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About Our Service
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About Us
30th April 2007
We have 8 Strategic Objectives, which are driven
by the demands of central government, local politicians and
customer demands. These are:
To take action in Oldham now to:
1. Prevent people being the victims of commercial crime in
their own home;
2. Disrupt traders operating in the informal economy;
3. Prevent harm to children and nuisance caused by young
people from access to restricted goods;
4. Promote social responsibility in licensed premises;
5. Ensure safe passenger journeys, in safe high quality
licensed vehicles with safe licensed drivers;
6. Ensure fair competition through goods and services being
accurately measured, correctly described and priced;
7. Prevent unsafe goods from entering the market place; and
8. Ensure informed and reliable food choices for consumers.
Click here to view the
leaflet- The Role of The Trading Standards and Licensing
Service.
Strategic Priorities
Every 6 months, we produce a document identifying the
Strategic Priorities for the service. This
document sets out what we have done and are planning to do
to further our 8 strategic objectives (shown above).
It includes information on the outcome of planned operations
and our proposed projects for the coming 6 months.
The document is based upon the National Intelligence Model
and fits with the Greater Manchester Against Crime Business
Partnership Model, which is available at
www.gmac.org.uk.
Listed below are the Strategic Documents for the last
12 months;
Click here to see the Strategic Priorities for April - September 2009 (PDF)
Click here to see the Strategic Assessment for October 2008 - March 2009 (PDF)
Consultation and what you told us
20th July 2007
We continuously monitor our performance for both consumers
and businesses and report on these once every 6 months.
Our latest report is available below.
Consumer Satisfaction Survey November 2006 (PDF)
Business Satisfaction Survey November 2006 (PDF)
Performance
Every year we produce an annual Service Improvement Plan
(SIP), in addition to our activity plans in our Strategic
Assessments (see above). The SIP is used to show major
areas of improvement and development planned for the service
during the year. This information is supported by
performance results, such as our score at Best Value
Performance Indicators set by central government.
These performance results are used to establish whether we
are performing well as a Council under the Comprehensive
Performance Assessment- for more info see
www.oldham.gov.uk/cpa2004.
2007/2008
Click here for our BVPI 166b Assessment 2007/2008
What We Cost
The budget for 2007/8 has been set and stands at a cash limited budget of £721,844. This compares to a budget of £704,600 for 2006/7 meaning a net increase of 2.4%, principally as a result of the implementation of the Gowers Review on Intellectual property enforcement. The budget consists of net expenditure of £1,692,693 and net income of £970,849.
Click here to view chart showing group expenditure (PDF)
Click here to view chart
showing group income (PDF)
The cost per head of population in terms of overall taxation
is £3.32, which is the equivalent of just £2.63 for each
Band D Council Tax payer.
This will be a very challenging budget year for 2007/2008.
During the year, it will be necessary to negotiate for
budget settlements for 2009/10 to 2010/11.
Satisfied with our Service?
If one of our staff has exceeded your expectations- then
we would be delighted to know about it- please send your
compliments to the Trading Standards and Licensing, North
House, 130 Rochdale Road, Oldham, OL1 2LA.
On the other hand, if we have fallen below your expectation-
then we would also like to know about it- please send your
complaint to Trading Standards and Licensing, North House,
130 Rochdale Road, Oldham, OL1 2LA. If we then fail to
rectify you complaint you can make use of the Council's
corporate complaints procedure via
www.oldham.gov.uk/contact_us.htm.
Contacting Us
Trading Standards and Licensing,
North House,
130
Rochdale Road,
Oldham,
OL1 2JA.
Trading Standards Licensing
Tel: 0161 770 3470
0161 770 4730
Fax: 0161 770 3481
0161 770 4481
Email: tradingstandards@oldham.gov.uk licensing@oldham.gov.uk
Careers in the Trading Standards & Licensing Service
We employ a wide range of professionals including Trading
Standards
Officers,
Licensing Officers, Intelligence Officers and Support
Officers.
Each person has a dedicated career structure and we support
continuing personal and professional development.
We have the following career vacancies in Oldham.
VACANCIES
NO CURRENT VACANCIES
INFORMATION PACKS
We have also produced a series of information packs about
careers in our Service.
Please
click here to view the Trading Standards Competency
Framework.
Trainee Trading Standards Officers – this information pack sets out how to train to become a Trading Standards Officer, including career paths through school and university and sponsorship opportunities that we provide to support you through training.
We pay between £13,854 and £17,985 (pro rata) whilst you are training and have an unrivalled University Support Package, including payment of your tuition fees, for more information, click on the information below.
Operational Support Officers – we employ various operational support staff, including intelligence officers, technicians, licensing assistants and group support. This information pack sets out our four level competency scheme – entry, competent, senior and advanced.
We pay between £14,787 and £22,293 for our Operational Support Officers depending upon your level of qualification and competence.
Information Pack [to follow]
Job Descriptions [to follow]
Person Specifications [to follow]
Trading Standards Officers – all of our qualified officers working in Trading Standards are called “Trading Standards Officers” (we have abolished the old titles of Fair Trading or Enforcement Officer). This information pack sets out our four level competency scheme – entry, competent, senior and advanced.
We pay between £20,895 and £33,315 for Trading Standards
Officers depending upon your level of qualification and
competence. For more information, click on the information
below.
Licensing Officers – This information pack sets out our four level competency scheme for Licensing Officers – entry, competent, senior and advanced.
We pay between £20,895 and £33,315 for Licensing Officers
depending upon your level of qualification and competence.
Principal Officers – we have four Principal Officers in the service covering Commercial Conduct, Business Standards & Quality, Licensing and Partnership & Intelligence.
We pay between £32,487 and £34,986 for our Principal
Officers. For more information, click on the links below.
Enforcement and Prosecutions Policy
Please click on the links below to download a copy of the Enforcement or Prosecutions Policy.
