As part of its commitment to the professional development of personnel involved with physical asset management, the Institute of Asset Management is pleased to announce

its first group of training providers to be awarded Endorsed Trainer Status. This follows independent evaluation of submissions from training companies and academic establishments worldwide, with applications received from the UK, USA, Holland, South Africa, Indonesia and Australia.

The successful training providers were required to show not only that they have qualified and experienced trainers but also, critically, that their training courses are aligned to PAS55, the British Standards Institution's specification for optimized management of physical assets; and the Institute’s own Competences Framework, a unified suite of workplace competence standards.

As David McKeown, Chief Executive of the Institute of Asset Management, explains, “we were anxious to ensure that the training provision is linked with these two sets of specifications which provide clear guidance on good practice in asset management. The successful training providers were able to do just that.”

The successful IAM-endorsed trainers are:

AIM-UWA Business School Alliance (Australia)

AMCL (UK)

Assetivity (Australia)

ESS Ltd (UK)

Gutteridge, Haskins & Davey Ltd (GHD) UK

I.E.S. Asset Management BV (Holland)

GP Allied (USA)

MCP Consulting and Training (UK)

The Woodhouse Partnership Ltd (UK)

EA Technology (UK)

David McKeown commented that announcement of the first group of endorsed trainers “represents achievement of a significant milestone for the Institute, as part of its ambitious plans to provide a range of services and products to help meet the need for qualified, competent staff at all levels in all areas of physical asset management”.

However, the IAM is anxious to emphasise that appointment of this first group of successful training providers represents the start of a programme to encourage others to seek endorsed status. “We hope that this group will be the first of many training organisations that will be able to show that they can meet our criteria”, says David McKeown. “We want to establish a substantial international network of endorsed trainers, with provision developed to meet the demands of what is increasingly a truly global business”.

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Endorsed Trainers Press Release 19Feb10