Become QA Training Partner

Organisations interested in offering Quality Academy approved courses, should register their interest by completing our online partnership request or emailing info@qualityacademy.org. A member of QA’s Training team will be in contact within two working days to discuss your enquiry and suitability for applying to become a QA Training Partner.

We will undertake an initial check of your capability, quality of existing operations and financial viability. Only organisations with appropriate experience of delivering training, and knowledge of quality and auditing practice will be invited to apply for QA Training Partner status. The QA reserves the right not to invite an organisation to apply for approval and can reject an application at any stage of the application process.

We will acknowledge receipt of your application within two working days.

A member of the Senior Management Team contact you and schedule a meeting for discussion; to discuss your need, and clarify the process and procedures; include the discussing the clauses of the MoU shared with you.

Once agreed to all clauses of the MoU; we will complete the partnership application request to be submitted to the related awarding body to get their approval. Once the awarding body approval received; the One-time fee invoice will be raised for payment, to move to the next stage.

Organisations that have successfully approved by the related awarding body will be invited to proceed to their first course approval process.

Application for your first course require an observation of the course delivery by QA Technical Assessor. You will be charged for the costs incurred by the Technical Assessor, including any travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses and fees. These will be agreed in advance.

The Technical Assessor will undertake an approval visit to your office/s to:

• Meet the key personnel who will be involved in the management and delivery of courses
• Review the operation of your training system
• Observe delivery of the proposed CQI and IRCA Certified Course either at your office or a nearby location (unless it is a distance learning course)

Once approval is granted, you will be offered Approved Partner status and will be required to sign a Partnership Agreement prepared by the QA.

Once you have signed the Partnership Agreement, you will be given access to the following:

• Details to access the Approved Partners' Portal
• A copy of the Partnership Agreement signed by the QA
• Approved Partner Certificate including the unique identification number
• QA Certified Course certificate with unique identification number
• QA Approved Training Partner logo
• The awarding body logo - e.g. CQI and IRCA Certified Course logo
• The awarding body's Brand Terms of Use
• Full access to the rest of ATP Portal functionality

We will add your contact details to our Approved Partners area through our website. You will now have full access to the Approved Partners Portal.

Once you have been approved as QA Approved Partner and successfully delivered your first Course to 15 learners, you can apply for certification of other QA training courses.

Application for certification of additional training courses follows the same process as that for first course approval, except that observation of course delivery by a Technical Assessor will not be required unless another lead tutor is assigned. If observation of course delivery is required, you will be charged for the additional costs incurred by the Technical Assessor, including any travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses and fees. These will be agreed in advance.

To maintain AP approval, you must continue to comply with the AP criteria, agreement, requirements for the delivery and administration of QA Certified Courses and relevant course specification. We will monitor APs by:

• Reviewing AP performance, including trends in learner numbers and pass rates, feedback from the QA’s learner survey, complaints and feedback received about the AP, issues raised in recent applications for course certification, payment of invoices and uploading of learner data within the required timelines
• Auditing APs’ management systems against the AP Criteria to identify areas of nonconformance, risk and opportunities for improvement