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www.cpa.uk.net CPA Bulletin > November 2023 23 NEWS FROM CPA MEMBERS: 1 News from CPA Members To submit news for consideration for future issues of the CPA Bulletin, please email lisa @ lisacollinscommunications.co.uk GAP Recognised as Top Family Business Apprentice Employer Komatsu Offers 3DMachine Guidance GAP has earned recognition by Family Business United as one of the top Family Business Apprentice Employers in the UK. The company offers a range of apprenticeships, including Plant Mechanic Level 3 and Customer Service Level 2, and currently has 69 apprentices across the UK. Carly Scoular, Learning and Development Manager at GAP Hire Solutions said: “At GAP, we know that our company success is down to our people. For this reason, we are huge advocates of apprenticeships as this not only enhances our employee skill set but also provides an opportunity to join an award-winning organisation, with a guaranteed job once qualified. “We will continue to invest in apprenticeships in the future as we truly recognise this is the best way of recruiting new talent with fresh ideas and the potential to be part of the GAP Family for many years to come.” In other news, GAP has been awarded Gold Status for the Supply Chain School’s Plant Commitment Charter, and has also received the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Award for Fleet Safety. Komatsu has announced it will offer Smart Construction’s 3DMachine Guidance Kit as a simple and flexible technological enhancement for a broad range of standard Komatsu machines - a decade after launching its intelligent Machine Control (iMC). The 3D Machine Guidance Kit technology will be an available add-on for crawler and wheeled excavators of any brand from 13-tonnes to 120-tonnes. The kit also offers a wide range of configurations for machines across all generations. By purchasing an excavator with the 3D Machine Guidance Kit, customers will be able to operate their machines with 2D and 3D machine guidance. The 3D Machine Guidance Kit can be customised with various optional additions such as a tilt bucket and couplers kit, two-piece boom kit, super long front kit, and SATEL radio kit. These options allow the kit to better accommodate each customer’s machine configurations and operating conditions. “The 3D Machine Guidance Kit is the result of extensive efforts by Komatsu to deliver a truly user-friendly system, giving the operator a level of digital assistance whatever the requirement,” said Richard Clement, Deputy General Manager Smart Construction.