History Timeline | Waterside Training

1957

Lakeside Training and Development Commenced Training in 1957 producing a long history of Pilkington Apprentices

1995

Lakeside Training and Development Ceased Training, moving to our new home at the Technology Campus transferring to Waterside Training Limited

1996

On the 1st January 1996, Waterside Training Limited opened in its new home forming a new collaboration between NSG (Pilkington), St Helens College & Knauf Insulation based at the Technology Campus.

2006

10 years of service

Final year apprentices enjoying their residential experience in the snow in February 2006.

2016

20 years of service

End of Year July 2016 Presentation Evening

2019

St Helens College bought NSG shares, in conjunction with Knauf Insulation.

2019 Intake of Apprentices enjoying their Junior residential in Cumbria.

2021

25 years of service

2023

Investment in our New Manufacturing Filling Line and development of New Manufacturing Training programmes

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Testimonial

Vanderlande are proud to be partnered with Waterside Training as our principle training provider in the Northwest to deliver technical training to our teams, especially the Mechanical Maintenance VRQ L2 programme.

The mixture of technical knowledge and practical elements which our delegates have received over the course of the year combined to make a fulfilling experience. The course was engaging with many opportunities to participate and lots of relatable examples that we were able to bring back to site. This was found after a full site tour by the Waterside team to expertly devise the best course to deliver our teams with knowledge of the process and equipment on site.

We have now trained at least half of the Engineering Support Operatives across our four shifts with all the teams and site reaping the rewards in maintenance completion and system performance through the continued support given and putting into practice the skills they learnt. The tutorship given is professional with tailored delivery to the differing knowledge of the attendees on each course, which ultimately shows how diverse the styles of teaching are at Waterside Training.

This has set our Engineering Support Operatives on an Engineering and Technical pathway to offer hands on support for our teams of Service Technicians to deliver planned and reactive maintenance across the largest warehouse in both Vanderlande’s and Asda’s UK portfolio.

We look forward to upskilling our single trade Service Technicians in the near future with expertly tailored courses to have a truly Multi-Skilled Engineering team at our disposal.

— Josh McCormack, Service Operations Manager, Vanderlande