Irish health and safety training company Qualtec is seeking strategic partners across Europe to support the expansion of its bespoke healthcare, safety and compliance training services into new markets, as reported by Enterprise Europe Network, with Malta identified as an initial target market for international growth.

Founded in 1995, Qualtec specialises in instructor-level programmes and frontline staff training for the healthcare sector, covering Manual Handling, Patient Handling, First Aid, Cardiac First Response, Abrasive Wheels and Fire Safety. The company has successfully trained more than 10,000 instructors since its establishment.

Qualtec holds a distinct competitive position as the only organisation with Malta Further and Higher Education Authority approval for bespoke Manual Handling Instructor and Patient Handling Instructor programmes, providing a level of quality assurance and regulatory recognition not available from competing providers in the market.

The company became one of the first centres in Ireland approved in 2008 to deliver Level 6 Manual Handling and People Moving Instructor programmes, and in 2017 became one of the first approved to deliver the new First Aid Responder Instructor courses nationally.

Alongside instructor training, Qualtec delivers a comprehensive suite of healthcare e-learning courses through a bespoke Learning Management System. Over the past year, more than 700 CareMalta staff have completed training in areas including infection control, food hygiene, management of aggression and violence, tissue viability and manual and patient handling.

The company currently supports hospitals including Karin Grech and St Vincent de Paul Residence in Malta, where trained instructors deliver manual and patient handling training on site, demonstrating an established operational presence in the market it is now seeking to deepen through formal partnerships.

The blended model combining train-the-trainer programmes and digital learning is designed to help healthcare organisations build in-house training capability, reduce reliance on external providers and maintain mandatory compliance standards in high staff-turnover environments.

Ideal partners are expected to assist with market intelligence, stakeholder identification, engagement strategy validation and the assessment of procurement arrangements across hospitals, care homes, clinics and other healthcare providers in target markets.