This year brought a welcome return to our very popular Trade Awareness Courses (TACs). Our first TAC since 2019 took place in May around Hull and the Humber area and was very well received.
All the host companies made us feel most welcome and provided very informative tours which were thoroughly enjoyed by all. The visits covered vastly differing aspects of our industry from goat kids and piglets to a large site dealing with the recycling of waste cooking oil and food. We were also fortunate to be able to see the storage and transport of various raw materials with some of the delegates taking the opportunity to witness at close quarters the loading of a grain ship in the Humber.
The delegates ranged from new starters in their first months of employment to those with several years of experience. Lead chaperone, Angela Sutherby commented how lovely it was to see these courses up and running once again. It was especially pleasing to see so many young people who were new to the industry getting on so well with each other and making acquaintances which should prove beneficial as their careers progress.
Angela and the rest of the Executive Committee would like to thank everyone who attended the course and helped to make it such a success. Special thanks go to all the companies that supported the course by either sending delegates or allowing us to visit their premises, we really appreciate the amount of valuable time and effort that these visits take.
