Deepings Trading And Eco Building Products Helps Deliver The Future In Renewables Training

Market Deepings-based builders’ merchant The Deepings Trading Company (www.deepingstrading.co.uk) and sister company Eco Building Products (www.eco-building-products.co.uk) has teamed up with Oakham-based renewable energy products supplier Navitron (www.navitron.org.uk) to help New College Stamford (www.stamford.ac.uk) develop a new renewable energy course.

The new BTEC National Diploma Extended course, which is set to commence in September 2010, will provide the foundations for students who want to follow a career in electrical engineering in the renewable energy sector.

Gary McPartland, market sector team manager for motor vehicle and construction at New College Stamford, explained: “The Electrical and Electronic Engineering Renewable Energies BTEC National Diploma is aimed at tomorrow's engineers who will be designing and commissioning renewable energy systems in both commercial and domestic environments.

“Students joining the course have to purchase their own personal protective equipment, tools and stationery. Deepings Trading stepped in to supply pens, pencils, files, scale ruler and tape measure to make sure that they have everything they need to start the course.”

Deepings Trading operations director Ian Greenfield said: “We are delighted to be able to assist the students on the new BTEC National Diploma course with their stationery needs. Getting involved with educating the next generation of electrical engineers is important.

“It highlights our commitment to working in partnership with the trade throughout the region including Lincolnshire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire and Nottinghamshire to promote the use of renewable energies.”

Renewable energy systems supplier Navitron Ltd is helping the college with learning resources for the new course. Gary McPartland said: “Navitron is supplying solar panels, a wind turbine and a heat pump for the students to work on.

“It also runs its own training courses on renewables and has agreed to assist the college by providing information on electrical and electronic theory.”

Edward Reynolds, Navitron sales manager, said “When we were approached by the college to assist them with the new course we were delighted to help. The company is providing equipment for the students to work on and we have used our expertise in the sector to help with the design of the course.

“College staff can come to us with any technical queries that they have and we are helping to retrain the lecturers using our own training course material.”

Gary McPartland added: “The course begins in September and anyone interested in signing up should contact us for details of our spring enrolment.”