Pivotal training to launch managed training service at HRD

PIVOTAL Training, is launching its new Managed Training Service at this yearís CIPD HRD show at Olympia.

- Pivotalís new Managed Training Service has been launched in response to the growing trend in British industry towards companies outsourcing their non-core HR and training functions.

Darren Gamage, Pivotalís Marketing Director, explains what Managed Training is, and how it works:

Outsourcing as a business strategy has grown rapidly in recent years and whilst it has been led by many large multinationals, many medium-sized enterprises are starting to see that it can offer real benefits. Nowhere is this more the case than in the discipline of human resources.

Managed Training means exactly that: Pivotal Training will work with a client to manage the whole staff training and development process. From training needs analysis and competency management to delivery and training record management, we can free up an organisationís HR team allowing them to focus on more business-critical tasks.

With our state-of-the-art IT infrastructure, national network and existing portfolio across a wide range of business sectors, we are strongly positioned to offer this service to large organisations.

The development of any organisationís human resources is critical to its success, but the burdens of purchasing and administering training have a major impact on the productivity of training and administration departments.

With most organisations dealing with a complex supply chain of external providers, the management of delegate information and tracking of competencies and course attendance can pose significant challenges to such organisations.

Pivotal Trainingís flexible Managed Training Solutions offer clients the ability to forge a relationship with a single partner, to reduce the costs and administrative burdens of purchasing external training whilst also allowing them to track staff competencies, training histories and retraining requirements.

No two organisationsí managed training agreements are the same, but a Pivotal MTS solution could include:

- Management of your training centres
- Training Needs Analysis and Training Planning according to locations of staff
- Sourcing of suppliers
- Course scheduling
- Staff training requests / manager approvals
- Training event management
- Management of staff training records
- Competency management and refresher training management
- Consolidated invoicing for all training delivered
- Course review and recommendations
- Dedicated íbrandedí administrators on or off site.

Benefits of Managed Training
All the above can add up to a reduction in training costs - both direct and indirect (30% according to some American research). It streamlines the whole procurement process, by offering a single system that can operate across multi-sites.

Clients can also benefit from an easy to use booking system that allows for staff to request or sign up for training events, and a single point of contact (on-site if required) for all training requirements.

Pivotalís dedicated MTS account manager will then offer regular contact to ensure return on investment, comprehensive management reporting, training needs analysis, budget planning, competency management and mapping and a constantly maintained training record to show training history clearly.

Darren Gamage concludes, Whether a company wants data management for a single area of its training, or wants to outsource its whole training department, they can be assured of all the above benefits, plus discounts on courses delivered by Pivotal Training and our extensive network of partner companies.