Forth Ports begins training academy construction

The training academy will also provide opportunities and flexibility for employees to broaden their skills and enhance their careers and job satisfaction.

“People are key to our business’s success and with this new facility, not only will individuals benefit, but so will our customers. In our 50th year of operation as Forth Ports, the Academy will also support the work we do with schools, colleges and local community projects,” said Charles Hammond, group chief executive at Forth Ports.

Strategic investment

This is a key strategic investment in Forth Port’s long-term focus on skills, qualifications and personal development for all employees across its Scottish operations including the Ports of Dundee, Leith, Rosyth and Grangemouth.

The 420 m sq. Training Academy will provide additional in-house facilities for equipment skills training and new classrooms for safety and soft skills programmes – as well as expanding the existing training and education offering to customers and tenants.

Following a tender process, Bathgate based CM Steel Buildings Limited has been appointed to design and build the Training Academy with the completion expected to be at the end of this year.

It’s not the first time that the group has embarked on this type of venture. Forth Ports also has an award-winning Logistics Academy located at its port in Tilbury on the Thames.

By Anne-Marie Causer