Having undertaken and arranged fire extinguisher training on site for our fire marshals, I struggle a little to get my head around how someone could be trained in the use of fire extinguishers without some form of practical training following which they would have the confidence to tackle a real fire. Perhaps I'm missing something? 

The training requirements for any group of employees should be determined by the fire risk assessment of the premises concerned, or by the organisational's fire safety strategy as required in certain circumstances by Article 11 (Fire Safety Order).

Indeed Article 21 which refers ro Training states 

(2) The training referred to in paragraph (1) must........

(d) be provided in a manner appropriate to the risk identified by the risk assessment

In a simple premises, with few members of the public, low occupancy and low fire risk (including short travel distances, a simultaneous evacuation system, very few ignition sources and a low fire loading), I do not see why staff cannot receive fire extinguisher training via e-learning. 

We provide our staff training in a risk based manner to comply with Article 21 (d). We do not mention fire extinguishers on our e-learning, but do include a 'show and tell' face to face presentation to some staff at higher risk (such as Fire Wardens) and full hands on extinguisher training to those tasked with responding to fires (security and FM staff)