About Us
Meet Our Team!
Cathy Gladwin
Angelika Zaborowska
STC Academy
Kristy Ozolina
Marzena Nawara
Q Technical Consultancy
Eleanor Hayes
Sonia André
Oskar Zaborowski
Stephanie Stannard
Chisala Ngandwe
The STC Academy Helps Food & Packaging Industries Improve Productivity and Achieve BRCGS and GFSI Product Safety Requirements
We’re proud to announce our work with food and packaging industries around the world to achieve, exceed and then maintain their BRCGS and GFSI product safety requirements.
STC Academy has been successfully providing specialist training services since 2015, to help these industries reach their goals. Our customers trust us to deliver results, and this has led to repeat business and excellent reviews.
Our team of trainers and auditors have extensive experience in various food product categories as well as High risk and High care requirements, we’re experienced in auditing and train not only sites, but also auditors and staff at certification bodies. We know and are specialists in, the various applicable standards, so we understand the importance of meeting BRCGS and GFSI product safety requirements.
We are committed to helping our customers succeed and are proud to be able to provide them with the tools and resources they need to do so. we do this by offering training such as BRCGS Food Safety Lead Auditor and Lean 6 Sigma Black Belt training through our Partners, as well as a variety of other courses including the most enjoyable and beneficial personal development Train the Trainer, Speaking & Presenting Skills course. Our team of BRCGS Approved training Partners (ATP’s), are also Approved Virtual Trainers (AVT’s) and we are a Highfield Approved training centre. Therefore, your training options are comprehensive!
We offer Instructor Led training virtually via Zoom, and also have classroom locations around the UK. There are also eLearning options, for you to complete training in your own time. Contact us at academy@1stc.uk to find what you need, we’re dedicated to providing the highest quality of service and we strive to exceed your expectations, because quite honestly, we care!
So more specifically, who are we?
We're Committed!
- Located in Norfolk primarily but with trainers and auditors located around the country.
- We are quite capable of working anywhere in the country (and won’t charge a fortune to get to you).
- Trainers - we love to impart best practice and help you to attain the knowledge and ways of working that you need in all the subjects and fields shown on our Home page
- A resource to you, flexible – as and when you need us.
- STC is a proud member of the SME Climate Hub, a global initiative that empowers small to medium sized companies to take climate action and build more resilient businesses. Through the SME Climate Hub, we commit to lowering our impact on the environment through authentic action, halving our emissions by 2030. In making the commitment, we have joined the United Nations Race to Zero campaign.
STC Academy Mission Statement
We make qualifications affordable.
🌿Regardless of who you are or where you are, qualifications are not just for higher paid roles or for those working for large companies.
🌿We care about everyone getting the training they need and if you’re self-funding, you should still have affordable options.
🌿We make sure that we’re the most competitively priced training provider, while still bringing you the outstanding quality of training you expect.
We develop people.
🌿We believe that everyone has the potential to learn and grow.
🌿We are committed to providing training and development opportunities that help people reach their full potential.
🌿We do this by providing a variety of training courses and are only too pleased to guide you to the qualification you really need, even if it means less income to us.
We support sites.
🌿We work with sites to help them improve their performance.
🌿We do this by helping sites to identify and address their training needs, develop training plans, and implement training programs to support staff development and improve business cultures.
We serve our customers.
🌿Our customers are primarily food and packaging manufacturers, storage & distribution businesses, agents and brokers, certification bodies, consultants and auditors.
🌿We are committed to providing our customers with the best possible service.
🌿We do this by understanding their needs, providing them with the training and development they need, and working with them to achieve their goals.
Our core values are defined by the LEAF in our logo.
🌿Learn: We applaud & support lifelong learners & strive to grow.
🌿Effective: We do our absolute best for our customers, colleagues & partners.
🌿Advance: We strive to continuously innovate & improve.
🌿Focus: Our support will benefit the client both now & in the long term.
Our Vision.
🌿To be the leading provider of training services, of exceptional value.
🌿To make a memorable and positive impact on everyone we interact with.
🌿To help our customers grow and achieve their goals.
