY
Attend the course location of your choice – starts at 9.30am and finishes approx. 5.00pm

DAY TWO (PART 2) - CLASSROOM
Your classroom tutor will recap on the theory element (above) after which you will begin your practical sessions learning and developing the skills required up to the point of Live Blood Draws.

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COURSE 2: ADVANCED PHLEBOTOMY COURSE - NATIONALLY RECOGNISED AND ACCREDITED VENEPUCTURE COURSE
UK Level Four (Ireland Level 6)
DUALLY ACCREDITED - Open College Network (OCN) and The CPD Certification Service (14 CPD Points)

PART 1 - THEORY
Complete your theory training online in the comfort of your own home or at work.

PART 2 - CLASSROOM
Follow on from your Day One Theory training, in the evening, from 5.30pm - 8.30pm

Adheres to World Health Organisation guidelines (meets or exceeds all guidelines) and Skills for Health Directive HSC376

Skills and Practical Development:
Covers advanced specialised phlebotomy techniques to give you the leading edge as a phlebotomist. Learn to use a wide range of non-routine equipment.

On completion awards a Nationally Recognised and Accredited Certificate in Advanced Phlebotomy.

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COURSE 3: ROUTE TO COMPETENCY MASTERCLASS
CPD ACCREDITED - The CPD Certification Service

CLASSROOM
Follow on from your Day Two practical training, in the evening, from 5.30pm - 8.30pm

Adheres to World Health Organisation guidelines (meets or exceeds all guidelines) and Skills for Health Directive HSC376

GEOPACE LIVE BLOOD SESSIONS enabling you to draw human blood under 1-to-1 supervision of your tutor. You will follow a Competency Checklist, signed off by your tutor on completion.

On completion awards a Geopace Certificate of Competency - Nationally Recognised and Accredited Route to Competency - Live Blood Draws Certificate

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How do I attend?

EITHER -
CLASSROOM OPTION - Attend one of our scheduled classroom locations, completing your Introduction to Phlebotomy Course over 2 days. You will also complete your Advanced Training at the end of the first day and your Competency Training at the end of the second day.

Our Introduction to Phlebotomy and Advanced Phlebotomy Training Kits are supplied at no charge when booking our virtual classroom training option.
If you would like to add one or both of these kits to your classroom training option then these are available to add at time of booking. Our comprehensive training kits each mirror the same equipment and supplies used in the classroom and both include detailed video tutorials, allowing you to continue to practice and "hone" your skills after you have completed your practical training.

OR -

VIRTUAL CLASSROOM OPTION- Complete your theory training online at home or work, then join us for a one day Zoom session to complete your Introduction to Phlebotomy virtual classroom training, followed by your Advanced Training in the evening of the same day. You have the option to add a classroom-based competency session, awarding a CPD Accredited Geopace Certificate of Competency, at time of booking.

Our Virtual Classroom option includes two very comprehensive training kits - one for your introductory course and one for your advanced course. Kits are included at no charge (normally £79.95 each) and are yours to keep and to continue to practice with after you have finished your courses. The equipment and supplies included in your kits are the same as those used if you choose the classroom option.

How do I book?

Choose whether you would like to attend in a classroom or if you would like to complete your training by virtual classroom.
Click on the Classroom - Booking Options or Virtual Classroom - Booking Options buttons below to see all upcoming dates and locations.

Please note - Competency Training
Our Route to Competency Masterclass - Live Blood Sessions can only be completed in a classroom environment. This is included when you book a classroom option. When booking the virtual classroom option you can choose to add this at time of booking. You will receive a voucher code to enable you to book onto any upcoming dates or locations. For most of our two day course we run our competency training at the end of the second day and therefore you should be able to complete your full training programme with us over two days.

If you are completing your training by virtual classroom please see our list of competency training locations here.

If you would like to "mix and match" your training dates and/or locations then please call our admin team on 01525 713377 who will be more than happy to put a training package together for you on dates and / or locations that suit you.

All courses are accredited and are Skills for Health & WHO compliant.

Geopace Training

Allied Health

Allied Health Professions (AHP)

Blood Taking

Healthcare Workers

Venepuncture

Phlebotomist

Phlebotomy

Accredited Phlebotomy

Healthcare

THIS COURSE PACKAGE INCLUDES:
1: INTRODUCTION TO PHLEBOTOMY COURSE (GPT003) - Level 3 (Ireland Level 5)
2: ADVANCED PHLEBOTOMY COURSE (GPT005) - Level 4 (Ireland Level 6)
3: GEOPACE COMPETENCY CERTIFICATE - CPD Certified (optional with Virtual Classroom)

Learn how to take blood ... train as a Phlebotomist

FAST-TRACK YOUR PHLEBOTOMY TRAINING

WITH OUR

COMPLETE TRAINING PACKAGE

20% off -  Multi-Course Discount

    Cover all stages from beginner through to Level 4

    Available as Classroom or Virtual Classroom

    Complete your beginner to advanced training in 2 days

    Awards 2 accredited qualifications - Introduction to Phlebotomy and Advanced Phlebotomy qualifications

    Both courses are dually accredited (OCN & CPD)

    Geopace Certificate of Competency included with classroom attendance or available as an option when booking virtual classroom

    Covers all steps up to live blood draw

    Learn advanced skills and techniques

    Virtual Classroom options include comprehensive Practise@Home Training Kits (yours to keep)

    Basic understanding of English language required

    OPEN TO ALL APPLICANTS


Phlebotomy Training - Beginner to Advanced PACKAGE

ONLINE STUDY + ONE DAY ZOOM SESSION
NO CLASSROOM ATTENDANCE REQUIRED


Awarding Body: Dual Accreditation - Open College Network (OCN Credit4Learning) & The CPD Certification Service (21 CPD Points)
 
Award Level: UK - Level Three (Advanced) + 21 CPD Points
Ireland Level Five (Advanced) + 21 CPD Points
 
Minimum Age: 18 (16 with parental consent)
 
Entry requirements: None. English Level 2 desirable
 
Training Locations: Study online + virtual classroom.
 
Practical Training: Includes FREE Practise@Home Phlebotomy Training Kit worth £79.99
This comprehensive 76 piece practical training kit includes mini-arm trainer, sharps container and all medical grade supplies needed as well as a step-by-step 30 minute training video.



PART 1 (THEORY) - STUDY AT HOME ONLINE :
Complete your theory training online in the comfort of your own home or at work. Stop/start when it suits you and complete the online modules at your own pace. Can be completed on multiple devices such as laptop, smart-phone, desktop computer, kindle, tablet etc.
 
PART 2 (PRACTICAL SESSIONS) - JOIN US FOR A COMPREHENSIVE ONE DAY ZOOM SESSION:
Full instructions will be provided. We will send you a completely free Practise@Home Phlebotomy Training Kit, including a mini-arm trainer, for you to keep. You will follow your tutor's on-screen instructions during your Zoom virtual classroom sessions as you learn and develop your phlebotomy skills. The procedures and practices taught online are exactly the same as you would learn in the classroom. At any time before or after your course you can watch our 30 minute step-by-step video to refresh your knowledge and continue to use your training kit to practice your skills.
 
(THIS COURSE AWARDS THE SAME NATIONALLY RECOGNISED AND DUALLY ACCREDITED QUALIFICATION AS OUR CLASSROOM AND HYBRID COURSE VERSIONS)


Please make sure you verify the precise dates and timings of your course when you receive your booking confirmation, as it may vary from the information provided above.


COURSE ITINERARY

 
A dually-accredited hybrid modular venepuncture course awarding an
OCN Accredited Level Three Certificate (3 credits) & 21 CPD Points


Nationally Recognised Qualification


Part 1 - online (eLearning) Part 2 - Virtual Classroom (1 Day Zoom)


PRE-COURSE
Home study pack - download and complete before the virtual classroom sessions

PART 1 - ONLINE
M01: Course Overview
M02: History, Definitions and Roles
M03: Work-flow cycles
M04: Professionalism
M05: Health & Safety
M06: Blood Collection Systems
M07: Anatomy & Physiology
M08: Blood Composition
M09: Using the equipment
M10: Performing the venepuncture - see Classroom Part 2
M11: Lab Tests and Bottle Types
M12: Analytical Errors
M13: Informal Quiz – answers
M14: Award – accredited certificates, value, application and overview. Job Opportunities.


PART 2 - VIRTUAL CLASSROOM (ONE DAY ZOOM SESSION)
M01: Introduction: Welcome, Introductions and Overview.
M10: Performing the venepuncture (theory overview)
P01: Practical Session 1 – Equipment familiarisation - "Tools of the Trade"
P02A: Practical Session 2A – Unpacking your training kit
P02B: Practical Session 2B - A look at the mini-arm trainer and associated equipment
P03: Practical Session 3 – Using the tourniquet and identifying a vein
P04: Practical Session 4 – Handling and assembling the equipment. Familiarisation and procedures including initial skill-set development
P05: Practical Session 5 - Further skill-set development and consolidation. Discussing needle types including winged infusion sets (butterfly needles)
P06A: Practical Session 6A – Performing the venepuncture on the mini-arm trainer. Palpating the vein, performing the venepuncture. Sample handling and labelling.
P06B: Practical Session 6B – Consolidating pre- and post-venepuncture procedures.
 
Additional support material can be downloaded as you progress through the course online.





ZOOM SESSION

VIRTUAL CLASSROOM (ZOOM) SESSIONS 
Our Virtual Classroom training course consists of online study (Part 1 - theory) and Virtual Classroom Zoom sessions (Part 2 - practical skill-set development)
You must complete your Part 1 online study before joining us for your Zoom session(s).
Once you have enrolled on this course you will be sent a free Practise@Home Training Kit, This is yours to keep and can be reused any many time as you wish after you have completed the course.
Your Booking Confirmation will include your Zoom log-in details.



Learn how to take blood ... train as a Phlebotomist

    Nationally Recognised Qualification

    No previous experience or qualifications needed

    OCN Accredited - Level 3 (advanced)

    CPD Accredited (The CPD Certification Service)

    Covers all steps up to live blood draw

    Practise on artificial arm and fake blood!

    Basic understanding of English language required

    OPEN TO ALL APPLICANTS


Introduction to Phlebotomy Course (GPT003VC) - 1 DAY Virtual Classroom

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