OTHM offers its qualifications through numerous delivery centres
globally. To be able to deliver OTHM qualifications you will need to
become an approved centre.
If you are a College, University, Independent Training Provider or
other Education Institution and have resources, rigorous processes
and expertise you may follow the step by step process outlined below
to become an approved OTHM Qualifications centre.
Step 1
Complete the Centre Approval enquiry form below
Step 2
A member of our team will contact you to provide you with your Centre
Approval Application Pack and answer any questions you may have
about your application.
Step 3
Complete the Centre Approval application form and submit supporting
documents. The Centre Fee is paid at this stage. Please visit the Fees
Related Information page.
Step 4
We will review your application and contact you to either:
Request additional information to complement your application.
This will then be further progressed
or
Arrange an approval visit. We will be looking for evidence to
confirm that the centre approval criteria have been met. Where
an approval visit is not practical you may be granted approval
and pending a physical inspection as soon as the first learner
registrations take place.
We will aim to confirm the outcome of review of your application within
2 weeks. The outcome may be, approval granted; conditional approval
subject to an action plan or approval denied with reasons given.
Approval granted
Once approval is granted, we will send you our Centre Agreement to
be signed by an authorised person within your organisation. On
receipt of the signed Centre Agreement we will send formal
confirmation and your Approved Centre Certificate.
Blended, online and distance learning
approval
If you are seeking to gain approval for OTHM qualifications assessed
through distance learning means, you must comply fully with the
approval requirements for these qualifications. To gain approval you
should provide suitable resources and ensure that learners have
access to these.
For guidance on blended, online and distance learning as well as an
application form please see the OTHM Blended Online and Distance
Learning Guidance for Centres.
Additional Qualification Approval
Once you have been approved as an OTHM Centre, you can apply to
add additional qualifications to your provision at any time. Please
contact us for instructions on how to do this. On receipt of your
application, we will contact you to book a visit or inform you if a
desktop approval can be used to progress your application. From
time-to-time additional qualification approvals may be declined.
However, your EQA will work with you to resolve any issues.
