The PTLLS qualification was not designed for commercial trainers but you can upgrade it to a TAP qualification. 

The Lifelong Learning Sector Skills Council (LLUK) had responsibility for several distinct audiences and for each of these it maintained National Occupational Standards (NOS) and a Qualifications framework. However, LLUK failed to be relicenced following National Audit Office review and ceased to operate from April 2011. It was criticised for over-focusing on the FE sector and failing to understand the distinctive needs of employers and of L&D professionals.

In 2008 LLUK introduced three qualifications to enable teachers to achieve QTLS status (Qualified Teaching Learning and Skills). The entry-level qualification was Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning sector (PTLLS) however this was NOT designed for ALL trainers. If you are a teacher in an adult-learning college it is an appropriate starter qualification, however, if you work in - or want to work in - a commercial training environment, you will need a broader skill-set than PTLLS will deliver. Whilst educational teaching is about individual student needs, employer-based training is also about the organisation's needs. The greater complexities of L&D environments demand Standards and Qualifications that are broader than those required for teachers in education.  

That is why context-specific Standards for training have been maintained since the 1980s, initially by the Training & Development Lead Body (TDLB), then by the Employment National Training Organisation (ENTO) and since 2005 under LLUK.  These Standards were reviewed by LLUK in 2009 (The Training Foundation was a member of the Review Project Board) however, with the demise of LLUK it is unclear who will be responsible for these Standards in future. 

TAP qualifications have, since 1998, been aligned with the current L&D National Occupational Standards and this will remain the case. 

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