 Appointment of a New ALLMI Director
Following elections carried out in June, ALLMI has recently announced a new addition to its Board of Directors. Ben James, Works Manager of Bristol based Avon Crane and Commercial Repairs, has become ALLMI’s sixth member of the Board, replacing David Gardner, formerly of Hiab, who retired at the start of this year. Ben James was previously part of the ALLMI Steering Group, a committee set up five years ago with the aim of transforming ALLMI into a more effective trade association. Ben James comments ‘I’ve been heavily involved with ALLMI in the past via the Steering Group and the Executive Committee, and whilst Avon Crane has continued to support the association in its activities, it’s good to be back in a more hands on role, representing the members and driving the association forward.’
ALLMI Training Levels Soar
For the period February to May 2007, ALLMI trained 1226 lorry loader operators; more than a 28% increase on the same period for 2006. General Manager Tom Wakefield comments ‘we’re extremely pleased with the number of operators trained so far this year. We believe it reflects the quality of the training programme, which is the only one for lorry loaders to be commended by the HSE and to be developed and maintained by the loader crane manufacturers. We’re also experiencing a boom in the number of people wanting to achieve ALLMI instructor accreditation, with more than a 50% increase in the number of instructors trained from February to May compared to the same period last year.
 New ALLMI Membership Certificate
ALLMI has recently issued a new look membership certificate. The certificate, which will be issued to every member company on an annual basis, will be signed by the ALLMI Chairman and will state the company’s membership number.
New Risk Assessment Template for Forum Members
ALLMI has recently launched a new template risk assessment form for Operators’ Forum members. Developed by the Forum Executive Committee, the template was made available to members in June and has been uploaded to the members’ area of the ALLMI website.
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