British Institute of Innkeeping and CPL Training reveal new alliance
The partnership, which was first flagged to the market in May by BII CEO Tim Hulme, will see the two organisations combine forces on new training qualifications, training delivery methods such as new e-learning platforms, and educational aids.
The first project to go to market is a jointly produced licensing course handbook – an ultimate guide – aimed at Personal Licence Holders in Scotland. This includes individuals who are studying for their first licence qualification plus all existing licence holders, who, because of new laws are now required to take refresher training before 2015.
In addition to the handbook, the two organisations have also produced a range of tutor support materials which will be available to all BIIAB centres to download, free of charge.
And in addition the two organisations are already working on the development of a new e-learning platform for BII’s Pre-Entry Awareness Training programme, PEAT.
BII chief executive Tim Hulme said: “As part of the transformation of the BII, we are upgrading all products, the first of which is PEAT. In partnership with industry, the content of PEAT has been vastly improved and fundamentally underpins what is set out in the industry code of practice. The new PEAT will be available from October 2013 and as a result of our alliance with CPL, their technical expertise has underpinned the BII technical role.”
Daniel Davies, CEO of CPL, added: “PEAT is an exciting collaborative project for CPL and BII because it is mandatory training for those wishing to take on a lease or tenancy.
“This is the first step in the development of a complete e-learning solution which will make available a suite of e-learning courses to the whole of the licensed retail sector. These courses will cover a range of subjects including compliance and due diligence issues such as age verification, craft training in things like coffee skills and the perfect serve, as well as ‘soft skills’ such as customer service.”
