Mark One Training prides itself on providing five star training at our training centres across Essex run by a training team with over 80 combined years experience in the training industry.

Mark One Training started as a need to train our own staff in our parent businesses that provides powered access hire and tool hire. Starting off with one trainer we soon expanded to provide training to every type of business and now we have a team of trainers who can provide accredited training across a number of courses including IPAF, PASMA, First Aid, Forklift, Health and Safety and more.

We are happy to provide on-site training across the United Kingdom and we are happy to discuss any bespoke training requests to help with any training requirements that you may have.

Who are we?Meet the team

Our friendly and knowledgeable training team are here to make your experience with Mark One Training comfortable, informative and easy. They will be on hand to answer any questions that you may have about our training courses.

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Simon Old

Simon has worked at Mark One for over 12 years, originally as a driver, before moving into the training side of the business. He enjoys helping people of all abilities to achieve their goals and is a very patient and approachable instructor.

Qualifications currently held:
  • PTTLS Level 4
  • IPAF Instructor
  • Forklift Instructor
  • IOSH Managing Safely
  • Safety Passport Instructor
  • NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety
Courses currently taught:
  • IPAF
  • PASMA
  • Ladder and Stepladder
  • Working at Height
  • Forklift
  • Safety Harness
  • PAT
  • SPA Core Construction
  • SPA Petrol and Refresher
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LES SALMON

Les comes from a plant and construction background and has worked for Mark One since 2008. He has an extensive list of courses that he can cover.

Qualifications currently held:
  • PTTLS Level 3
  • QCF Level 3
  • IOSH Managing Safely
  • NUCO First Aid Instructor
  • IPAF Instructor
  • PASMA Instructor
  • City and Guilds Confined Spaces Level 2
  • BAF Abrasive Wheels
  • LANTRA Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross-Cutting
Courses currently taught:
  • IPAF
  • PASMA
  • Confined Space
  • Ladder and Stepladder
  • Working at Height
  • Abrasive Wheels
  • Cable Avoidance
  • Safety Harness
  • Manual Handling
  • Traffic Marshal
  • Chainsaw
  • First Aid
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MATT HEADLAM

Matt joined Mark One in 2016, he comes from a Hire background where he used to hire a variety of access equipment to customers, before moving over to Training. He enjoy’ s teaching delegates from different industries and backgrounds and hearing their own experiences in the workplace.

Qualifications currently held:
  • City and Guilds for Education and Training
  • IPAF Instructor
  • PASMA Instructor
  • BAF Abrasive Wheels
  • IOSH Managing Safely
  • Safety Passport Instructor
  • NEBOSH General Certificate
Courses currently taught:
  • Working at Height
  • Abrasive Wheels
  • Safety Harness
  • PAT
  • PASMA
  • IPAF
  • Manual Handling
  • Ladder and Stepladder Training
  • SPA Core Construction
  • SPA Petrol and Refresher
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STEVE JONES

Steve started working for Mark One in 2005. After 3 years he trained to become an instructor. Steve finds it very rewarding when training delegates who are inexperienced or nervous and they achieve the level required. He, also, enjoys learning information from delegates when they share experiences relevant to the subject being taught.

Qualifications currently held:
  • PTTLS Level 4
  • QCF Level 3
  • IOSH Managing Safely
  • NUCO First Aid Instructor
  • IPAF Instructor
  • PASMA Instructor
  • City and Guilds Confined Spaces Level 2
Courses currently taught:
  • IPAF
  • PASMA
  • Confined Space
  • Cable Avoidance
  • Ladder and Stepladder
  • Working at Height
  • Safety Harness
  • Traffic Marshal
  • First Aid
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BILL PURKISS

Billy Joined Mark One in 2020, with an original background in banking. He made a move over to Mark 1 Hire with the goal of becoming a trainer. Now, having achieved this, Billy enjoys sharing his knowledge, experiences, and techniques with delegates to help them continue to work in a safe and effective way.

Qualifications currently held:
  • AET (Award in Education & Teaching) Level 3
  • IOSH managing safely
  • PASMA Instructor
  • BAF Abrasive Wheels
Courses currently taught:
  • PASMA
  • FORKLIFT
  • ABRASIVE WHEELS
  • WORKING AT HEIGHT
  • HARNESS
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WENDY TIPPER

Wendy joined the Team in May 2015 to help cover the additional workload within our Training Department, before progressing on to her current position.

Training Manager
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Samantha Rawlinson

Joined the team in July 2021 to help cover the additional workload within our Training Department.

Training Office Administrator
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Kyly Ballinger

Joined the team in July 2022 to help cover the additional workload within our Training Department.

Training Office Administrator

Ready to get started today?

Explore our wide range of courses and book online with our simple and easy to use booking system. If you need a course run on-site or would like us to run a bespoke course then contact our friendly training team who will be more than happy to help.

TestimonialsWhat our clients say

Don’t just take our word for it, see what our clients have said about their experience whilst training with Mark One.

"Great environment, well qualified instructors, I will 100% recommend the training centres to anyone. During this hard time they put everything in places to make the training centre safe and tidy and well sanitised. Each candidate’s temperature was taken before the training. Everything was absolutely spot on."

  • - Azeez Saliu

"I will recommend anybody to go to MARKONE Training. I did health and safety course. To be honest I had dificulty to spell, but Simon Old was very patient and helpful. I am very grateful. Thank you Mark 1 Training team!"

  • - Fatjon Shaba76

"The training sesions were proffesionally delivered in a comfortable environment. The instructor was very professional and welcoming. A really nice experience overall. I'd highly recommend it to anyone!"

  • - Marius Tudor

"I have a lot of training centres close to home, some just a few minutes from my house, despite this I'm more than happy to travel for over an hour from Kent to Southend to do my training with them as I feel the service you get from Mark One is second to none!"

  • - Adam Brown