Managed training services

Organisations can exploit Xpertise’s considerable training experience to achieve significant savings.

Training, while necessary, can create many headaches. For instance, courses can be difficult to organise where an organisation is spread over multiple sites or has a range of training needs which dictate using multiple suppliers. Also, costs escalate when trying to bring together staff from different offices to one training location – and even the most vital training may be uneconomical when there are too few staff to warrant the cost of a course.

What is a managed training service?

A managed training service from Xpertise reduces costs and removes administration headaches – and it does much more besides. It provides a complete training solution which can substantially improve an organisation’s return on training investment.

An Xpertise managed training service is tailored to an organisation’s specific training needs. It is a dedicated, outsourced service, to: manage training bookings, provide curriculum guidance, offer bespoke training solutions, achieve guaranteed response times and generate significant savings.

Xpertise tailors the most relevant solution to the needs each customer, using a range of services, which can include:

• skills development – creating skills development paths for specific job roles
• business-wide training needs analysis (and Microsoft Skills Assessment for Organisations).
• skills and competency profiling.
• bespoke learning solutions for specific requirements.
• blended learning programmes.
• event planning and logistics management.
• training resource management
• pre- and post-course evaluation.
• a single point of contact for all training requirements.
• deployment of Xpertise’s learning portal, to make all course dates readily available.
• on-line booking.
• detailed management reporting.
• consolidated invoicing.

Why adopt a managed training approach?

Although essential, training can create a considerable administrative burden which can sidetrack an organisation’s focus from its core activities and objectives. For organisations with large workforces across multiple locations, training administration can be significant and costly.

Xpertise’s managed training service removes this headache, by providing an integrated learning solution which is managed by experienced training professionals. Xpertise increases the effectiveness of training budgets by:

• reducing administration costs.
• allowing organisations to focus on training strategy.
• targeting training more effectively against the business need.
• proactively managing training schedules and resources, to reduce travel and accommodation costs.
• ensuring consistently high standards, by using only vendor-certified courseware, trainers and partners.
• enhancing spending power with third-party suppliers, through purchasing consolidation.
• providing independent, expert, training advice.
• supplying consolidated invoicing.
• demonstrating a clear return on investment.

Why choose Xpertise?

Organisations can exploit Xpertise’s considerable training experience to achieve significant savings. Of course, cost isn’t the only issue – so we’re equally focused on the effective learning of each and every individual within the organisation.

• experienced teams with the skills to create, manage and deliver large or niche training programmes.
• an innovative solutions team, with proven experience – ranging from graduate development programmes to end user roll-outs.
• strategic alliances with other leading training providers, which enable Xpertise to provide training in all technology and professional skills areas as part of one seamless service.
• the largest portfolio of accredited public schedule courses in the United Kingdom.
• bespoke training solutions, for when standard courses don’t meet an organisation’s needs.
• guaranteed annual savings.
• responsive service levels, with a dedicated team to manage all training requirements within agreed response times.
• monthly reports, outlining return on investment and quality management.