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Certora Training
A Training Service Trusted in
Compliance: Certora Returns to Hillhead
with Expanded Capability for 2026
Hillhead has long been the place where training,
competence and operational reality meet — and in
2026, Certora Training returns for its eighth
appearance, bringing an expanded portfolio and a
renewed commitment to supporting the minerals
processing and extractives industry.
With more than 30 years’ experience,
Certora has become one of the UK’s
most trusted providers of training,
qualifications and assessment
services. The company supports
businesses of every size in
maintaining compliance with
legislation, industry standards and
best practice, ensuring that every
employee’s journey to competence is
structured, supported and
measurable.
“Safety and competence remain at the heart of everything we
do,” explains Managing Director, Emily Bonsall. “We remain
committed to listening to our customers and their learners to
deliver the most trusted training service to UK businesses.”
This commitment is reinforced through close collaboration with
the UK’s leading standard setting bodies — IPAF, CIWM, MPQC,
PASMA, EU Skills, NPORS and LANTRA — ensuring that every
course delivered is current, relevant, and aligned with real world
operational demands.
Industry Specific Training and Qualifications
Certora specialises in equipment operator training and on site
assessment to all UK industries including the extractives, waste,
construction, and land based sectors. Alongside plant and
equipment training, the company delivers CIWM, MPQC, LANTRA
and GQA vocational qualifications, from Level 2 through to Level
7.
These qualifications are designed not only to build knowledge
and develop skills, but also to provide robust evidence of
workplace competence — a critical requirement for safety critical
industries.
Technology plays a key role in Certora’s delivery model. The
company’s digital systems and e portfolio platform allow learners
to build evidence as they work, while giving managers real time
visibility of progress. This combination of skilled people and
smart systems ensures high quality service at competitive prices.
What’s New for 2026
Certora’s ethos is simple: never stand still. The company
continues to evolve its services to ensure customers have access
to a complete range of training and qualifications that reflect the
diverse needs of modern operations.
For 2026, Certora is introducing:
• 16 new LANTRA NVQ qualifications
• The full NPORS Route to Competence, enabling operators
to achieve the NPORS CSCS Blue Competent Operator
Card
• New eLearning courses, including COTC Refresher,
Geotechnical Awareness and Working at Height Awareness
These additions significantly strengthen Certora’s national
capability across plant operations, land based industries,
environmental management, and construction.
Compliance in One
Call: Certora’s
Managed Service
As training requirements
become more complex,
more organisations are
turning to Certora’s
Managed Service — a fully
administered, transparent
and professionally managed
training solution.
Ideal for businesses
operating multiple sites,
contractors and qualification routes, the Managed Service
provides a single point of contact for all operational training
needs.
Certora’s Sourced Training team:
• Sources training beyond Certora’s core specialisms — from
fire safety to drone operations and confined space to conflict
management — coordinating training across a national
network of 180+ specialist providers
• Manages administration, certification and record keeping,
uploading completion data directly into customer LMS
systems
• Provides a consistent, auditable, organisation wide view of
competence with accurate training reporting
For many customers, this service has become an essential part of
maintaining compliance and reducing administrative stress and
supply chain costs.
Visit Certora at Hillhead — Stand PA20
Hillhead remains the perfect environment to explore training and
competence in the same setting where skills are applied every
day. The Certora team will be on Stand PA20, ready to discuss
operator training, qualifications, assessments, competency
schemes and Managed Service solutions.
Become an Instructor, Assessor or IQA with Certora
Certora is actively seeking experienced operatives who are
interested in progressing into instructor, assessor or IQA
roles. With demand for high quality training continuing to
grow, the company is expanding its network of industry
professionals who want to share their expertise and support
the next generation of operators.
Training and Compliance – Welcome
Steve
Certora is also pleased to welcome
Steve Hamar, formerly of Heidelberg, as
the company’s new Northern Training
and Compliance Manager. With more
than 30 years’ experience in health and
safety and operational training, Steve
joins Certora’s operational team to
evolve training courses, support industry
standards and enhance the quality of service delivery.
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