Kitchens Bathrooms and Bedrooms National Training Group
Vision
"The NTG will recognise and align the skills and development needs of the industry to improve training opportunities and encourage individuals to choose KBB as a career"
Purpose
The purpose of the Training Group is to co-ordinate the interests and support available with the KBB sector with manufacturers, contractors, retailers and training bodies to harness the skills and support that each individual body provides.
Individually within the Kitchen, Bathroom and Bedroom sector there are organisations and bodies that may meet in part, or in full, the training and skills needs of the sector but collectively the sector and its support is stronger.
Established in June 2004 the KBB NTG was formed as a focus for the industry.
The Training Group operates based on a Management Committee that is serviced and supported by CEO Renee Mascari.
The Objectives of the KBB NTG are to:
- Develop and maintain a career path
- Promote the industry as a vibrant career opportunity
- Integrate information on careers in the sector into the educational curriculum
- Set performance standards for the industry
- In consultation with the end user develop and implement an appropriate suite of training
- Promote qualified employees to consumers
- Bring all relevant industry partners together to achieve the aim and objectives
For more information, please visit our website www.kbbntg.com
Portfolio of Courses
“Business Solutions for You, Your People and Your Company”
Your Salesman & Designers
· Introduction to Consultative Selling
· Advanced Selling Skills
· Principles of Kitchen Design
· Installation for Designers
· Increasing Business on the Telephone
· Merchandising for Success
Your Installers
· 2 Yr Apprenticeship for Kitchen Installation
· 5 Day Kitchen Installation Course
· Fitting Worktops
· Tool Handling
· Specialist Worktops
Your Management
· Time and Priority Management
· Customer Care on the Telephone
· Introduction to Management
· Managing and Motivating People
· Leadership for Supervisors
Your People and Your Customers
· Time and Priority Management
· The Art of Great Customer Care
· Handling Difficult People
· Leadership for Supervisors
Your Business
· Introduction to Health and Safety for Managers
· Writing Employment Contracts
· Implications & Applications of the Building Regulations
For the KBB Industry
· Business Finance
· Margin Improvement
· Reducing Shrinkage
The Principles of Kitchen Design - Course Details
Date of course: See below
Course Duration: 2 days
Venue: Mascari Design Solutions Nottingham
Cost of course: £400 (£200 per day) + VAT
Accommodation: Not included in price
From Conception to Completion
Enhanced creativity through conceptualisation
Learn how to use the power of design and presentation to successfully make your business grow
The basic principals covered in this course are:
- The Brief
- The Survey
- The Plan
- The Presentation
Course Content:
What you will be learning
The principals of kitchen design.
- The brief:
Learn to prepare a brief
Theory and practical - The Survey:
Learn to carry out an accurate survey
Theory and practical - The Plan:
Learn to prepare accurate plans, schedules, etc
Theory and practical - The presentation:
Learn to create compelling presentations
Engage with installers on a day that covers:
- Customer Care
- Pre-fit survey
Also in the course:
- ’Part P’ - how it effects your business
- Make yourself aware of current and new building regulations.
- Application of the key elements and principals of design
- The use of planning guidelines in individual situations.
- Designing a kitchen and how that fits into the ’Sales Process’
- Best practice techniques in sales including qualification and budget confirmation.
- The use of presentation techniques to create maximum impact.
- Improving sales closure rates and raising order values
- Learn how to prepare professional working drawings, schedules, reports and quotations
- Clear plan dimensions and annotations result in good working drawings
- Overview practical and comparison of the benefits of Computer Aided Design systems available
Evaluate the ergonomics of the room - an overview
- A brief outline on the study and methods of ’Dynamic Space’ recently carried out by Blum
- How lifestyle changes influence design decisions
- Styles and Periods
- Explore unique architectural challenges
The Principles of Kitchen Design - Course dates
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Installation Course for Kitchen Fitters - Course Details
Date of course: See below
Course Duration: 5 days
Venue: WEBS Training, Nottingham
Cost of course: £800 + VAT
Accommodation: Not included in price
Current skills required: Reasonable knowledge of tool handling
A course aimed at the person who wishes to up-skill their current position, make a career change or take a refresher course in Kitchen Installation.
Day 1:
Customer Care - Engage with the Design course candidates on a combined day’s training.
Pre-fit Survey and what that entails.
Health & Safety to include:
- 6 Pack regulations
- COSHH
- EPA
- HASAWA
- CDM
- Part P Electrical Installation
- CORGI
- Building Regulations
- Working from heights directive
- Tool handling
Day 2:
Installation planning and preparation to include:
- Ripping out
- Location / re-location of services
- Area preparation
- Flat pack / pre assembled units
- Surface levels - flooring
Day 3:
Installation to include:
- Base units
- Wall units
- Appliances / built in units
- Setting and levelling of units
- Wet appliances
Day 4:
Worktops to include:
- Installation
- Scribing
- Jointing
- Cutting out for appliances
Special worktop material to include:
- Granite
- Plastic composite
- Wood composite
- Corian
- Solid timber
Day 5:
Fitting up /trimmings to include:
- Doors
- Drawers
- Handles
- Hinges
- Plinths
- Cornice
- Pelmet
List of suitable accommodation:
Innkeepers Lodge
Village Hotel
Holiday Inn
Ramada
Rockaway Hotel - Beeston Station
Installation Course for Kitchen Fitters
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Contact details
If you would like more information on these courses, or would like to book a place - please visit our website: www.kbbntg.com or contact Webs Training 0115 9677771.
