COLLEAGUES at a North Yorkshire electronics company have celebrated achieving their NVQ qualifications in procurement.

Jane Cowper, Sara Elsworth and Julia Robinson, of GSPK Electronics Ltd, attended a special ceremony at their headquarters at the GSPK Technology Park in Knaresborough.

Sarah and Julia attained NVQ 2 and Jane attained NVQ level three after studying their subject for 18 months.

GSPK Electronics regularly calculates staff training needs through assessments and appraisals from which training schedules are drawn up.

Anne Quinn, human resources manager for GSPK Electronics, said: "The market is constantly changing and as a result, we encourage our colleagues to procure stock and control inventory in a timely, efficient and cost effective manner for the benefit of customers. Training therefore is a priority."

Updated: 11:33 Thursday, October 28, 2004