Meet the Clifford College Team

Christine Haycocks

Member of the management team with the responsibilities of the head of quality, Ofsted nominee and designated safeguarding lead.
36 years in work-based training managing the quality delivery of government funded and private training. Delivering assessor, internal quality assurance, teaching, learning and development, advice and guidance, equality and diversity and English qualifications.
Managing the quality delivery of apprenticeships, staff recruitment, supervision and development. Leading on safeguarding, ensuring compliance with the Education and Skills Funding Agency requirements, the Register of Training Providers contractual commitments and preparing for and leading on Ofsted inspections.

Richard Sands

Richard started his career with Barlows Electrical in 1999 completing an apprenticeship with the company learning the industry skills to progress.
He qualified as an electrician and went on to complete the 2391 testing and inspection course within the first year of qualifying.
Richard joined the training team in 2012 and has since qualified as an assessor, IQA and completed his teaching qualification. Richard is now head of training at Clifford College and continues to train and assess with the team.

David Barber

Worked in the electrical industry for over thirty years which has included jobs as and electric motor rewinder, industrial electrician, instrumentation technician for a chemical manufacturer, self employed electrical contractor and electrical installation lecturer.
Previous experience includes being a college lecturer for twelve years.
I now teach apprentices, which allows me to pass on the skills I have learnt over the years and give something back into the industry I chose for my career so many years ago.

Karl Simmonds

Karl Simmonds upon becoming a Qualified Electrician began working as industrial electrician across the Northwest contracting on large projects.
An interest in renewable energy Karl worked installing and project managing solar projects across the UK.
15 years in the the education sector working will full time 16-19 year olds and apprenticeship programs, graduated with the certificate of education in 2019 at Wolverhampton University.
Goal to make a difference with the new generation of electricians with goal setting ambition and innovative ideas embracing the change that technology provides.