Clearview National November 2017 - Issue 192 | Page 21

SEVENTHINGS...
5.
THE BIG GREEN Q
A brand designed by GQA
to help promote to consumers and
employers, promoting quality through
qualifications with individuals who
comply carrying a card with the Big
Green Q logo. The brand is a symbol of
better qualified and trained individuals,
through a GQA qualification.
It is important, because of the industry’s
skills shortage, to encourage individuals
to join the industry and forge a long-
term career. When completing their
training, there is no better way than
giving them a badge of quality, and the Big
Green Q stands as an example of quality
and approval that has been achieved
through hard work and dedication.
6.
PROUD INDUSTRY SUPPORTERS
GQA actively supports many individual industry initiatives which encourage quality,
development and training of the industry and individuals. For example, the Master
Fitter Challenge, inclusion in the UK Pavilion at Fensterbau and campaigning for continuous
personal development and training.
More recently, GQA is spearheading a new initiative – ‘Building our Skills’. This initiative-in-
development has the objective of giving the industry a standard representing the industry as one,
promoting the advantages to school leavers and young people to join the fenestration industry.
With discussions ongoing, it is likely that the initiative will be developed through late 2017 and
early 2018 and has the objective of focusing the efforts of employers and training providers alike
when promoting a career in fenestration.
7.
NOT ALL ABOUT WORK
Chief Executive Officer for GQA,
Mick Clayton is a prominent figure in
the campaign for driving qualified and
quality personnel through the ranks of
our industry’s many varied roles, and his
drive and passion is extremely hard not to
notice. Mick also strives to support causes
which benefit the local communities too,
which has led to GQA providing support
for a local men’s health group.
In the last couple of years, GQA has
provided support for a programme entitled
‘Fit Reds’. Inspired initially by the British
Heart Foundation and Prostate Cancer
UK, the programme has been running
throughout Barnsley for around 6 years,
offering male participants the chance to
undertake a 9-week lifestyle and fitness
programme in both the classroom and on
the pitch, improving knowledge of health
issues affecting men over the age of 35,
encouraging better health, diet and fitness.
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