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How Much Does All This Cost?

• Group Classroom Training (a 5-day intensive course)
• Distance Learning Software (a home study course driven at your own pace)
• One2One Training (a flexible training solution to suit the individual's needs)

Why do we offer 3 training options?

CeMAP - Intensive Training

Trap#1 - Go cautiously if a CeMAP training company is trying to persuade you to follow this sequence, as their reasons for doing so are financially based. Having said that, this strategy can be effective if it is delivered correctly by an experienced CeMAP trainer. If it is not, there could be some gaps in your learning by the time you come to the CeMAP3 exam. Are you wondering whether a course could be delivered by an inexperienced CeMAP trainer? Trap#2 - Well, the answer is YES; there are a number of people out there teaching CeMAP to unsuspecting students and they have only recently passed the exams themselves. In addition, they have no practical experience at all in the mortgage industry.

Where the course is being delivered by an inexperienced CeMAP trainer, despite these companies giving advice to the contrary, the CeMAP1 course should always be taken before the CeMAP2&3 course, since the CeMAP2&3 exams regularly include questions drawn from the CeMAP1 syllabus. Clearly, this is the reason the Institute of Financial Services (IFS),  which is the organization responsible for the CeMAP qualification, named the first module CeMAP1, and the IFS confirms that the exams should generally be taken in the logical sequence. Obviously, if you were to study and take CeMAP2&3 first, how could you be expected to answer the questions that are drawn from the CeMAP1 study material? The marks lost on topics you haven't been taught could be the difference between a pass and a fail. Anyhow, you must remind me to tell you how to avoid these two traps.

Furthermore, while the intensive method of learning is appropriate for some delegates, it proves to be totally inappropriate for a number of others. Trap#3 - some companies will talk you in to an intensive course because it is best for them, regardless of whether or not it is best for you.

The IFS recommends that CeMAP delegates should spend between 40 and 60 hours of study on each of the three CeMAP modules. Although we have successfully trained many individuals through such intensive courses, we always make our customers aware of the available alternatives before they enroll.

** These prices and massive savings are available as an incentive to book early **

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CeMAP - Distance Learning Software

For those who would find it difficult to take a week away from work or from the family, regardless of whether they have the means to pay for five nights accommodation at around £65 per night in addition to the training course fee, a home-based learning option is often a much better (and less expensive) alternative.

Drawing on our many years of experience with not only CeMAP training, but also all other types of mortgage broker training and development, we developed a unique, custom-built, computer-based CeMAP learning utility. This learning tool contains all the study materials that are provided for the intensive classroom students, plus over 2,500 exam questions (and answers). Very importantly, it also comes with telephone and email support, seven days per week, thereby ensuring that your questions (should you have any) can be answered as they arise.

Again, our vast experience has taught us that, although some people can learn with no difficulty from the computer-based study and testing system alone, there are others who are better suited to a combination of the two methods so far described. For this reason, we offer our third, and most expensive option, which is One2One training.

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CeMAP - One2One Training

• Step 1
  
  One2One Session. We arrange the first 1-day, one-to-one training session, to be conducted at a location in your area. This saves you money on hotel and travel expenses and ensures that you have the full attention of the trainer, rather than having to share it with seven other students. Since the trainer has only you to concentrate on, this is clearly far more valuable than group training.
  
  During this first day, we complete the first part of the course together and we ensure that our computer-based learning system is available to you on your laptop or home PC. Towards the end of the day, we register you with the IFS and book your exam for a date and time appropriate for you, typically 3 weeks later. At the end of day one, we will know whether you are likely to be ready before 3 weeks, and if so, we can arrange an earlier exam.
  
  At this stage, we also arrange a second 1-day, one-to-one training session, to take place (usually) a week or so after the first day (see Step 3 below).
  
  We also arrange a third 1-day, one-to-one training session to take place (usually) a week or so after that, and this will usually be a couple of days before your exam date (see Step 5 below).
  
  

• Step 2
  
  Distance Learning Phase. You use our computer-based learning utility to complete the second part of the course. As well as giving you all the necessary study material on-screen, our utility includes over 2,500 exam questions and answers, and a tracking system that ensures you are ready by the time you take your exam. Remember that, throughout this phase, you have access to live telephone and email support, 7 days per week.
  
  

• Step 3
  
  One2One Session. We conduct the second one-to-one training session, again at a location in your area, so saving you more money on hotel and travel expenses, and again giving you the full attention of the trainer. During this stage, we would complete the third part of the course together and clear up any remaining uncertainties from the previous stage.
  
  

• Step 4
  
  Distance Learning Phase. Again, you use our computer-based learning utility to complete the fourth part of the course. Remember that, throughout this phase, you have access to live telephone and email support, 7 days per week.
  
  

• Step 5
  
  One2One Session. We conduct the final 1-day, one-to-one training session, again at a location in your area, so saving you more money on hotel and travel expenses, and again giving you the full attention of the trainer. During this stage, we would complete the final part of the course together and clear up any remaining uncertainties before you take the exam on the following day.
  
  From start to finish, the whole process will usually take no more than 4 to 6 weeks complete.

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CeFA - Intensive Training

This is, by far, the most common training option available in the market, with most CeFA training companies providing no other alternative whatsoever. The usual format is a series of three separate 5-day intensive courses, covering CeFA1, CeFA2 and CeFA3&4 (combined).

The IFS recommends that CeFA delegates should spend between 40 and 60 hours of study on each of the first three CeFA modules, with a shorter time being required for CeFA4.

** These prices and massive savings are available as an incentive to book early **

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CeFA - Distance Learning Software

For those who would find it difficult to take a week away from work or from the family, regardless of whether they have the means to pay for five nights accommodation at around £65 per night in addition to the training course fee, a home-based learning option is often a much better (and less expensive) alternative.

Drawing on our many years of experience with not only CeFA training, but also all other types of financial adviser training and development, we developed a unique, custom-built, computer-based CeFA learning utility. This learning tool contains all the study materials that are provided for the intensive classroom students, plus over 2,500 exam questions (and answers). Very importantly, it also comes with telephone and email support, seven days per week, thereby ensuring that your questions (should you have any) can be answered as they arise.

Again, our vast experience has taught us that, although some people can learn with no difficulty from the computer-based study and testing system alone, there are others who are better suited to a combination of the two methods so far described. For this reason, we offer our third, and most expensive option, which is One2One training.

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CeFA - One2One Training

• Step 1
  
  One2One Session. We arrange the first 1-day, one-to-one training session, to be conducted at a location in your area. This saves you money on hotel and travel expenses and ensures that you have the full attention of the trainer, rather than having to share it with seven other students. Since the trainer has only you to concentrate on, this is clearly far more valuable than group training.
  
  During this first day, we complete the first part of the course together and we ensure that our computer-based learning system is available to you on your laptop or home PC. Towards the end of the day, we register you with the IFS and book your exam for a date and time appropriate for you, typically 3 weeks later. At the end of day one, we will know whether you are likely to be ready before 3 weeks, and if so, we can arrange an earlier exam.
  
  At this stage, we also arrange a second 1-day, one-to-one training session, to take place (usually) a week or so after the first day (see Step 3 below).
  
  We also arrange a third 1-day, one-to-one training session to take place (usually) a week or so after that, and this will usually be a couple of days before your exam date (see Step 5 below).
  
  

• Step 2
  
  Distance Learning Phase. You use our computer-based learning utility to complete the second part of the course. As well as giving you all the necessary study material on-screen, our utility includes over 2,500 exam questions and answers, and a tracking system that ensures you are ready by the time you take your exam. Remember that, throughout this phase, you have access to live telephone and email support, 7 days per week.
  
  

• Step 3
  
  One2One Session. We conduct the second one-to-one training session, again at a location in your area, so saving you more money on hotel and travel expenses, and again giving you the full attention of the trainer. During this stage, we would complete the third part of the course together and clear up any remaining uncertainties from the previous stage.
  
  

• Step 4
  
  Distance Learning Phase. Again, you use our computer-based learning utility to complete the fourth part of the course. Remember that, throughout this phase, you have access to live telephone and email support, 7 days per week.
  
  

• Step 5
  
  One2One Session. We conduct the final 1-day, one-to-one training session, again at a location in your area, so saving you more money on hotel and travel expenses, and again giving you the full attention of the trainer. During this stage, we would complete the final part of the course together and clear up any remaining uncertainties before you take the exam on the following day.
  
  From start to finish, the whole process will usually take no more than 4 to 6 weeks complete.

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