I exercise the right to withold advice on account of you being a Marillion fan (see IOSH Terms Of Use Item 12(c)(i) revised edition). Only joking. Pay attention. I believe there's a 2-day conversion course.

Difficult to knock something that's already flat on it's face and endlessly repeating "Dilly, Dilly". However.... Believe PTLLS is the new standard for anyone delivering training in the public sector.

It is now a legal requirement to hold the PTLLS qualification (as a minimum) if you are teaching (even partitime) in a publically funded college/education provider. No-one in that sector is meant to employ you without it. A number pf private sector establishments are now asking for it too. The course is 30 hours of teaching (mostly in Best Practice) plus a similar ammount of coursework. A number of colleges deliver it (the one I go to has evening and day courses- 3 hours a week for 10 weeks). Cost varies enormously- I am paying £200 but I have heard of others having to pay alot more.

How does PTLLS compare to the old C&G 7307 parts 1&2?

As with the earlier comment I do believe believe this was driven by the learning skills council and grant funded training. I had to undergo the PTLLS in my previous employment to satisfy the CITB and maintain my tutor accreditation. I was the Training Manager for the National Construction firm for around 1 and a half years before this and must say I did find the course in parts enjoyable and took something away (not just the bill). The PTLLS was known I believe as the C&G7303 and this is still accepted as an equivalent as are the higher C&G courses. I also heard rumours that it was to be pushed as the competence level for any trainers to adults etc but no doubt current economic climate may alter that view. Regards Karel

It may also be worth looking at the Institute for Learning - a requirement at the college where I teach as a sessional lecturer

The IfL now confers a licence to practise as an associate or qualified teacher. Please look up "Towards a New Professionalism" from ifl.ac.uk

Thanks for the replies so far folks. Nice to see that it has also generated some debate on the most excellent Marillion. Don't get confused with the old 80's material, the band have been putting out some quality stuff for the last couple of decades with Steve Hogarth as singer. Check em out you will be impressed (don't bother if you watch the X factor!)

Sorry if this comment is a bit delayed. I completed PTLLS some months ago under Craven College. I also did 5 terms in 1972/73 at a (then) leading teacher training college in Leeds. PTLLS taught me far more about how to teach than my 5 terms at college. I would therefore support it as a genuinely useful qualification quite apart from it being mandatory for the life long learning sector.