BCI launches Training Endorsement Scheme

The Business Continuity Institute has announced that it is to accredit business continuity training courses under a new Training Endorsement Scheme. In his last statement before leaving his post, CEO John Sharp explained why the scheme has been launched:

“Training is vital in ensuring that business continuity skills are developed and maintained within an organisation. Even the largest organisations are rarely able to provide suitable training in-house and rely on a variety of training providers to fill this need. This has led to a plethora of business continuity courses which may promote different views of the scope, content and vocabulary of the subject and be delivered to varying standards of presentation. The BCI is frequently asked to recommend suitable courses but it has been unable to differentiate between the courses on offer in the absence of an assessment process. The new BCI Training Endorsement Scheme has been introduced in response to the need for a quality standard for business continuity training.”

The objectives of the Training Endorsement Scheme are:
* To ensure that students are presented with a consistent methodology across various BCI endorsed courses.
* To demonstrate to potential students that the advertised course is delivered to a high standard of content and presentation

In creating a benchmark it is hoped that this will raise the overall standard of training across the industry.

The scheme provides two levels of endorsement:
* Listed - where the course content matches the BCI Certification Standards and Good Practice Guide based on a review of course materials by a BCI assessor

* Approved - as 'listed' but with the addition that the trainer’s course delivery has been evaluated by a BCI assessor attending all or part of the course.

A handbook describing the operation of the scheme is available for download from the BCI website and training organisations are asked to look at that in the first instance before applying for endorsement.

See http://www.thebci.org/Training.html

•Date: 2nd June 2004 •Region: UK / World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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