2.5.2 Training of Organisation Personnel
The Organisation should establish and maintain documented procedures for identifying the training needs of personnel performing management, training, examination and support functions. The Organisation should arrange for required training.
All personnel directly involved in student training activities should have satisfactorily completed pertinent instructor training requirements prior to undertaking training responsibilities.
2.6 Purchasing
2.6.1 General
The Organisation should establish and maintain documented procedures to ensure that essential services, facilities, equipment and materials supporting training comply with requirements including that:
a) Subcontracted instructors are suitably qualified;
b) External facilities utilised in the training of students comply with the requirements of the applicable training plan; (see 2.7.3)
c) Equipment purchased for training is suitable for the applicable training plan;
d) Subcontracted organisations providing part or all of the training meet the requirements of the training plan.
2.6.2 Evaluation of subcontractors
Subcontractors should be evaluated on their ability to fulfil subcontract requirements. The Organisation should define subcontractor evaluation criteria and methods. The criteria applied and methods of evaluation should be appropriate to the impact of the service, facility, equipment or material on the training provided.
2.7 Training development
2.7.1 Training course development
The Organisation should establish and maintain documented procedures to control and verify the development of training courses in order to ensure that training requirements are met. Training course development should ensure that:
a) Responsibility and authority for training course development and review activities are assigned to qualified personnel;
b) Requirements of the pertinent model course and the Competent Authority are taken into account;
c) Training course objectives are defined in terms of targeted qualifications;
d) Student knowledge and competence requirements are taken into account;
e) The appropriate use of simulators is taken into account;
f) Appropriate reference documents are made available to persons involved in training course development;
g) Materials are reviewed by pertinent functions within the Organisation;
h) Ambiguities within training course documentation are resolved;
i) Training course documentation review is controlled.
