CIMA Training: supporting employer training of your students

How our accreditation scheme can help your company.

If you are involved in the training of CIMA students in your company, the CIMA Training Partner scheme can help you.

CIMA Training is a no charge, ready-made training support and recognition package which assures that the training of Chartered Management Accountants is delivered everywhere to the same consistently high standards.

It sets out quality standards that enable you to:

• help your trainees get the maximum benefit from the CIMA courses
• integrate the needs of your business with CIMA’s training requirements
• tailor the work experience offered to your trainees so that they understand the practical implications of what they learn
• plan, monitor and improve your training programme against established benchmarks so that it matches or surpasses the best on offer elsewhere, and
• benefit from the independent assessment and help that CIMA provides to participating organisations.

If you would like to be recognised as an employer that can demonstrate their training is adequately financed, well planned, well managed and actively supported by management, then CIMA Training certification provides the recognition you need.

As a CIMA Training employer your students are guaranteed to receive a high standard of training support. The benefits of this include:

• an enhanced ability to attract and retain the best students will lead to improved staff competence levels
• rapid progress of students through the CIMA qualification which means you have trained competent managers delivering relevant business decisions
• improved pass rates of your students will also mean a better return on investment on your training and development costs.

CIMA Training Partner Scheme

The CIMA Training scheme offers employers who achieve Partner status the following:

• recognition for being associated with CIMA
• the opportunity to run in-house computer based assessment for the CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting
• up-to-date and relevant information via a bi-monthly enewsletter, including editorials on business/training topics, advance notice on exam rules, fees, exemption policy and information on CIMA Professional Development
• access to a password protected area of the CIMA website which contains downloadable presentations on key topics, and guidance materials
• access to additional fee chargeable training and support services.

CIMA Training Quality Partner Scheme

As an employer who has achieved CIMA Training Quality Partner status you will gain additional benefits which include:

• use of the CIMA Training logo to attract higher quality students
• certificate of Quality Partner status
• publicity from CIMA through the promotion of the concept of quality assured training via CIMA recruitment literature, regional development managers and CIMA advocates in universities
• promotion of your brand on the CIMA website and inclusion in web based listing of Quality Partners which can also include hyperlinks direct to your company website
• ongoing support to help you maintain the CIMA Training quality standards
• an assurance to your students that you are serious about their training, making them feel valued and more motivated to achieve
• more chance of helping your students to achieve success in exams and help them gain their professional membership
• considerable added value to organisations seeking IIP accreditation.

The CIMA Training Partner scheme membership is growing at a healthy rate. In November the total number of Partners was 2073 and the number of Quality Partners was 494, making the total 2567.

For more information and to read the CIMA Training brochure, visit the CIMA Training web page.

December 2005