Experience

Society for the Environment (SocEnv)

• United Kingdom
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Licence Reviewer

  • Mar 2020 - Present



Alastair Taylor

• Freelance Specialist

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  Involved in a range of activities including revisions to the Engineering Council UK standards for approving and accreditation of qualifications and apprenticeships. Freelance writing including articles forvtge IAGRE Journal and a report on Agricultural Engineering in Africa for the Pan African Society of Agricultural Engineers. Involved in a range of activities including revisions to the Engineering Council UK standards for approving and accreditation of qualifications and apprenticeships. Freelance writing including articles forvtge IAGRE Journal and a report on Agricultural Engineering in Africa for the Pan African Society of Agricultural Engineers.



Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAGRE)

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Oct 2013 - Sep 2019

  The IAgrE is the professional body for engineers, scientists, technologists and managers in agricultural and allied land based industries, including forestry, food engineering and technology, amenity, renewable energy, horticulture and the environment.The institution promotes professionalism and membership with provision for EngTech, IEng, CEng and CEnv. We administer the Land-based Technician Accreditation and ParlourSafe schemes.As CEO, I look after day to day operations, promoting the profession, maintaining the Engineering Council and Society for the Environment licenses, oversight of journals and publications, and networking across the land-based engineering sector.



Greendale Learning & Development Limited

• Freelance Specialist - Learning and Skills

  • Jan 2010 - Sep 2019

  Alastair Taylor runs Greendale Learning and Development (GLAD Ltd) alongside his other current position. GLAD Ltd deals with quality improvement services for the UK Education, Learning and Skills sector and draws upon the experience and skills of Alastair Taylor who has more than 25 years experince in the Learning and Skills Sector as a senior manager and as a former full-time inspector. Greendale Learning and Developments specialises in:> Quality Improvement for Learning and Skills> Self-assessment Preparation and Validation> Ofsted Inspection Preperataion> Staff Development and Training> Equality and Diversity> Work-based Learning> Mentoring and Peer Support> Designing training programmes> Training for the Land-based Engineering Industry> Training in the Railway IndustryCustomers include:> Serco, Tribal, CfBTas an Ofsted Additional Inspector> Various Land-based colleges> Various GFE and Sixth Form Colleges> Various work-based learning providers.> Story Group (Rail)> Amtrain (Rail)



Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning

• CAVTL Commissioner

  • Jun 2012 - Jul 2013

  The aim of the independent Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning is to raise the quality, and improve the outcomes and impact, of adult vocational teaching and learning in the further education and skills sector for learners and employers. This involves: > articulating the features of a good or outstanding programme of vocational learning for an adult, wherever it is delivered including the workplace;> an appraisal of the range of pedagogical approaches to adult vocational teaching and training, reflecting the diversity of adult learners’ and employers’ needs;> investigating the role of technology in supporting good or outstanding adult vocational teaching and learning;> creating a new national ‘movement’ to raise the quality of adult vocational teaching and learning by bringing together a wide range of stakeholders from industry, teaching training colleges, professional associations and practitioners in the further education and skills sector;> exploring how the best colleges and providers work with employers;



National Trust

• Midlands Regional Committee Member

  • Jul 2007 - Jun 2011

  Supporting the direction of the National Trust accross the Midlands region. Specialising in land and environmental affairs. Supporting the direction of the National Trust accross the Midlands region. Specialising in land and environmental affairs.



Hartpury University and Hartpury College

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Vice Principal & Director of Quality Improvement

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2009

  Responsible for the quality of Learning and Skills accross the college. Direction of Further Education, Employer Responsive and management of overall Quality Improvement. Preparation for Ofsted inspection. Nominee at November 2009 Ofsted inspection. Provided support as Consultant Director of Quality Improvment during 2010 supporting the self-assessment process and quality improvement plan. Responsible for the quality of Learning and Skills accross the college. Direction of Further Education, Employer Responsive and management of overall Quality Improvement. Preparation for Ofsted inspection. Nominee at November 2009 Ofsted inspection. Provided support as Consultant Director of Quality Improvment during 2010 supporting the self-assessment process and quality improvement plan.



Cultiva

• Executive Director

  • Apr 2006 - Dec 2008

  Executive Director of Cultiva Limited, leading a consortium comprising five leading specialist land-based colleges with a focus on joint project delivery and joint biding to deliver national and regional contracts. Successful management of the consortium including bids and tenders, events management, conferencing, marketing and publicity, management of joint working including quality improvement initiatives. Executive Director of Cultiva Limited, leading a consortium comprising five leading specialist land-based colleges with a focus on joint project delivery and joint biding to deliver national and regional contracts. Successful management of the consortium including bids and tenders, events management, conferencing, marketing and publicity, management of joint working including quality improvement initiatives.



Adult Learning Inspectorate

• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Inspector of Learning and Skills

  • 2001 - 2006

  Six years as Full-time Inspector with the Adult Learning Inspectorate and Training Standards Council. Substantial experience in leading inspections of work-based learning, Jobcentre Plus, learndirect, Further Education, Connexions, and commissioned work. Proven track record of managing teams of up to 30 inspectors on local, national and specialist inspections. Six years as Full-time Inspector with the Adult Learning Inspectorate and Training Standards Council. Substantial experience in leading inspections of work-based learning, Jobcentre Plus, learndirect, Further Education, Connexions, and commissioned work. Proven track record of managing teams of up to 30 inspectors on local, national and specialist inspections.



Reaseheath College

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Manager of Work-based Learning & Lecturer in Engineering

  • 1983 - 2000

  Seventeen years experience in further and higher education teaching engineering and technology subjects. A sequentially developed career which has included face to face teaching, programme management, curriculum management, the management and appraisal of staff teams, introducing quality assurance, employer engagement, preparation for inspection and nominee duties, implementing a quality improvement strategies. WBL and New Deal management. Seventeen years experience in further and higher education teaching engineering and technology subjects. A sequentially developed career which has included face to face teaching, programme management, curriculum management, the management and appraisal of staff teams, introducing quality assurance, employer engagement, preparation for inspection and nominee duties, implementing a quality improvement strategies. WBL and New Deal management.