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Train and Certify Limited is delighted to announce that four members of its professional services team have now been certified as TPMA assessors by the IITT.
Following a rigorous three day programme with the Institute, Tahir Zubair, David Levey, Stewart Dawes and Adrian Ince have each been trained and approved to assess the TPMA qualification on behalf of the IITT.
Tahir Zubair, Training Director, today said “This is great news for Train and Certify and affirms our commitment to the TPMA programme. We will be offering assessment sessions with immediate effect, and our Train the Trainer course, specifically written for and mapped to the programme, will be available from February.”
Further information about Train and Certify Limited and their training and assessment programme can be found on their website, www.trainandcertify.co.uk
The first organisations to be approved IITT Authorised Qualification & Assessment Centres have been announced by the Institute of IT Training today.
Train and Certify Limited is one of the first companies to gain approval to become an IITT Approved Centre.
The Trainer Performance Monitoring and Assessment Service, which is authorised, governed and monitored by the IITT, is a record of the training professional’s quality of performance in a live environment aligned to national standards – a real quality benchmark of your trainers.
Adrian Ince, Managing Director of Train and Certify Limited commented “We are pleased to be able to demonstrate our 100% commitment to the Trainer Performance Monitoring and Assessment programme by being one of the first centres appointed.”
Train and Certify will identify four assessors to be certified by the IITT, and have specifically written a Train the Trainer course to map onto the TPMA standards. Training will include assessment of all delegates, and assessment only sessions will also be scheduled.
You can read the full IITT press release here.
In an open letter published in the national press today a coalition of the UK’s most senior businessmen and union leaders called on UK employers not to slash staff training in a bid to cut costs as the effects of the recession are felt.
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) chairman Sir Mike Rake together with Sir Stuart Rose, Chairman of Marks & Spencer and Business in the Community, Mervyn Davies, Chairman of Standard Chartered plc, Richard Lambert, Director General of the CBI, and Brendan Barber, General Secretary of the TUC, urge employers to sustain or even increase their investment in training, saying: “Now is precisely the time to keep investing in the skills and talents of our people. It is the people we employ who will get us through. When markets are shrinking and order books falling, it is their commitment, productivity and ability to add value that will keep us competitive. Investing now in building new skills will put us in the strongest position as the economy recovers.”
You can read the UKCES press release here.
The Institute of IT Training today announced the launch of its new Trainer Performance Monitoring & Assessment Service (TPMA) programme.
‘The role of the trainer is constantly changing and evolving,” explained the IITT’s chief executive Colin Steed.
‘The Institute of IT Training has recognised the need for training managers to become empowered to assess, monitor and benchmark the performance of their own trainers, the outcome of which is contributory to the achievement of an accredited qualification, as recognised on the Qualifications and Credit Framework.”
Trainers will be assessed in a live environment by organisations appointed by the IITT.
Trainers are scored using Key Performance Indicators against each of the 10 Competency Measures. This allows measurement of each trainer’s performance and development, setting benchmarks for trainers and highlighting areas for development. Key Development Indicators outline areas for improvement, and can be used as part of an organisation’s appraisal process.
The assessors report can be used to obtain the IITT Certified Trainer Certificate and an optional National Award (PTLLS). This nationally-recognised Award, through the Qualifications Credit Framework, is portable.
To find out more, read the full IITT press release.
Volkswagen UK Limited have created a nationwide network of parts distribution outlets throughout the UK; this comprises 57 Trade Parts Specialist (TPS) centres, dedicated to supplying genuine Audi, SEAT, Skoda and Volkswagen parts to meet the needs of independent motor repairers and bodyshops.
To support the network of distribution outlets Volkswagen UK Limited commissioned motiveAuto, an SAP ERP reseller, to provide a software solution to meet the demands of a busy logistics outlet.
Having created the solution, the next task was to train the 500 staff that would be using the solution.
We identified that there were five key roles on the TPS sites, and created five structured specific role based courses, along with supporting documentation.
Our team of TAP certified trainers started the training delivery phase of the project, incorporating best practice and change management in the course, successfully delivered SAP training courses to all the TPS staff, along with some specific bespoke training courses for the Volkswagen UK head office staff.
The Train and Certify team also delivered training to VW’s internal training team in order that they can continue to meet the ongoing training needs of the TPS network.
Tahir Zubair, Training Director of Train and Certify, said “The ability to delivery structured objective and motivational training course contributed considerably to the success of the implementation.”
