PAUL Pitchell has joined Suffolk-based training firm WS Training as technical training manager.Mr Pitchell, 57, who lives in Felixstowe, is a former senior lecturer at Suffolk New College.

PAUL Pitchell has joined Suffolk-based training firm WS Training as technical training manager.

Mr Pitchell, 57, who lives in Felixstowe, is a former senior lecturer at Suffolk New College.

He will oversee programmes of apprenticeships and NVQs in engineering and manufacturing, and monitor trainees and assessors, and health and safety arrangements for learners at their work placements.

He has two teenaged daughters and enjoys table tennis and photography.