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News Release from: Alliance Learning
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 31 May 2006
Training specialist is in the swim of
things
Alliance Learning's new senior executive is hoping to be a splash-hit success, ensuring the work-based training specialist continues to thrive and achieve all its business goals.
Alliance Learning's new senior executive is hoping to be a splash-hit success, ensuring the work-based training specialist continues to thrive and achieve all its business goals Paul Musa has been appointed Divisional Executive for Operations at the Bolton-based organisation that provides a wide range of apprenticeship and commercial training courses across the North West
It is his first change in role in 25 years.
"My job entails looking after contracts with the Learning and Skills Council in three areas of engineering, business administration and warehousing and also care and childcare", explained Musa, who is a qualified swimming instructor and can often be found teaching youngsters at his local pool after work.
"My background is in engineering and construction".
"Before moving here I was involved in predominantly commercial training with a similar organisation, the North West Training Council in Merseyside", he explained.
The 48-year-old from Hunts Cross on Merseyside, continued: "Some of my aims are to increase the numbers in learning on apprentice training and expand the portfolio a little bit wider in areas such as electrical installation as well as working in partnership with other training providers".
"I am also looking to expand our learning academy provision for 14- to 16-year-old students, and set up a construction training programme to complement the current engineering and childcare opportunities".
The father of two continued: "Speaking to schools in the area it is clear there is not a lot of high quality construction training available locally".
"If successful we could extend this into apprenticeships and then the commercial sector".
"Carpentry, joinery, plumbing and plastering would be topics covered - although it's important to take things one step at a time in this regard".
Alliance Learning enjoys a long-standing reputation as a high quality training provider and this is something Musa wants to build on and enhance.
"I feel this is a good career move for me so that I can progress and move forward".
"The professionalism and dedication of the staff along with the facilities really stand out here".
"We are a Centre of Vocational Excellence for fabrication and welding which is a major asset for us and illustrates our pedigree".
"We have a thriving commercial sector and I am very excited out our future prospects".
Musa added: "I want to utilise our resources more effectively and efficiently and penetrate the markets that we are currently involved in even deeper".
"I want to maximise our potential so we can continue to grow and develop to benefit both local individuals and the wider business community".
But after 25 years with his last company, Musa concedes it was a big decision to move on.
"I wasn't stale in my last role and I left a lot of good people there".
"I worked as a commercial manager, construction manager and European manager in diverse and interesting roles, very similar to here, juggling a lot of different balls in the air".
"But I felt it was time for a new challenge and I already feel at home here".
"My colleagues are very friendly and extremely helpful".
"I could not have wished for anything more".
He concluded: "Being a father helps me focus on the youngsters that we have here".
"I am also a coach at a local swimming club so work with children in that regard".
"Learning is inspiring and fun both at work and at play".
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