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A successful textile dying firm in Leicester is hoping to raise its game in the global marketplace thanks to funding and support from Train to Gain, a service funded by the LSC to help businesses succeed, and specialist textile training company, Market Driven Solutions Ltd (MDS).

Apex Dyers and Finishers of Nansen Road in Leicester, was established by Suki Singh Johal in 1988, after he noticed an opening in the textiles trade. He created a team of specialist dyers in the UK able to deliver good quality products all over the world with good lead times.

MDS, who deliver Train to Gain qualifications to help skill the textiles workforce, found training to specifically suit Apex's needs – providing an NVQ Level 2 in Performing Manufacturing Operations with specialist bespoke industry projects. Now their productivity has increased by 10 Per cent.

Paul McNeil, Factory Manager, said:

"We are already highly successful overseas and our products go all over the world, but to stay ahead of the game it's essential to continue to improve the quality of goods produced and make sure our staff are the best. We were particularly interested in improving our employee's awareness of health and safety and environmental issues, as dyeing houses have strict rules and regulations that they need to adhere to. MDS flawlessly extended the NVQ Performing Manufacturing Operations qualification to ensure all our specific requirements were met, setting up bespoke environmental projects and fitting around our shift patterns and ensuring training was right for each of the large numbers of roles our employees hold. In fact the training tools MDS used were so good we've now incorporated some them into our employee induction pack.

"The fact that many of the team at MDS are multi-lingual and can deliver training in a number of community languages was also helpful for some of our employees.

"The training has been of great benefit to the firm and I've noticed a greater job awareness from our employees, a greater knowledge of chemical and industrial safety and an improvement in communication between workers and supervisors."

For more information on Train to Gain telephone 0800 015 55 45 or visit www.traintogain.gov.uk

Harpal Chopra (left) and Ramesh Patel, being assessed by Radiner Dhami and Harminder Johal