Impress is one project brand promoted by Humber Client/Contractor Training Association, a wholly owned subsidiary of Humber Chemical Focus. From our registered office in the CATCH facility at Stallingborough, Impress is involved with employer led projects for the benefit of its chosen sector. Impress' operational sector is the Chemical and Allied Industries, primarily those companies manufacturing, or for contractors, working in the Humber sub-region, though not exclusively.

Following the launch of a successful Client led shared Pre-Qualification project in 2007 efforts continue with the project into 2010.  A basic pre-qual questionnaire has been improved based on continuing feedback from the project to date.  Over 100 companies have been nominated into the system, the majority of which are now approved by the sponsoring Clients.  Added value is measured as reduced duplication at the basic pre-qual stage and a common approach should help Contracting organisations too.

Our long-running project is working on behalf of the Humber Bank Contractor Competency Forum, a project named ConCom. The project was developed by a group of 12 Client companies in the Humber region of the UK to bring about performance improvements by their Contractors, whether they are term maintenance or project-based contractors.  Turnarounds/outages are a way of life in our industry and 'doing things right' by 'doing right things' is an essential mantra to understand for working safely.  Impress administers a systems-based audit as the first step towards achieving performance improvement targets set by the participating Clients. Impress leads the audit visit to Contractors' premises or site location but is always accompanied by a Client auditor to assure the Contractor of the importance of the scheme as viewed by the Clients.  The location for the audit is determined by those Clients nominating a particular Contractor. The outcome leads to an action plan for improvements in some cases.  The improvements recorded may be the implementation of acceptable systems of work or for direct training inputs for personnel. The scheme is well received by those taking part and the Clients have 24/7 secure access to the data.

Alongside commercial projects Impress advises companies on a range of apprenticeship programmes with leading training providers in support of the company's CATCH project, mentioned earlier.

Impress is keen to develop new projects for companies in its operational sector and contributes to a range of training and competency solutions at CATCH.

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Impress operates a number of employer sponsored projects. Each link will take you to an area with more specialised information. You may wish to consider the added value of these projects to your company. CATCH is a most interesting relationship for Impress and we invite you to consider a tour of this facility by appointment:

• Apprenticeships
• Adult Retraining
• ConCom

Impress is also able to provide a bespoke working relationship with your company. Let us add value to your team by extending your training capabilities.

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