Accreditations
Norman Gentry Consulting are members of or accredited by several professional organisations:
- Royal Society for Public Health (R.S.P.H) to carry out food safety training
- Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (C.I.E.H.) training centre and are able to provide a wide range of their accredited courses
- City & Guilds. City & Guilds is a leading UK awarding body for National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) and their Scottish equivalents (SVQs)
- Society of Food Hygiene Technology (S.O.F.H.T) to carry out food safety programmes
- Highfield Awarding Body for Compliance (H.A.B.C.) to carry out food safety and health and safety training
The I.O.S.H. Consultant's Code of Professional Conduct
Members engaged as consultants shall maintain a confidential relationship with their clients, upholding and enhancing the public perception of the profession. In particular they should:
- agree with the client a clear brief, preferably written, for consultant work
- agree working and charging arrangements
- agree the scope and manner of reporting including, where appropriate, any copyright or patent issues arising
- not work for more than one client simultaneously on the same case without the express consent of all clients
- not solicit improperly for work by making excessive claims or by attacking the reputation of other consultants
- in the case of expert witness services, confine their evidence to matters on which they can speak with authority from personal knowledge and experience
- protect the intellectual rights of the client and client confidentiality, and not disclose information to any third party or medium of communication without the full and explicit
written authorisation of the client concerned.
When acting in private practice or independently of salaried employment, a consultant has the right to disengage their services in the face of a dilemma involving professional standards or
conscience.
C.I.E.H. Trainer and Centre Charter
Norman Gentry Consulting are committed to the Charter Principles which incorporates standards of excellence and principles of good practice as specified in the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health's (C.I.E.H.) Trainer Charter
Trainer and Centre Charter
All registered trainers throughout the C.I.E.H. training network are expected to adhere to the following standards:
- All candidates will be provided with appropriate pre-course information.
- An appropriate training solution will be determined
- The effective management of all issues relating to delivery of the programme will be assured..
- The level and method of delivery will be appropriate to the needs of the candidate.
- The quality of all training resources will be assured.
- The knowledge of the trainer will be technically competent and up-to-date.
- Trainers will act to support evaluation processes to maintain standards.
- Examinations and assessments will be conducted according to C.I.E.H. and QCA standards
In addition, conduct of examinations is audited.
In July 2005, the C.I.E.H. found the standard of training provision to be
"to a good standard".