REPs registrar Jean-Ann Marnoch and SkillsActive’s senior programme manager for national occupational standards and higher education, Ben Gittus, met with some of the key training providers and employers in Edinburgh to discuss raising awareness of the Register in Scotland.

This is the second meeting organised by Pam Scott from SkillsActive Scotland to find out ways of working together more closely to establish the Register and its benefits throughout Scotland.

“There is no doubt that an increase in the use of the Register in Scotland will solve some of the issues facing the current REPs-registered instructors north of the border,” says Marnoch.

Many Scottish members currently find it difficult to gain the required CPD points to stay on the Register due to a lack of endorsed CPD training. This problem was addressed in England through the demand created by REPs members – members who needed to undertake CPD to maintain or develop their skills to stay current on the Register.

The training providers responded and there are now more than 800 endorsed CPD opportunities available.