Early in December 2005, JPD with NQA Training were delighted to welcome the Chief Executive of project engineering consultancy and training company Proenco Brasil, Dr Luis Sans Castro, to our headquarters in Plumley. The Brazilian was on his latest whistle-stop tour of Europe, taking in Portugal, Italy, Austria, Serbia, Croatia and the UK.

Proenco has a long-standing relationship with JPD stretching back to 1996 when Dr David Jones, Environmental Services Manager, gave a short series of environmental seminars in Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte. Since then the relationship has blossomed and David now finds himself travelling to Brazil on average five times a year to deliver the JPD five-day Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, IEMA-approved Foundation Course in Environmental Auditing.

JPD is, in fact, the only UK training provider for this particular course in Brazil. The course is as popular as ever and now includes business students from the University of Sao Paulo, who are able to rub shoulders with some of Brazil’s most influential managers and executives. There is a ‘live’ audit on the Thursday of each five-day course, which goes to places that the tourists never reach, including water works, hydro-electric dams, manufacturers, steelworks, forests, paper mills and chemical complexes.

In the UK, the course also goes from strength to strength and attracts good numbers. It is ideal for Environmental, Health & Safety and Quality Managers - in fact, anyone who will be required to implement and audit environmental management systems.

Luis has identified several possibilities for expanding his links with JPD, most notably Due Diligence Training, as Brazil has more lawyers per head of population than any other country outside the US. With NQA there is also the prospect of a lot more certification work for ISO business systems. During his visit to JPD, Luis demonstrated something which must be absolutely unique - he is probably the only Brazilian businessman who can pronounce the name of Welsh town Llangollen correctly!

For more information on JPD with NQA’s full portfolio of Environmental Management courses visit our website www.jpd.co.uk by clicking on the ‘JPD with NQA Website’ link on the right, or contact one of our friendly Training Advisors on 0870 438 2573

(Taken from NQA Reporter, Winter 2005/6)

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