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Meet our team – Water hygiene technician, Luke

Luke joined Dantek as a trainee water hygiene technician in 2022. Having passed his level 1 training within 6 months of joining he has shown great technical ability and commitment to learning.

Let’s get to know him.
Tell us about your role at Dantek?
I am a field-based water hygiene technician, my day-to-day tasks consist of temperature monitoring,
completing tank cleaning, and disinfections, TMV servicing, closed system analysis, and showerhead
cleaning.
What 3 things do you enjoy most about what you do?
1. No two days/jobs are the same. I love the variation it brings.
2. The variety of tasks is fantastic. I can be temperature monitoring in the morning at a high street retail unit and completing closed system analysis at a formula 1 race track in the afternoon.
3. The constant learning opportunities that are given to me.
What do you enjoy the most about working at Dantek?
The people! The whole company consists of a great team who are passionate about what they do. We all strive to help each other and teach the wider community about legionella control and the industry as a whole.
Tell us about your proudest professional achievement.
I joined Dantek as a trainee water hygiene technician and recently passed my Level 1 training. Every member of the team helped me to achieve this from my engineer teammates to the management team.
What advice would you give to people looking to join Dantek?
Immerse yourself in it and learn as much as possible. Dont be afraid if the industry is new to you.
What do you enjoy doing outside of work?
I’m passionate about all sport’s, Long dog walks and outdoor activities that help me to keep an active state of mind.
Which of the Dantek core values resonates most with you and why?
Curiosity! I am driven to learn the industry more and more every day.

Join us for a responsible person training course at our head office in Thornbury

Due to recent customer feedback, we have decided to host the responsible person training course at our head office in Thornbury on Wednesday 18th January 2023.

Who is the responsible person for legionella?

The responsible person for the control of legionella bacteria is a competent individual that is appointed by the duty holder to take day-to-day responsibility for their organisation’s building.

The course is designed to give site staff a practical understanding of legionnaires’ disease and provide delegates with the confidence, understanding, and knowledge to manage their sites effectively regarding legionella control.

Topics:

  • Introduction
  • Background to the disease
  • Legislation – Health and Safety Law
  • Identification and risk assessment
  • Legionella outbreak analysis
  • Prevention and control
  • Record keeping / logbook
  • Who is responsible?
  • Risk systems
  • Overview of approved methods of control
  • The role of the responsible person
  • Q&A
  • Test

Each delegate will also receive a certificate for completing the training and course notes to take away with them.

If you would like to join us or have any questions, then please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Call 01454 417 920 Email sales@dantek.co.uk

What are Dantek looking forward to in 2018

 

With the New Year underway we are excited about the prospect of some changes at Dantek, focusing on 2 key areas; skills and productivity.

As with many service based companies our people are our business and we know that to achieve our high growth target we must invest in developing high level technical skills, engagement in work, retention and the recruitment of suitably skilled new starters.

Our top priority is focusing on ensuring our workforce have the skills, confidence and knowledge to perform to the best of their ability.  To improve on our already robust mentor training programme we intend to build a practical training hub at our HQ in Thornbury.  The hub will have live water systems set up to allow engineers to be trained practically in a realistic environment, this will include higher level training in chlorine dioxide units, chemical cleaning and water softener service to name a few.

Martin Kingdon Technical Director at Dantek commented “it will be great to have a bespoke training centre (which may be the first of its kind) especially for new starters to practice in a live setting without the worry and pressure of being on a customer site.”

By investing in training and improving skills throughout the company we are confident engagement will improve and as a result productivity.  We also know the importance of recognising and rewarding our employees who all play a vital role in ensuring customers receive the best possible service. As such this year will also see the introduction of a company wide incentive scheme to allow employees to benefit from the overall success of the company.

As with many SME’s we see the greatest challenge being the ability to continually future proof the company. As such, we will continue to invest heavily in technology for example; our cloud based temperature monitoring log book system which we include for free as part of our water hygiene contracts.

Dantek Environmental Services are a Water Treatment Company, who specialise in the prevention and control of Legionnaires disease.  Founded in 2003, now based in Thornbury and employ 30 people.  Targeted to achieve £3 million turnover. www.dantek.co.uk

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