GTA MEMBERSHIP
Group Training Associations (GTAs) provide a very successful model for collaboration between employers and providers. This has become a model of industry/provider partnership resilient to policy changes and has responded very effectively to the training demands of industry.
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WHAT IS A GTA?
Group Training Associations (GTAs) are training providers that deliver a unique experience to learners and employers alike: developing and delivering outstanding training for industry by industry.
The resulting sense of employer 'ownership' is the engine of a vocational training service offered to a far-wiser range of companies and to the communities in which they sit. For our employer members, training arrangements or academies are defined as "cost centre" as opposed to profit centres. They are sometimes also involved with providing training for supply chain companies.
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Typically, a GTA is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity whose objects require that surpluses be reinvested. There is usually a group of subscribing member employer companies from which senior executives are drawn to form a GTA board.
The resulting sense of employer ‘ownership’ is the engine of a vocational training service offered to a far-wiser range of companies and to the communities in which they sit.
For our employer members, training arrangements or academies are defined as “cost centres” as opposed to profit centres. They are sometimes also involved with providing training for supply chain companies.
For over forty years, GTAs have represented the first truly public-private learning partnerships where employers subscribe to off-the-job training centres in order to provide efficient, expertly delivered skills.
GTA England was established in 2009 to benefit member GTAs. Our objectives are to raise the profile of GTAs, present a compelling case to funding organisations, to work successfully with government as a natural partner and to improve and standardise quality across the GTA network.
- to raise the profile of GTAs
- to present a compelling case to funding organisations
- to work successfully with government as a natural partner
- to improve and standardise quality across the GTA network
GTA England actively pursues the following aims for the benefit of our members:
MEMBERSHIP FEES
The annual GTA England membership fee is based on latest turnover in annual accounts.
If you would like to be considered for membership, please click the 'apply now' button below to view our current criteria and application form. Alternatively, if you have any questions and would like to talk to someone further about GTA England membership, we would be delighted to hear from you.
