2009 and the Training Quality Standard

2009 will be an interesting year for the TQS.

It’s the year when the perception of the TQS will change.

It’s also the year when people will start to feel comfortable with the TQS.

What’s so special about 2009?

It’s the year when the Training Quality Standard will become a mainstream development tool. It’s the year when lots of key players will start to expect training provider organisations to have the TQS, rather than thinking that holding the TQS is a novelty.

That’s because:

• those who wanted to be first to achieve a new award have gained the TQS
• those who wanted to be the first in class – the first to gain Part B in….. or the first in the county to gain the TQS have gained certification.

Those who saw gaining the TQS as a means of differentiating themselves from their key competitors have either gained certification or will do so in the next few months.

This means that it is no longer quite so unusual or out of the ordinary to hold TQS certification as it was six months ago.

Before long the focus will be on those organisations which haven’t gained certification. People will be asking questions about training providers that don't hold certification.

Why haven’t they gone for certification yet?
What’s the problem?
Have they tried and failed?

The result of this development?

Achieving the TQS in 2009 will be an important objective for even more training providers.