Door Industry Journal - Spring 2014

spring 2014 THE door industry journal Members are becoming increasingly aware that having highly trained staff gives them the competitive edge over their competitors who do not hold training in such high store. More and more members are looking to the DHF to provide improved training opportunities for them, and we are actively rising to that challenge. “Raising standards” has been the DHF clarion call for a long time now and we have highlighted training as an essential part of our programme to drive up standards during 2014. By delivering a wider range of technical training that cannot easily be met elsewhere, the DHF will further improve standards of competence in the industry. It will also differentiate DHF members from non members and give increased recognition of the federation as an authoritative industry organisation. We are about to appoint a full time training manager. He will be responsible for the training schemes already being run and will be developing new courses to provide training for members across all industry sectors represented by the DHF. So where are we up to now with our training? In a separate article on page 6 we describe in detail the various training initiatives we have in place. These include schemes of particular appeal to installers and inspectors of powered gates, and those involved in the inspection, installation, maintenance and repair of fire doors. With the new DHF training manager on board in April, we will be able to further accelerate our training plans. These will encompass the industrial door and shutter sector during 2014 as well as the garage door sector. Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk welcome USEFUL CONTACTS DHF Secretariat The Door and Hardware Federation T: 01827 52337 F: 01827 310827 E: info@dhfonline.org.uk DHF PR Agency Ainsworth Public Relations Guy Ainsworth T: 0161 427 3861 E: guy@ainsworth-pr.co.uk Magazine Editor The Door Industry Journal Derek Hibbart T: 01444 464147 E: mail@doorindustryjourna l.co.uk Garage Door Group Jointly chaired by Julie Chester & Simon Hipgrave Chairman of the Industrial Door Group Alan Jenkins Chairman of the Metal Doorset Group David Lycett Chairman of the Hardware Group David Whitworth Chairman of the Timber Doorset Group Amanda Haley Chairman of the Powered Gate Group Andy Holz Advertising and Editorial The Door Industry Journal PO Box 508 Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5GY T: 01444 464147 F: 01444 464148 E: mail@doorindustryjournal.co.uk Design Agency Freelance Design & Graphics Warninglid Lane Warninglid West Sussex RH17 5TQ T: 01444 461796 F: 01444 461596 E: info@freelance-design.co.uk The Door Industry Journal is a trade publication edited and produced on behalf of The Door and Hardware Federation (DHF). Content is collated from articles and press releases supplied by the DHF and their various industry group members, in addition to non-member companies and other external contributors. The content covers these sectors of the door and hardware industry: industrial doors, garage doors, doorsets, fire and security, building hardware, ironmongery, locks and powered gates. Companies selling to the any of the above industry sectors wishing to find out more about advertising or publishing articles in the Door Industry Journal should visit our website at www.doorindustryjournal.co.uk to download our advertising rate card. This document provides full details of the advertising rates and the associated technical data required to place advertising or editorial in The Door Industry Journal. Alternatively, to obtain further information, discuss your advertising requirements or to enquire about special features and advertorials, please contact the editor, Derek Hibbart at the Door Industry Journal on 01444 464147 or by email at editor@doorindustryjournal.co.uk . Door Industry Journal is a trading style of Avalon Innovations LLP. Company No. OC364751 Bob Perry, DHF Executive Chairman, Door and Hardware Federation 3 Follow us on Twitter @DoorIndustryJnl