Welcome to British Training Board Awards

 Centres Criteria for Accreditation

 Becoming an BTBA Centre requires a rigorous accreditation of your training systems, standards and personnel. We're here to advise, but we're also here to raise the quality of training across the UK. By measuring our Centres against robust criteria, people know that they can trust our accreditation.

Prospective centres will need to provide us with the following:

Legal Registration in the UK

We need to know that you're a legally registered organisation in the UK.

It sounds simple, but you'd be surprised at how many bogus organisations there are out there. We will support only those organisations that are fully compliant with the law.

Evidence of Policies

We require that you have specific policies that help direct your organisation's activities and behaviours. Some of these policies are legal requirements; others we ask for as evidence of best practice. 

We may ask for different policies depending on what you do as an organisation and your size. Still, we usually ask for a health and safety policy, an equality and diversity policy, and a data protection policy.

The Courses You Want to Accredit

We need all the details and materials for the courses you want to accredit. This includes any presentations, handouts, syllabi, or lesson plans. This is so that our curriculum team can map your course content to our standards and national frameworks and guidelines. They will also check your course structure and learning materials to ensure your learners get the best possible experience. 

Information About Delivery

You will need to provide us with estimates about how many courses you intend to deliver each year and how many learners. This will help us plan the best time for audits and how many to do. Remember, our audits are to help ensure you're getting the most out of your accreditation and to protect trust in the BTBA quality mark, not to catch you out. 

Your Training Team's Qualifications and Experience

Your trainers are the most essential part of your training system. They will determine whether your course content is delivered well and whether your learners fully understand and benefit from the training. We therefore need to ensure that your trainers are fully qualified and have the necessary experience to deliver the course effectively. We'll need copies of their certificates and a CV detailing their experience.