Emerge Recycling

The drivers at EMERGE 3Rs have recently acquired their NVQ Level 2 certification in Environmental Conservation and Community Recycling, which confirms what we knew all along: they are brilliant at their job and extraordinarily competent!
In a small ceremony that took place on Tuesday 9 February 2010, EMERGE Director Lucy Danger and Steph Jackson from EMS (Environmental Monitoring Services) handed out the certificates and congratulated the drivers. EMS had provided the training for our drivers, which allowed them to assess their abilities and gain new skills.

Altogether, nine drivers were awarded with the NVQ certification during the ceremony, which was organised at the EMERGE location at New Smithfield Market. At present, a number of our team members are involved in training, for instance completing ILM courses, in order to learn new things and become experts in their fields. EMERGE actively encourages its staff and volunteers to keep on learning and updating their skills, enabling them to reach their full potential and allowing us to provide the best service possible to our customers. In the near future, we will also offer in-house training for our volunteers and members of staff who wish to learn enhance their knowledge and abilities.

NVQs, or National Vocational Qualifications, are work-based awards that can be obtained in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Candidates who wish to acquire their NVQ qualification need to complete the programme, which offers a mix of training and assessments. The drivers at EMERGE started training for the NVQ in Environmental Conservation and Community Recycling at the end of last year. The Environmental Conservation is most suitable for people working in, and respectively seeking to gain, employment in conservation and similar voluntary sectors. The Community Recycling scheme mainly focuses on skills needed in the area of recycling and waste management.