Soft Skills resources for Academy Providers Prospectus 2016

TRAINING RESOURCES AND COURSES FOR ACADEMY PROVIDERS

VOCATIONAL AND SOFTSKILLS GETTING YOU QUALIFIED IN DAYS NOT YEARS

PROSPECTUS 2016 - 2017

//FOUNDER & CEO

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iane Shawe, Founder, CEO, . Au th o r, Tra in e r, Co n su lta n t a n d E n tre p re n e u r h a s over 1 8 years experienc e in M an a g e me n t a n d Co n su lta tive w o rk , 1 0 ye a rs se lf

employment

experienc e, and 1 5 ye a rs e xp e rie n ce in tra in in g a f ie ld , D ian e h a s

personally t rained over 1 2 5 0 p e o p le a ro u n d Eu ro p e .

I am passionate about delivering the much needed soft skills training directly into the hands of adult learners so that they can have a chance

We have over 400 courses which are ready to go and also

to get a job, get a promotion or start a business.

customisable. Call us on 0203 551 2621

We know you can’t win, always needing to train

I would further like to share with you 8 of the top

staff or yourself, reduce your budget and up-skill people at all levels on an ongoing basis with no time to waste.

We specialise in delivering courses in three ways, online, intense workshops or home study.

By using mobile technology I can help enterprises speed up the introduction to mobile learning through our shared or white labelled solutions.

reasons why increasing numbers of companies are choosing to collaborate with us to help train their staff in the doing skills

Diane Shawe “The only thing worse than training people and having them leave, is not training them and having them stay”

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Academy of Virtual and Professional Training

AVPT is the only UK

What

Globally Accredited online,

employers, entrepreneurs

workshop and home study

and even some education-

based provider of over 390

al institutions do not have

Soft Skills courses which

in today’s current environ-

are ready to go, customisable

ment is time the n e ce s -

and can be corporately

sar y re so u rce s and the

branded. We are proud

infrastructure they need to

to introduce our cutting

support and achieve their

edge, proprietary online

learning objectives. Both

Learning

Management

our online and workshop

system and pre Personal

based courses are a cost

Training Needs Analysis

effective way to deliver

system.

and up-skill a wide cross

It takes an awful lot of time and effort to create a training course; Designing, researching, writing, and appropriately presenting it.

Especially difficult though, even more so is the time taken to create an on-line learning system to work fluently and securely with various technologies. We know this because we have done just this.

most

people,

section of our society. Designed to be student (user) centric and time sensitive.

We believe that online courses can save time, are easily scalable, reduced acquisition costs per person, measurable, provide a flexible virtual support system, less paper/ink (environmentally green!) and are generally less stressful owing to their user led flexibility!

How we do it 1. We understand your sector inside out - that is why our main focus is placed upon providing the highest quality training of your staff, in the shortest possible time and to ensure that every person who trains with us goes out more effective than when they came in.

2. We Are very flexible, student centric and time sensitive.

3. We Can help you with both compliance and accreditation issues.

4. Allow real time tracking, monitorng and measure staff progress and achievements.

5. Enables the up-skilling of receptionists through to board members.

6. Impressive lead times that can be delivered over different time scales to suit individual learning needs.

7. Each of your staff gets allocated a personal tutor to help them complete their online course.

8. Mobile phone and tablet compliant and secure with no advertising to suck up bandwidth.

9. We have immediate availability at the very last minute for a large number of effective tailored one day courses including social media marketing, building self esteem, information management, writing reports and proposals, minute taking, business marketing, leadership skills, sales & negotiation and much more!

10. We are CPD accredited by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority so we understand the challenges facing legal firms and what they need.

11. We are IAO accredited so certificates are recognised around the world.

Over 70% of people now access information using a mobile device. We can deliver up to date courses via any compliant mobile device that has broadband and internet access anywhere in the world.

Teaching using 21st Century pedagogy, AVPT educators must be student centric and for that reason all of our virtual teacher and workshop facilitators have been highly trained to create the most comprehensive training experience for individuals within our broader society. Effectively covering everyone’s individual learning style! Our courses will not only train them in soft skill but also help them to become technology fluent.

//JOBS OF THE FUTURE The traditional belief that we

impact skilled staff make to

must prepare ourselves to be

your bottom line , a lot of

‘employable’ is under threat.

the unemployed who could

The

argument

help them grow their business

encourages us to ‘gear up’ for

need soft skills training so they

earning our own money, rather

can add value to the small busi-

than seeing income as someone

nesses bottom line.

counter

else’s responsibility.With the population dramatically ageing and low-level jobs increasingly swallowed up by machinery , entrepreneurship will be a necessity for many, rather than a life-style choice for some.

I launched AVPT because I believe that soft skill training can help any person feed once they can prove that they have those skills necessary to earn a living, get promoted, get a job or start a business.

Smes are of course already l e a di n g th is charge but although you recognise the

BREAK IT DOWN

SPEEDY SUCCESS

Bite-sized chunks lead the way. Instead of a three-

The fact that most people struggle to absorb

year course, or long winded evening classes, enrol

information for more than 20 minutes, coupled with

at any time and carve the learning into foundation,

the micro app and social media way we consume

intermediate, advance and expert stages that

information now, has created a real case for the

mirror progress through your role to make training

short, sharp hit. All our online courses are for a

more manageable alongside work and life and aid

maximum of 4 weeks or you can learn on in a fast

the study itself. “We know people learn best when

track workshop environment.

they are motivated by the prospect of it ,”

New-wave training is undestandably keen to make the understandably keen to make the most of digital technology. For instance “We can update content in real time and quickly generate new courses in response to legislative changes. We

INDIVIDUAL APPROACH

had one student that logged on 539 times in 21 days to complete a four week course! With mobile technology she could dip in and out during her

Techniques that blend with an individual’s learning style

working day and at home!”

don’t stop there. Using Google translate, AVPT Courses are suitable where English is not the first language.Visually

For smes there’s no longer a worry of sabbaticals

impaired employees can use assisted technology to access

or

course content and all 450 courses (with the exception of

inclusively, alongside roles, making it the ideal way

it) are available as face-to-face workshops or online. Some

for business owners, as well as their staff, to upskill.

companies prefer staff to be trained collectively and person, but if the whole team needs to qualify quickly, scalable online works best.“Regardless of anyone’s challenges, We have crossed borders,” continues shawe .“Education is too focused on the institution, not the student. Real training will help them get a job, be promoted or start a business.”

disruption.

Skills

develop

gradually

and

ONLINE COUIRSES ALL COURSES ARE 4 WEEKS MAXIMUM ALL COURSES COME WITH YOUR OWN ONLINE VIRTUAL TUTOR ENROLMENT OPEN 24 HOURS EVERYDAY LEARN ON THE MOVE NO EXAMS - ONGOING APPRAISALS AND SCORING

WORKSHOP COURSES ALL COURSES ARE EITHER 1, 2 OR 3 DAYS ALL COURSES PRESENTED BY FULY QUALIFIED TUTORS FOUR ENTRY LEVELS (FOUNDATION, INTERMEDIARY, ADVANCE AND EXPERT) IN-HOUSE AT OUR TRAINING CENTRES NO EXAMS

REWARDING QUALITY

END TO END SUPPORT

Amazingly those vital ‘soft’ skills for vocational

By cantrast, AVPT courses are exceptional ways of

and professional training had never been qualified

learning. Students complete a structured manual

until I questioned and and subsequently achieved

to keep when they attend any of our workshop

global accreditation in 2012 from the international

courses. Online students don’t lose out either

accreditation organisation in the us. “It’s critical to

because trained facilitators support students

know that standards have been evaluated and that

throughout, so they never feel isolated.They are

your certificate is recognised around the world. We

allocated their own personal virtual online tutor to

have achieved other recognisable accreditations

help guide them throughout their course over the

since

4 weeks. They work steadily, learning by doing – perhaps an assignment or producing graphs - to avoid information overload. They are tested before and after to measure progress and complete an action plan outlining integration of the new skills into daily life.Their accredited certificate is proof of

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR SYSTEM WORKS FOR YOU, SO WE HAVE DEVISED OUR STUDENT CENTRIC PLAN TO HELP KEEP US FOCUSED ON THE AREAS WE NEED TO HELP YOU TO REACH FULL COMPETENCY.

quality learning.

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s t his t re n d is g ro w in g , it is b e co min g mo re a n d mo re evid e n t th a t p e o p le a re s e e k i n g out t rain in g co u rse s to b e co me sk ille d a t th is n e w a n d g ro w in g h a ir e n h a n c e m e n t a n d

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Turning 50 isn’t the end of a business career – it’s the beginning. And an ever-growing wave of ‘olderpreneurs’, starting a business have 70% chance of surviving their first five years compared with only a 28% survival rate for those younger than them.

Nearly half the self-employment population is over 50, and one in six new businesses started in the UK are set up by post-half-centurions.

Evidence also shows that this growing group is serious about short relevant structured courses.

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This market is also beating global ec onomic t re nd s as i t i s aver agi ng over 5 % growt h e a ch yea r.

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In addition the development of co mp u te rise d h o sp ita l i t y h ave l e d to th e n e e d f o r n e w s k i l l s , e v e n t a n d co n fe re n ce p l a n n e r s t o h e l p t h e i r customers plan everything from weddings to f a mily re u n io n s to b u s i n e s s m e e t i n g s .

All these developments have significant impact on the human resourcing of b u sin e sse s. ‘ch u rn in g ’ o f p ro p e r t i e s me an s th a t life lo n g ca re e r s , a re h a rd e r to encounter, being replaced by ‘por tfolio’ care e rs a n d eve n p o r tf o l i o j o b s .

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T h e se tr a i n ing i ni ti at i ves (i n c orporat ing i nd i v id u a l a n d group t r ai ni ng ac t ivit ies) n e e d to b e moni tore d and m anaged via a c o ns is ten t a nd rel i abl e t r acking syst em that can be stored, consulted and analysed a s req u i red .

A l l o r g a n i s a t i o n ’s s h o u l d b e a b l e t o “ u nd er ta ke com pe t e nt l y � core ac t ivit ies s uc h a s et hi cal behav i our s, t ec hnic al skills (drafting, negotiating, researching), management of work (planning, prioritising, record keeping) and working communicating with other people. But the most important t hi ng is es t abl i s hi ng t hat c ompet enc e h a s b een re ache d by an independent Academy th at can be tr us t e d.

//Set up your own Care to Skills Training Academy A S n a p sh o t o f th e U K‌ t h e n u m b e r o f p e o p le in E n g la n d a g e d 85 o r ove r wi l l in cre a se f ro m 1 .4 6 mill i o n to d ay to 2. 72 millio n by 2 0 3 0 Wh ile t h e n u m b e r o f p e o p le re ce ivin g p u b l i c l y f u n d e d c a re h a s f a lle n sin ce 2 0 0 8 , i t i s l i ke l y t h a t d e ma n d f o r a d u lt so cia l c a re wi l l r i s e i n th e co min g d e ca d e s, a s t h e n u m b e r o f o ld e r p e o p le , a n d p a r ti c u l a r l y t h e o l d e s t o ld in cre a se s. T h is is t h e c a s e i n m a n y d eve lo p e d co u n trie s.

Tra in in g a n d Q u a lif ica ti o n T h e re is h o w eve r sig n i f i c a n t va r i at i o n a cro ss d if fe re n t j o b ro l e s – 15. 5% o f th o se in ma n a g e me nt o r s u p e r v i s o r y roles have no qualifications by comparison to 3 7 .6 % o f d ire ct ca re st a f f . T h a t e q u a t e s to ro u g h ly tw o in eve r y f i ve c a re r s wh o in te ra ct w ith p a tie n ts o n a d a i l y b a s i s h avin g n o re leva n t q ua l i f i c a t i o n s . S u c h is th e d e ma n d .

Academy Packages: Wi th ove r 3 0 0 C our se modules to selec t from you can launch your own Accredited Tr a i ni ng Academ y i n Weeks.

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