WORKING AT HEIGHT: NORTH WEST ACCESS & SALES LTD
At RF Lifting & Access, we supply Genie lifting
and access equipment as well as a wide range
of other lifting manufacturers equipment.
We provide the full package: from supply,
service and repair through to training and
thorough examinations.
As dealers for Genie, Skyjack, JLG, Niftylift,
Upright, Snorkel, Pop-up, Power Tower &
Simon, we provide machines, spare parts
and offer a fully comprehensive service to
companies purchasing lifting equipment,
access equipment and lift material handling
equipment in the UK, Europe and Worldwide.
If you don’t see a particular product listed,
please call us as we are only too pleased to
offer help and advice on a variety of products.
Tel: +44 (0)151 346 1365 Email: [email protected]
www.rflifting.co.uk
“Ian is keen to promote
apprenticeships as an
effective way to train the
next generation of workers”
The business’s aluminium range consists of towers,
podiums, folding platforms, GRP tower, ladders, steps and
stairway towers, all of which are made in Holland by Eiger.
Ian and Mark undertook extensive market research on their
aluminium towers and consider this type of tower to be the
very best on the market.
Training tomorrow’s workforce
North West Access & Sales has a long term objective
in attracting the most talented people to join their team.
They like to consider themselves as an equal opportunities
employer and are therefore committed to offering the same
level of opportunity no matter the age, sex, ethnicity, religion,
disability or sexual orientation of an individual. The directors
make sure to keep up to date with current employment
legislation and any changes that are made throughout the
year are communicated to their staff.
Ian is keen to promote apprenticeships as an effective way
to train the next generation of workers and the company is
currently looking for an apprentice fitter.
“We want to give somebody the opportunity Apprenticeships
are now considered as being just as important as further
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education. We’re all passionate about giving that opportunity;
to bring someone in, to nurture them, to teach them a trade
and hopefully, to give them a 3 year apprenticeship. They’ll
then have a full time position with us.”
Small enough to care – big enough to deliver
“The biggest thing for us is that we are not a PLC. We’re
a local business and we’re out there having a go. From our
point of view, we look after SMEs (Small to Medium Sized
Enterprises). PLCs are very much focussed on blue chip clients.
We’re not. We’re on the same wavelength as the SMEs and we
give good service to the people we deal with. If you have low
level access requirements, we’re the people you should be
talking to.”