1044 Courses in Manchester

Overview This course has been created to help safely navigate attendees through the minefield of absence management, paying attention to issues of systems, procedures and organisational culture along the way. Using a selection of exercises, activities and sample documents, the course examines some traditional methods of management as well as some more contemporary and innovative ways of keeping a lid on casual absence. Attendees will take away a number of practical tools and ideas to enable them to target performance improvement when back at their desks. Description It’s estimated that absence from work costs the UK economy over £13 billion per year, with the ‘average’ employee taking around seven days off sick annually. The need for managers, HR people and leaders to control absenteeism is critical if a company is to survive and prosper. But just what is ‘absence’? And how do we go about managing it and reducing it wherever we can, without falling foul of employment law? As well as the usual training material, attendees on this course also receive several useful handouts and exercises relating to absence management. Topics covered: An Absence Management Model – this section identifies a simple model for managers to apply when dealing with absenteeism Defining Absence – the text book definition will help learners clearly understand what is meant by absence Types of Absence – unravelling the different types of absence and distinguishing between absence and leave Classifying Absence – by classifying types of absence, the learner can begin to get a steer on how to manage it Statistics – identifying the real cost of absence and looking at regional and sector differences Reasons for Absence – considering the high-level issues that have an impact on absence, like culture and job design Causes of Sickness – here the national league tables of sickness causes are discussed, giving the learner the chance to reflect on their own team or company Absence Management – Stage 1 – contracts, policies, procedures and legal entitlements are all examined here, to allow learners to get a grasp of what they have to know to Absence Management – Stage 2 – record keeping, costing absence and benchmarking provide the chance for analysis and understanding in the context of the learner’s own organisation Absence Management – Stage 3 – setting out the skills and interventions that managers need to apply in the effective management of absence, including: communication, professional advice, workplace issues and return to work interviews Traditional Approaches – an examination of performance management, sick pay, discipline, recruitment and selection and how these can lend themselves to effective absence management Reducing Absenteeism – through less traditional approaches, looking at ‘carrots and sticks’, targets, employee assistance, unusual initiatives and organisational culture. Recent Developments – considering the impact of ‘fit notes’ and potential pandemics. Who should attend This course has been designed for anyone that deals with absence or needs to have an awareness of the absence management process. This could include; Team leaders, supervisors, managers, HR professionals and anyone else involved in the management of people or organisations. Requirements for Attendance None.

Overview This course is for PR Professionals and for those looking to make a career in PR. Through this course, you will be able to enhance your Communication skills and will learn new Public Relations techniques. Have Effective communication skills is very important if you want to achieve success in PR. PR is all about making relationships within the corporate sector or with the consumers and maintaining them with effective communication skills and techniques. 

Linux virtualization and HA training course description The LPIC-3 certification is the culmination of LPI's multi -level professional certification program. LPIC-3 is designed for the enterprise-level Linux professional and represents the highest level of professional, distribution neutral Linux certification within the industry. LPIC-3 304 covers administering Linux enterprise-wide with an emphasis on virtualization and high availability. At SNT we have enhanced the contents of the course by covering containers. What will you learn Manage Virtual Machines. Manage containers. Manage HA clusters. Manage HA cluster storage. Linux virtualization and HA training course details Who will benefit: Linux professionals working with virtualization and/or High availability. Prerequisites: Linux network administration 2 (LPIC-2) Duration 5 days Linux virtualization and HA training course contents VIRTUALIZATION Virtualization concepts and theory Terminology, Pros and Cons of virtualization, variations of Virtual Machine monitors, migration of physical to VMs, migration of VMs between host systems, cloud computing. Xen Xen architecture, networking and storage, Xen configuration, Xen utilities, troubleshooting Xen installations, XAPI, XenStore, Xen Boot Parameters, the xm utility. KVM KVM architecture, networking and storage, KVM configuration, KVM utilities, troubleshooting KVM installations. Other virtualization solutions OpenVZ and LXC, other virtualization technologies, virtualization provisioning tools. Libvirt and Related Tools libvirt architecture, networking and storage, basic technical knowledge of libvirt and virsh, oVirt. Cloud Management Tools Basic feature knowledge of OpenStack and CloudStack, awareness of Eucalyptus and OpenNebula. Containers Containers versus VMs, Docker, Kubernetes. Load balanced clusters of LVS/IPVS, VRRP, configuration of keepalived, configuration of ldirectord, backend server network configuration. HAProxy, configuration of HAProxy. Failover clusters Pacemaker architecture and components (CIB, CRMd, PEngine, LRMd, DC, STONITHd), Pacemaker cluster configuration, Resource classes (OCF, LSB, Systemd, Upstart, Service, STONITH, Nagios), Resource rules and constraints (location, order, colocation), Advanced resource features (templates, groups, clone resources, multi-state resources), Pacemaker management using pcs, Pacemaker management using crmsh, configuration and management of corosync in conjunction with Pacemaker, other cluster engines (OpenAIS, Heartbeat, CMAN). HIGH AVAILABILITY CLUSTER STORAGE DRBD/cLVM DRBD resources, states and replication modes, configuration of DRBD resources, networking, disks and devices, configuration of DRBD automatic recovery and error handling, management of DRBD using drbdadm. drbdsetup and drbdmeta, Integration of DRBD with Pacemaker, cLVM, integration of cLVM with Pacemaker. Clustered File Systems Principles of cluster file systems. Create, maintain and troubleshoot GFS2 file systems in a cluster, create, maintain and troubleshoot OCFS2 file systems in a cluster, Integration of GFS2 and OCFS2 with Pacemaker, the O2CB cluster stack, other commonly used clustered file systems.

The NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Management – Retrofit qualification is suited to those who are working in a management role in the Retrofit construction sector and are looking to become eligible for the Black CSCS Card. Our team will discuss the qualification process with you prior to signing up in order to ensure that you will be able to complete the qualification. Every candidate is assigned a competent and experienced assessor who will provide advice and guidance throughout the programme to ensure that candidates are supported in the successful completion of the qualification. CSCS Cards We can provide CSCS tests and CSCS cards alongside your qualification without the need to attend the test centre. Speak to our friendly and helpful team for more information.

The NVQ Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations Management qualification is suited to those who are working in a management role in the construction industry and are looking to become eligible for the Black CSCS Card. Candidates follow one of five pathways depending on their job role: General Estimating Buying Planning Surveying Our team will discuss the qualification process with you prior to signing up in order to ensure that you will be able to complete the qualification. Every candidate is assigned a competent and experienced assessor who will provide advice and guidance throughout the programme to ensure that candidates are supported in the successful completion of the qualification. CSCS Cards We can provide CSCS tests and CSCS cards alongside your qualification without the need to attend the test centre. Speak to our friendly and helpful team for more information.

The NVQ Diploma in Senior Construction Management Qualification is suited to those who are engaged in high level management activity of a construction business and who working in a senior management role and are seeking to obtain the Black CSCS Card. Our team will discuss the qualification process with you prior to signing up in order to ensure that you will be able to complete the qualification. Complete your qualification quickly with the support of your assessor in as little as 10 to 12 weeks providing that you work with your assessor to provide the required evidence. We offer two other qualifications that lead to the Black CSCS card, follow the links below for more information (open in new window): Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations Management – 8 Units – Complete in as little as 10 weeks. Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Management – 19 units – Complete in as little 16 to 20 weeks. CSCS Cards We can provide CSCS tests and CSCS cards alongside your qualification without the need to attend the test centre. Speak to our friendly and helpful team for more information.

The NVQ Level 4 Diploma in Construction Site Supervision is appropriate for individuals who work as a Construction Site Supervisor/ Foreman or Assistant Site Manager in the construction sector and are looking to become eligible for the Gold ‘Site Supervisor’ CSCS Card. Our team will discuss the qualification process with you prior to signing up in order to ensure that you will be able to complete the qualification. Every candidate is assigned a competent and experienced assessor who will provide advice and guidance throughout the programme to ensure that candidates are supported in the successful completion of the qualification. CSCS Cards We can provide CSCS tests and CSCS cards alongside your qualification without the need to attend the test centre. Speak to our friendly and helpful team for more information.

Overview Corporate sales as word define mainly happens to take place during Business to Business sales process where a company sells their product and services to other businesses. It is a very complex sales and understanding and creating a strategic plan is really important during the process. Today corporate industries are working and planning new strategies, running many campaigns to promote business and use enhance marketing and sales plan to achieve their goals. In this competitive era, it has become a major necessity now. Attaining the desired skills, it requires continual development and training. Today every corporate sector wants to increase the business and losing big or even small deals is more than just a disappointment. It gives an edge to the competitors over their competitors.  This course is specially designed to understand the depth of corporate sales and how to create appropriate strategies in the niche market. It will help attain the skills required for continual development to cope with the changing trends. This Course Corporate Sales will reduce the risk of losing and will increase success with key sales opportunities.  This corporate sales programme will feed you with a trustable approach that reduces risks without fading chances of individual flair or innovation

Overview Objectives Define brands and understand the opportunities and challenges facing them in highly competitive business landscapes Plan and craft a powerful brand positioning statement that reflects the brand's promise and the expectations of their most valued customers Build a strategic brand and track its growth and sustainability using researched processes Explore the elements of brand equity and the constituents of brand identity to build consistent and sustainable brands Identify various brand strategies to come up with sound actions aligned with the status of existing and new markets and products Master the process for conducting a full brand audit to evaluate brand performance and take remedial actions

Overview This course is designed to gain advanced sales techniques through traditional and modern selling techniques. It will help train the participants for a wide range of sale environments in diverse sectors. With the increase in neck-to-neck competition sales have become a major factor and a lot of new philosophies and modern techniques including new sales methodology has been introduced in the sales industry. As a salesperson who is directly involved in sales or even managers who are into products and services, knowing how to sell is an incredibly useful skill. The course is designed with a lot of practical exercises, and modern techniques, taking from basic to advance level which will help the delegates to attain the skills they require and start implementing what they learned.