Meet Our Team
Our staff are highly qualified with years of relevant experience to match and it is this combined with industry specific knowledge that makes them such capable trainers.
They have been selected not only for their qualifications and experience but also for their ethos, attention to detail and professionalism.
After a civil engineering degree and short time as a site engineer for a large national civil engineering contractor Alistair returned to his native Northumberland to work in the outdoors. He began his outdoor training career with a management development company before becoming a freelance instructor and then finally managing a small outdoor centre.
Alistair started NPT in 2010 with the aim of applying the same high quality delivery he had experienced in the management development sector to first aid and workplace training. He has been involved in the design and delivery of training programmes and events for a wide range of organisations including; Nissan, Unipres, Accenture, Glaxo Smithkline, Argos, London Underground, Astra Zeneca, Ineos, Northern Rock and Builders Centre.
He has been a qualified first aider for approximately 22 years. He has been a rescue team member for 21 years and is currently medical officer for Cumbria Ore Mines Rescue Unit (COMRU), a technical rescue unit in Cumbria specialising in underground rescue and casualty care.
- BEng (hons) Civil & Environmental Engineering
- First Aid at Work
- MREW Casualty Care Certificate
- First Response Emergency Care (FREC) – Level 4
- ITC First Aid Trainer
- PTTLS – Level 4
- NVQ Level 3 – Training & Development
- NVQ Level 3 – Outdoor Education, Development Training & Recreation
- LCMLA Level 2 Mine & Cave Leader
- Cave Instructor Certificate Training
- MLTE Summer Mountain Leader Award
- MLTE Single Pitch Award
- UKCC 4 Star Open Canoe Leader
- BCU Level 2 Canoe Coach
Our Valuable Team Members
Ian has spent a number of years in a variety of training and development roles. He has a proven track record in getting the best from people, helping them to excel in everything they do.
He is also a member of North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team.
In his spare time he enjoys mountaineering and rock and ice climbing. He is also a PADI qualified advanced open water and rescue diver.
- LLB Law Degree (Honours)
- A1 Assessors Award
- NVQ Advice & Guidance – Level 3
- PTLLS Qualification – Level 4
- First Aid at Work
- ITC First Aid Trainer
- MREW Casualty Care Certificate
- First Response Emergency Care (FREC) – Level 4
- PADI Rescue Diver Certification
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Certification
Paul has been a first aid trainer for a number of years and has worked throughout the UK for a wide variety of clients. His specialism is rural and remote businesses particularly environmental organisations and ecology businesses.
He provides Internal Quality Assurance services to a number of businesses and is currently in the process of qualifying as an External Quality Assurer.
Paul is a deputy team leader for Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team.
- MREW Casualty Care Certificate
- BASP Emergency Medical Technician
- Advanced First Aid
- ITC Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice
- Mental Health First Aid
- Defra Level 5 Water Incident Manager
- Defra Level 3 Swift Water Rescue Technician
- A1 Assessor & Internal Verifier Award
- Certificate of Education
Joanna deals with enquiries to the NPT office when the trainers are otherwise engaged delivering training or meeting clients.
She is also largely responsible for inputting candidate data to generate certificates and training records for our clients.
Another native Northumbrian Richard completed a degree in Biotechnology and then worked for DEFRA for a short while before returning to university to study Medicine. He has recently taken up a post as an Anaesthetic Registrar working for the Northern Deanery across several hospitals in the north east.
He has a particular interest in high altitude medicine and was a member of the medical team on the Caudwell Extreme Everest Expedition
- Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS)- Nottingham University
- BMedSci
- BSc