The NAJ releases COVID-19 online training courses for the jewellery industry.

01 Jun 2020

The National Association of Jewellers has published two training courses to support jewellery retailers, manufacturers, suppliers and other roles in the industry demonstrate compliance with the Associations issued guidance.

The two courses , one for retailers and the other for suppliers have been produced using the Association’s four step ‘people first’ COVID-19 guidance, all of which continue to be updated in line with HM government updates.

 The four-step guidance (for retailers for example) is:

• Start Safe - Essential information for employees and guidance on travelling to store
• Store Safe - Building on 'normal' requirements from HSE
• Task Safe - Assessing tasks against social distancing regulations
• Home Safe - Leaving store safely.

The courses enable business owners and managers to put themselves, and their employees through jeweller-specific coronavirus awareness helping them to:

• Feel confident about the return to work
• Understand how they can protect themselves, their co-workers and customers from catching and spreading COVID-19
• Demonstrate assurance to customers by displaying the completion certificates(s) in store or in the workshop/place.

Members of the Association can enrol as many employees as they see fit, whereas there is a charge for non-members of £100.

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 Marie Garnett, Head of Education at the NAJ said,

 “We’ve moved as quick as we can to pull this course together in order to help jewellers be aware and be as safe as possible with many employees returning back to work in the coming weeks, some of whom have been on furlough since the end of March.

“It is important to note that with significant updates to the NAJ core guidance, we will be updating the online courses for retailers, manufacturers and suppliers in parallel.”

 

Be COVID-19 Safe Webinar

The course was officially launched after a ‘Be COVID-19 Safe’ webinar in which presenter Helen Dimmick touched on many areas covered in the training course.

The webinar will continue to be available so that colleagues who prefer the `spoken’ rather than the `written’ word can use it to supplement their learning in parallel with the online course.

The webinar held more significance for the NAJ because now more than 2000 people have benefitted from NAJ webinars since lockdown measures were brought in, resulting in the Association firming plans to unveil monthly webinar sessions starting July onwards.

 To complete the course attendees must achieve a pass mark of at least 80%.

 If you missed the live webinar, watch the replay below:

 

How to make the most out of ‘StoreSafe’ as an NAJ member

The StoreSafe logo appears on the retailer training certificates, and jewellers can make the most of the approach by using the terminology and imagery elsewhere.

 If you’re following the mandatory and considered guidance set out in the NAJ guidance documentation, you’re eligible to use the poster template to welcome customers, employees and visitors to store referencing what changes have been made, and how you’re part of the NAJ ‘StoreSafe’ scheme.

Logos and artwork are available in your members area to add to any other communications you may be posting whether through social media or via email to your customer database. It’s important you also host the HM Government ‘Be COVID-19 Secure’ poster on entry.

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Source: The NAJ