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The Institute's TPMA Service - your Trainer Quality Benchmark


In a ground breaking move following extensive research and development, as well as extensive consultation with members through various Focus Groups and Conference sessions, the Institute of IT Training (IITT) has launched a nationwide programme to upgrade and monitor the performance quality of trainers of all disciplines - irrespective of the content they teach.


'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.


'Consequently, the Institute of IT Training has launched the IITT Trainer Performance Monitoring & Assessment service (TPMA) which will help you achieve just that, and as each organisation has very different requirements, there are a number of options available.'


This unique monitoring and assessment service, which is authorised, governed and monitored by the IITT and the BCS, 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.


The service is designed to be cost effective; you may already have an in-house train the trainer course that you would like us to map against our national standards. By ensuring your trainers are adequately assessed and monitored within your own programme, the IITT can authorise this and subsequently provide joint IITT/BCS Certification for your own trainers.


This new trainer certificate - 'Institute Certified Training Practitioner' - is a joint award from the IITT and BCS.


Should you wish to be able to assess your trainers to this standard in-house, the new IITT TPMA service will also enable you to do this.



The National Training Standards



The Institute of IT Training has since 1995 been successfully working with its members in raising the standards of training. In the past, it ensured that members were certified to at least Level 3 equivalent standards but has been working closely with national Sector Skills Councils and Awarding Bodies, including the BCS, to update the quality requirements for training provision to modern standards.


Following its extensive programme of research and development, the IITT has brought together national, BCS (ACTT) and IITT standards to create a best of breed, de facto standard for trainers, tutors and teachers of all disciplines, whether they are IT trainers, L&D; trainers, tutors or educational teachers. The IITT believes this will significantly upgrade the standards of performance of training delivery for the entire training and teaching profession.


This provision allows for a clear industry wide set of standards suitable for all trainers, whether they are trainers, tutors or teachers, whatever their discipline, irrespective of the teaching content.



Why assess the performance of your trainers?



The IITT strongly believes that today's Training Manager, irrespective of the type of organisation, must ensure that:

  • the quality of all training is performed and monitored to the highest quality standards which are aligned to national standards on the Qualifications & Credit Framework

  • learners actually acquire a sound learning experience and that the learning acquired is able to be applied to the learner's workplace

  • all training delivery is consistent and is regularly monitored for quality across the organisation.

To facilitate this, it is imperative that each trainer is assessed in a live environment on a regular basis and that each assessment aligns to national standards and is then linked to each candidate's Continual Professional Development (CPD). This also can, and should, be linked to the individual's Appraisal process and annual CPD.


'The IITT strongly believes that the true way to judge the ongoing quality of performance and that a regular, live, independently governed assessment is the only way to ensure that every training professional:

  • Facilitates/delivers learning to the National Standards benchmark

  • Receives objective guidance on potential improvement and developmental activity which should link to individual's appraisals

  • Provides the employer with an objective benchmark to monitor the performance and quality of all trainers and the learning for all employees

  • Holds a Level 3/4 Award nationally recognised on the Qualifications & Credit Framework

  • Achieves professional membership of the Institute of IT Training, with post nominal letters after their name.