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on-site training

On this page we explain our belief in the effectiveness of bespoke on-site software training courses and give you our views on why such courses are superior to public scheduled courses.

On our workshops page we champion workshops for fast-track skills development.

advantages of on-site training

These we see as the main advantages to you of our on-site training:

Syllabus to match your requirements
Coursework exercises appropriate to your uses of the software
You share the course with others who have similar objectives
Software setup with which you are familiar
No need to travel
Potential low cost per head
High return on investment based on low cost per head per required skill acquired.

shortcomings of public courses

These are the main criticisms of public courses that we hear from delegates:

Only a part of the course (some put it as low as 30%) matched delegate's needs
Class exercises did not suit the delegate's use of the software back in the office
Other people on the course had lots of specific questions which were not relevant to the delegate's interest
Problems with travel lead to a lot of stress and made the day very long
Staff on courses totally unavailable during their days out
Sending a number of delegates mounted up the training bill, particularly when the cost of travel and subsistence were accounted for.

answering criticisms of on-site training

Here are our answers to criticisms we have heard:

:: "There are too many distractions!"

We do not have a problem with this. We insist that delegates are punctual, turn off their mobiles and do not do their e-mails when they think we are not looking. We try to keep everyone engrossed so that potential distractions go unnoticed.

:: "It's good to be out of the office!"

Not for most delegates, in our experience: much more likely are anxieties about the buses, the trains, parking, the M25, visions of the mounting list of e-mails, the food, the seating, unfamiliar equipment ...

:: "The cost!"

We have special low prices for one and two delegates on a course. For three or more delegates, the cost-per-head makes our on-site training fee very competitive indeed.

If you have reservations concerning on-site training, please gives us a call to talk them over.