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Ideal for training providers or further education colleges with one specific piece of outdoors training to approve. Individual Training approval allows you to promote your training as SkillsActive approved for one year.
The best value option for any type of training provider seeking approval for more than one outdoors course to – save time, money and effort by submitting as many courses as you wish over a period of two years for just one initial fee.
Qualification Credit Framework Verification. If you are offering qualifications through an awarding organisation and not offering bespoke courses of your own we can still list you on our training portal.
WHAT SORT OF TRAINING DO YOU OFFER?
The Outdoors sector covers a wide variety of settings, but in all of them the skills and expertise of the workforce must be of the highest quality. You need to show that when students choose your training, they are getting the best in the business.
Outdoors endorsement proves that training and qualifications meet industry standards, so you can promote your courses as training of recognised high quality.
Becoming a SkillsActive approved provider highlights the value of your training to clubs, employers, national governing bodies (NGBs), professionals, volunteers and anyone else interested in training related to the outdoors.
With so many training options out there, make your training stand out from the crowd by showing that it has been endorsed by the Sector Skills Council for the outdoors.
Outdoors endorsement covers any training for which there are National Occupational Standards (NOS) in place.
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SkillsActive can help you to broker new partnerships with employers.
We're confident you've benefitted from SkillsActive endorsement and hope you will continue.
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£1,355
A 'course’ licence allows you to endorse all types of continued professional development training. All courses must be a minimum of 8 hours training, include assessment and be mapped to national occupational standards.
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All prices listed above are ex VAT. VAT will be added once you apply
MULTIPLE TRAINING FOR PLAYWORK
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4SELECT YOUR TRAINING
£2,700
Promote level 4 specialist training AND Continuing Professional Development (CPD) at level 4 with one simple licence for the next two years.
Level 4 courses must fully map to the relevant National Occupational Standard.
The Level 4 Endorsement Licence carries additional benefits:
£2,000
Level 4 Specialist Exercise Instructor Courses
If you are delivering specialist health care exercise training, then why not become a SkillsActive Level 4 endorsed provider? Empower fitness professionals to gain an additional category on REPs in the following disciplines:
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LEVEL 4 TRAINING
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Training provider licence
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Code of Practice for training providers
Code of Ethical Practice for APP members
Centre Verification approval
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Continuing Professional Development
Continuing Professional Development points
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is very important for those working in active leisure, learning and well-being as it shows their skills are current and, for specific areas, provides them with the CPD points required to remain on a professional register, such as REPs.
Endorsement highlights the value of CPD and allows approved training providers to stand out from the crowd as offering training that is valuable, relevant and meets industry standards. Submitted endorsement applications are assessed by an endorsement panel, who will review all aspects carefully.
SkillsActive works with partner organisations and experts to develop National Occupational Standards (NOS) across the active leisure, learning and well-being sector. The NOS establish the benchmark of competence required in the sector. Endorsement applications (except those for workshops and varied training) need to demonstrate that courses match these standards so that they are up to date and relevant to learners and potential employers.
Endorsed training does not need to cover all the breadth and depth of the national occupational standards, but may focus on a specific aspect or discipline.
SkillsActive operates a rolling endorsement system, which means training providers can submit their courses for endorsement whenever is most convenient. From receipt of submission the endorsement process takes between 5-6 weeks to gain an initial decision; this will be an approval, a referral for additional information or a resubmission.
Please be aware that you should allow at least 12 weeks between submitting your application and delivering your first training session. This will allow time for any additional actions that may need to be completed in order to gain full approval. You will be given a detailed action plan to help complete this and 6 weeks to complete these actions. SkillsActive can not award retrospective approval of training so training should not advertised as endorsed or endorsement pending until you have been notified of approval.
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£189
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CENTRE VERIFICATION CHECK
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If you offer training that may be relevant to those working in the active leisure, learning and well-being sector, apply for SkillsActive endorsement to become an approved training provider and highlight the value of your course to professionals in sport and active leisure.
If you offer training that may be relevant to those working in the active leisure, learning and well-being sector, applying for SkillsActive endorsement will allow you to become an approved training provider recognised by individuals and employers across the areas in which we work.
Endorsement for additional training covers any training for which there are no relevant National Occupational Standards. Training can range from statutory training such as first aid to business skills such as communication skills, accounting or management qualifications.
Endorsement allows your organisation to promote your course, workshop or other training through:
Ideal for training providers or further education colleges with one specific piece of outdoors training to endorse.
The best value option for any type of training provider with more than one sport course to promote – save time, money and effort on paperwork.
Please also see our FAQs relating to general endorsement queries.
Endorsed training for CPD can give the training provider many benefits as well as the candidate.
The piece of training achieves industry recognition, and will appear on the Register's literature and website.
Candidates who are on the Register can use the training as evidence of CPD in order to remain on the Register, therefore making your training more appealing to REP’s 28,000 members.
Endorsed training aims to raises the standard of delivery and assessments given the set criteria training providers have to meet, as well as helping to safeguard and regulate the industry.
As an approved endorsed training provider through SkillsActive, we can offer you support. For example consultancy, general enquires, or help scoping out business opportunities to make the best of the training coming forward for endorsement.
The price for each category is listed below
This fee will cover you for one years endorsement and your listing on REPs will be activated again.
If you renew your training before the 30th November you will gain three free months extended to your listing.
There are two different renewal forms depending on when the endorsement submission was made:
Please note the forms can’t be completed online. You can either post or email the form back to SkillsActive (details below) with your payment details.
You will need to attach a document explaining any changes you have made to the training since the initial application. If the changes are deemed as major alterations we may request additional information.
Please not the criteria and points allocation has changed since June 2009. If you made your application before this date please read the details below.
Details of alterations to your training will be judged on an individual basis depending on what you have changed. If it affects any of the evidence requirements below we may need further information.
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Please be aware since June 2009 the criteria changed for submissions, so you may want to read over the updated documentation if you have not already done so as this could affect the CPD points historically attributed to your training.
Hopefully you will find it a lot easier to follow, with clear evidence checklists of what we expect from submissions. Most of the evidence will have already been submitted, however there are additional sections that need to be completed.
Follow the relevant link to the evidence checklist for your training
We have two services which are useful when collating your additional evidence together.
The training day goes through how to get a submission approved and looks at other areas including assessment strategies, internal verification etc ensuring that you put forward a sound submission so that you might avoid being referred for further information and incur an additional cost. Look for upcoming dates on our events page.
Alternatively, it might be an idea to take up the opportunity of an active consultant. They are able to take you through this process and give you in-depth knowledge surrounding Continued Professional Development and your application on a one-to-one basis.
If you have more then one submission, or in the long run you think you may want to develop further training, then you may want to consider applying for the Training Provider licence.
The licence allows you to deliver an unlimited amount of training automatically endorsed for two years. You do not have to submit each piece of training individually and you will have access to adding dates and venues for all training under your licence without an additional charge. Information regarding the licence can be found on our training provider licence page.
As you met this criteria previously we would like you to continue to be part of this. We believe training providers need recognition as well as the individuals who are working within the industry.
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If after reading these documents you still have any queries relating to fitness endorsement please contact us on:
We can also provide endorsement support through our consultancy services.
In order to achieve this SkillsActive works to ensure that training is available that meets industry standards and provides the best quality to the sector.
SkillActive endorsement identifies specific courses as training of the highest quality which conforms to industry standards. Endorsement proves that training has met strict criteria and undergone a rigorous evaluation process by a panel of experts. By endorsing the content of courses and the work or training providers as meeting approved standards, SkillsActive supports those working in the industry with finding providers that offer the best value quality training.
SkillsActive endorses courses in a range of areas:
Higher Education endorsement identifies degrees which effectively prepare students for employment in the sector.
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Discover which higher education courses have alreaded been endorsed >
SkillsActive's National Skills Academy for Sport and Active Leisure has a network of approved providers. These training providers from across the sport and actvie leisure sector have undergone a rigorous assessment to ensure that the training they offer meets the needs of employers in their area.
Browse our catalogue of approved providers to find quality training in your area >
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