Powering up the national grids training portal

National Grid lies at the very heart of a transforming energy system, spanning across both the UK and the US. They supply gas and electricity safely, reliably and efficiently to millions of customers and communities. They drive change through engineering innovation by incubating new ideas that have the power to revolutionise the Industry.

We were asked to build National Grid an employee training portal on the Umbraco CMS. They wanted a new system to act as a virtual learning environment for all of their staff members. The main aim of this build was to allow staff members to excel and progress their skills within their areas of expertise by receiving coaching via a new portal.

National Grid required a fresh new system to meet new requirements. This included automating progression for staff members, increased data as well as running reports. Not only did the system need to be up to date and easy to use, but also featured a way for coaches to communicate with employees and set up events.

From the list of requirements, a brand new system that implemented all the features they asked for was built. It included notifications for employees, a coach area to improve skill levels and improved reporting so the staff can see their growth. All of these were built around a new central hub that allows access to new training videos where coaches can set up individual teaching event invitations as well as a portal to set up online tests.

National Grid now has full use of a much more user-friendly system that provides them more information on their employees' skill levels and allows their team to be able to see firsthand their progression within the company.

After creating the new employee portal, we introduced our ongoing Umbraco Support services to ensure the site stayed in top form, performing just as they envisioned.