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Cognicert Training Professional Course

Identify competence needs, plan people-development activities and evaluate whether training supports workplace performance.

  • Practical, standards-based professional learning
  • Assessment and verifiable Cognicert certification
  • Flexible online, self-study and organisational delivery

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What you will work on

Who this course is for
: Personnel Development, Training, HR and Admin, other executives responsible for the competence development of their subordinates.

Entry, exam and access at a glance

Prerequisites

Course-specific entry requirements are not published here. Contact a course adviser to confirm suitability before paying.

Exam and resits

100 questions in one hour. Pass mark: 70%. Your payment includes two exam attempts. A third or later attempt costs £100 per resit.

Platform-wide pass rate: 87% across all examined trainees, based on Cognicert’s exam-platform results. This is not a course-specific pass rate or a guarantee of an individual result.

Self-study access

Lifetime access for the enrolled learner. Access is personal and cannot be shared.

Overview

Identify competence needs, plan people-development activities and evaluate whether training supports workplace performance.

Connect these tasks to the training professional role. Use the detailed programme to identify the methods, exercises and application areas most relevant to your work.

Objectives
Participants, at the end of this course, will
  • Appreciate the importance of organizational context and stakeholder requirements in training management
  • Understand the basic of knowledge management and how to build the culture of knowledge management.
  • Determine organizational, group and individual learning needs
  • Learn to identify training solutions and adopt an effective training strategy.
  • Understand the significance of the training cycle of ISO 10015 and ADDIE model.
  • Motivate the ongoing enhancement of learning;
  • Nurture the development and retention of knowledge.
  • Develop a process for designing, implementing and evaluating training techniques.
  • Develop a employees engagement strategy as a tool for competence development.
  • Evaluate competences at organizational, group and individual levels
Audience
: Personnel Development, Training, HR and Admin, other executives responsible for the competence development of their subordinates.
Content
  • Introduction to Knowledge management
    • Knowledge development
    • Knowledge conveyance and transformation
    • Knowledge management enablers
    • Knowledge management culture
  • Context of the organisation
    • External issues (e.g. statutory and regulatory requirements, technological advances);
    • Internal factors (e.g. mission, vision, strategic objectives, values and culture of the organization, range of activities or services, resource availability, organizational knowledge);
    • Needs and expectations of relevant interested parties (e.g. regulators, customers, society).
  • Determining competence needs
    • Organizational competence
    • Team or group competence
    • Individual competence
  • Assessing current competence and development needs
  • Competence management and people development Planning
  • Programme structure
  • Implementing Programme
    • Team development programmes
    • Individual development programmes
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Evaluating the impact of a competence management and people development programme
  • Evaluating at an organizational, team, group or individual level
    • external and internal audits or key performance indicators;
    • levels of complaints and customer satisfaction;
    • rates of nonconformity and productivity;
    • levels of staff engagement and retention;
    • team or group performance against objectives or benchmarking;
    • monitoring and observation;
    • appraisals and individual performance reviews;
    • reviews of personal development plans and the attainment of qualifications
  • Determining future competence and people development needs
Delivery
  • Case Study
  • Individual Exercises
  • Role Play
  • Group Exercises
  • Group Presentation
  • Examination
Duration
: 3 Days
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Refunds, cancellations and transfers

Refund and transfer choices depend on the course format, how much notice you give and whether digital content has been accessed. Contact learner care early and we will help you identify the best available option.

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UPCOMING COURSE CALENDAR

Training, exam and application dates

Prices are per learner before any applicable UK VAT. A live-online intake costs more after its standard deadline because the published late fee is added. Self-study is priced separately and has no late-intake fee.

TRAINING DATESEXAMDEADLINE & STATUSLIVE ONLINESELF-STUDY
7–11 December 202611 December 202620% December discount included
Pay by 9 November 2026, 23:59 UK time. No extension.
Standard booking period
Standard deadline: 9 November 2026. No late fee yet. After this deadline, a £50 late fee applies until 20 November 2026.
Places are confirmed at booking, not guaranteed by this calendar.
£960
Choose this intake
£400
On-demand study; next exam shown at checkout.
DECEMBER 2026 COURSE OFFER

Save 20% when you pay by the November deadline.

For December 2026 course intakes with a published standard payment deadline in November. Pay in full by that course’s standard deadline at 23:59 UK time. The discount ends on that date and does not continue to the late or extended deadline. Invoice requests and reservations alone do not qualify. Applicable VAT is added separately. Cannot be combined with group discounts.

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Learn your way

Live online · Self-study · Classroom · Onsite

Classroom enquiries: London, Manchester, Birmingham, Dubai and the Netherlands. Venue, dates and fees are confirmed before booking.

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Speak to a course adviser

We aim to respond within minutes during office hours: Monday–Friday, 09:00–17:00 UK time. Enquiries received outside these hours are handled on the next working day.

+44 20 4653 0696
bizdev@cognicert.com

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RECOGNITION & MEMBERSHIPS

Know who stands behind your learning.

  • ISCB, United States: Cognicert’s ISO/IEC 17050 Declaration of Conformity to ISO/IEC 17021-1 and ISO/IEC 17024 requirements is recognised by International Services for Certification Bodies.
  • UK Registered Learning Provider: UKPRN 10091575. Registration is a provider listing.
  • Association of Healthcare Trainers, UK: member.
  • The CPD Group: approved CPD provider. Individual course CPD status is confirmed where applicable.
  • Listed on ISO Central as an ISO registrar →
VERIFIABLE ACHIEVEMENT

Check your Cognicert certificate

Successful candidates receive a uniquely numbered Cognicert certificate that another person can check through our public certificate-verification service. This confirms the authenticity of a Cognicert-issued award; acceptance by an employer, regulator or external professional scheme depends on their requirements.

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YOUR COURSE ADVISER

Need help before enrolling?

Lisa Williams
Course and Business Development Adviser
Monday–Friday, 09:00–17:00 UK time

+44 20 4653 0696
info@cognicert.com
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