The PTC (Professional Trainer Certificate) and what it can do for you!

I passed my PTC with MASTARR in April 2005.

Prior to this course I had no recognised civilian teaching qualification, though I had previous teaching experience:

·         12 years military service (TA), teaching in a number of subjects.

·         20+ years teaching martial arts, nationally and internationally.

·         4 years teaching security, Door Supervisors and Close Protection.

With less than a year teaching the MASTARR courses and attending a FAAW Course (First Aid at Work) I had gained enough experience in teaching First Aid and Health & Safety, to be taken on by my local college as a Part time Lecturer. Within a few months this also led to me being taken on as a Part time First Aid Trainer for the Lancashire County Councils First Aid in Schools Training Team.

The college position has enabled me to continue my own professional development, with all the costs funded by them. Over the last year I have completed my 7407 level 4 Teaching Certificate, City & Guilds (Stage1 & 2) and I have just started the Cert Ed (Certificate in Education) Year 2, which leads to qualified teacher status. They are also funding my Advanced Health & Safety course, which will enable me to teach the CIEH Courses.

I have set my own Training Company up and I currently have the contract for teaching all the First Aid courses in the North West, for the Staff of one of the UKs largest disabled support charities.

I have recently been appointed at one of the Training Managers for MASTARR, which we have now registered as a CIEH centre. This will enable my own company and others like it, to use MASTARR to register our courses and certificate CIEH qualifications. This adds credibility to the training we are delivering and opens the doors into teaching in other areas of industry.

For more details of how to register as a MASTARR/CIEH Trainer……………