NAMM is running a one-day (10am-4pm) Safety Inspection & Assessment of Memorials in Burial Grounds training course at its Training Centre at 1 Castle Mews, Rugby, on Wednesday 4 March.

The course is structured around the Ministry of Justice guidelines in ‘Managing the Safety of Burial Ground Memorials’. It will cover various aspects of memorial assessment, including understanding of different types of natural stone and memorial construction, investigating the impact of such considerations on safety. The important area of making safe will also be included.

The morning will be spent in the classroom and the afternoon will be spent in a local cemetery putting the theory into practice.

Those who wish to obtain a formal qualification in the ‘Safety Inspection & Assessment of Memorials’ can do so at a later date. A half-day assessment for that includes a written and a practical element. Successful candidates will be awarded the nationally accredited qualification of the NAMM City & Guilds NPTC Certificate of Competence for the Safety Inspection & Assessment of Memorials.

Course fee: NAMM Members £175 + VAT / Non Members £300 + VAT

NAMM C&G NPTC Assessment Fee for the qualification: £250 + VAT. (Assessment is offered to students who complete the NAMM Training only.)

For more information contact Janet Clarke, Administrator, at the National Association of Memorial Masons:
jandj@namm.org.uk / 01788 542264