Less forking out

With a fleet of over 2,500 fork lift
trucks and over 1,000 lorry mounted
cranes, Travis Perkins has an
ongoing requirement for training
new operators and also making sure
that existing employees are regularly
‘refresher’ trained.

In early 2008, tenders were invited
for the provision of fork lift truck
and lorry mounted crane training
across the group.The main reasons
Travis Perkins chose Mentor were:
optimising training with lower costs,
availability of instructors, the high
quality of training and the positive
feedback from other Mentor
customers.

18 months on, “we have seen cost
savings of up to 25%, which have
been warmly welcomed,” says Mike
O’Hara group head of health &
safety.