In order to continue our commitment to industry development and high quality customer service, Altro have developed a range of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses focusing on main issues surrounding flooring and walling products and the wider construction industry:
- How to reduce the risk of slipping
- High impact hygienic wall finishes
See the tabs below for more information about these CPDs. Each seminar is approximately one hour long and is designed to fit flexibly within busy work schedules. Courses are delivered by members of our technical sales team on site at your offices.
These courses are RIAI approved and are designed to encourage delegate interaction to promote knowledge share. Each course aims to:
- Develop understanding of the key considerations when selecting flooring or walling finishes
- Outline important health and safety elements
- Provide installation guidance, hints and tips
- Detail correct maintenance procedures
For more details or to book a course, please contact our Customer Care Centre on 01 907 5821 or email cpd@altro.com
How to reduce the risk of slipping
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), slips and trips are the most common cause of major / specified injuries to employees. The specification of appropriate flooring is an important way of controlling risk. This seminar coincides with the HSE’s campaign to reduce slips by education and enforcement and covers:
- The regulations
- Statistics
- HSE activity
- Flooring slip test methods
High Impact hygienic wall finishes
This CPD covers the thought processes behind the use of Altro’s range of performance, high design, walling products. Starting with an outline of the needs of the marketplace covering regulations and specification considerations, into image creation and hygiene and safety.
Commercial presentations
We also offer a range of commercial presentations including:
Designing for dementia
With an ageing population increasing the number of dementia cases, this CPD has been designed to give delegates an overview of the fundamental aspects of designing for dementia environments.
Resin - where function meets design
From machine shops to warehouses, resin systems are providing the performance required to keep the wheels of industry rolling. But what type of resin should you use? Will it resist chemicals and be easy to clean? You'll find the answers to these and other questions by attending this seminar.
Prevention is better than cure
Defect-free construction is a major industry preoccupation. This seminar looks at the principal causes of failure and how to get your product selection and installation right first time.
Altro Factory Tour: Innovation in manufacturing product design
This tour of our manufacturing plant and laboratories in Letchworth will focus on how safety flooring is manufactured, how new products are developed and provide guidance on issues, legislation and standards affecting the specification of safety flooring. You will be taken through the history of Altro and how we continue to lead the way through the delivery of innovative solutions, in which sustainability objectives underpin our decision making processes. This course/workshop/tour focuses on:
- The composition of safety flooring and how it works
- The manufacturing process
- The history of safety flooring and how it has developed over the years
- Different types of safety flooring to suit different requirements
- Cleaning requirements for safety flooring
- Measuring slip resistance