Welcome to ProGuard Training

Sean is the Managing Director of ProGuard Training and founder of ProGuard Consulting. As a Chartered Member of IOSH (CMIOSH), Sean brings extensive experience across construction, industrial, and high-risk operational environments.

He established ProGuard Training to deliver structured, competence-led plant and industrial training that strengthens real-world safety performance. Sean ensures all programmes are aligned to operational risk, professional standards, and the practical demands of live working environments across the North West, North Wales, and beyond.

 Jess oversees the day-to-day operations of ProGuard Consulting and ProGuard Training, ensuring services are delivered efficiently and professionally to clients.

With a teaching degree and over 18 years of experience in special needs education, Jess brings strong expertise in structured learning and communication. She is also a qualified Train the Trainer instructor in safe handling techniques for children. Jess now applies these skills to support the organisation, coordination, and delivery of ProGuard’s training and consultancy services across the North West, North Wales, and beyond.

Jason brings a strong background in rail special projects, plant operations, safety training, and facilities management across the UK. He is NEBOSH qualified, holds certification in LOLER inspection, and has over 10 years’ experience as an ITSSAR qualified instructor, delivering plant and industrial training across a range of operational environments.

With a genuine passion for health and safety, Jason is committed to developing operator competence and supporting safe working practices. He continues to apply his knowledge to new projects while furthering his professional development within the industry.

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We are not a standalone “course provider.”
We are part of a wider safety and risk consultancy.

This means:

• Structured thinking
   
• Governance awareness
   
• Operational risk understanding
   
• Safety culture integration
   

Training is delivered within a broader risk management context.

We assess:

• Safe equipment control
   
• Load stability
   
• Reversing discipline
   
• Communication during lifting
   
• Awareness of exclusion zones
   

We focus on whether operators are genuinely safe-  not just whether they attended.

Where appropriate, training is delivered on-site using your equipment and aligned to:

• Traffic management plans
   
• Pedestrian segregation
   
• Lift planning
   
• Ground condition risk
   
• Site-specific hazards
   

This ensures direct operational relevance.

We provide structured records that support:

• Training matrices
   
• Competence registers
   
• Contractor audits
   
• Internal assurance processes
   

Professional documentation matters.

We operate primarily across the North West and North Wales, providing responsive and flexible delivery.

For multi-site organisations, we can support structured programmes across the UK.

Our training is designed to reduce the types of incidents that carry serious consequences:

• Plant collisions
   
• Reversing incidents
   
• Dropped loads
   
• Struck-by events
   
• Falls from height
   
• Lifting failures

We are committed to raising the standard of industrial training- not by adding complexity, but by strengthening competence.

If you require plant and industrial training delivered professionally, structured clearly, and aligned to operational risk control, ProGuard Training provides that capability.