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Spring 2021 43 www.hae.org.uk www.eha.org.uk H ire Association Europe and Event Hire Association (HAE EHA) has expanded its Hire Certification Services team with the addition of Katherine Ward, who started on April 6th. Katherine joined the team as a Certification Services Administration Assistant and will work closely with Chris Carter, supporting Carl Bartlett. They will contact HAE EHA members to organise site audits and assist with follow-up actions, helping companies achieve SafeHire and HITS certification. Katherine’s career so far has been in retail for companies including House of Fraser and most recently Le Creuset in Solihull, West Midlands. Her role there was made redundant in February so Katherine enrolled with JobCentre Plus who encouraged her to sign up to the Government’s Kickstart Scheme. She said: “The scheme was a no-brainer really, I would be offered jobs with employers who were being funded to take me on. Plus I wanted to get away from retail and more into customer service where I think I have really strong skills, so starting here has worked out perfectly.” Director of Certification Services, Carl Bartlett, said: “What stood out about Katherine, apart from her extensive customer relationship skills, was her personality. She is a highly affable and talkative person, who is very upbeat which will help her forge good relationships with members. This will be vital in her role when dealing with people and booking audits.” The Hire Certification Services team will continue to grow in the coming months with the expansion of the auditor team. HAE EHAWELCOMES NEW SAFEHIRE TEAM MEMBER M ark Forsyth has joined the Hire Association Europe (HAE) SafeHire Certification Auditor team. Having joined the association on March 29th, Mark joins Carl Bartlett’s team as a full-time auditor, along with Alan Dean, to meet the growing demand from members to take on the industry safety initiative. He will be responsible for managing and conducting assessments of companies throughout the UK, managing and performing SafeHire Private Standard audits, SSIP Core Criteria audits, ISO system and/or technical audits/assessments. NEWAUDITOR APPOINTED S norkel UK, the official distributor for Snorkel™ and Ruthmann Bluelift in the UK, has expanded its sales team, with the appointment of long-time equipment industry professional, Scott McCall, who joined on April 6th as new Business Development Manager. Reporting to Managing Director Andrew Fishburn, Scott becomes the company’s first Net Zero Specialist, tasked with introducing UK customers to new lithium-ion powered equipment, and helping them to market zero emission solutions to customers. He began his career in sales and marketing at Nationwide Platforms in 1997, then spent time as a National Sales Manager for Gardener Denver from 2006 to 2008, before moving to Altec where he led the sales expansion into Russia, CIS and Baltic States until 2011. Scott has been operating his own businesses over the past decade, including consulting in sales, marketing and distribution for multiple leading brands, including IronPlanet®, Oil&Steel, Socage, and France Elevateur. Andrew Fishburn said: “We are delighted to have Scott join our team. He is very well-known and well-respected in the wider equipment sector, having had many years of experience in the heavy lifting, crane, MEWP and off-road vehicle markets, here in the UK, and also across EMEA, Russia and the CIS countries.” Scott said: “I’m looking forward to getting on the road and meeting many new and existing contacts in the North West.” FIRST NET ZERO SPECIALIST JOINS SNORKEL UK A new Mobile Service Engineer has joined the customer support team at Ahern Ireland. Colm O’Reilly has been appointed to the newly-created role, and will work alongside Lead Engineer, Alec Boyle, in providing field service and product support across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Colm is a highly-regarded and experienced powered access engineer, having started out in the industry with a construction plant fitter apprenticeship at Aerial Platform Hire in 2001. After serving 11 years as Mobile Service Engineer, Colmmoved to HSS Powered Access in Dublin as Head Powered Access Engineer and Technical Support Specialist in 2013, where he stayed for six years. He has since held Powered Access Engineer roles with Loxam Access and Briggs Equipment, prior to joining Ahern Ireland this year. ADDITIONAL MOBILE SERVICE ENGINEER