Your team’s fastest way to learn

Do you need training for your team, fast? Secure your team’s skills development over the coming months and save up to 25% with Firebrand On Demand. Whether you know your training plans already, or you want the flexibility to choose courses for your team when it’s needed – you can ensure they’re always trained, certified and back to work faster.

How to get Firebrand On Demand

Your team will spend less time out of the office and more time using their new skills – through accelerated courses from the likes of Microsoft, Cisco, CompTIA, Six Sigma, VMware and more. Depending on your up-front commitment, gain access to exclusive corporate rates:

• Save 15% with a commitment of € 30.000,-
• Save 20% with a commitment of € 50.000,-
• Save 25% with a commitment of € 100.000,-

The On Demand saving applied to (ISC)² courses is capped at 10%.

Why Accelerated Learning?

Firebrand On Demand secures the benefits of all-inclusive Accelerated Learning for your team:

• High-quality training, delivered at twice the speed by expert instructors
• 12-hour training days – students stay focused through our lecture, lab, review delivery
• 24-hour lab access
• Courseware and exams included – students return certified, proving what they’ve learnt
• Food and accommodation included
• Certification guarantee

Firebrand On Demand can be applied to courses from Firebrand partners including: APMG, Axelos, BCI, BCS, Cisco, Cloudera, CompTIA, EC-Council, GIAC, ISACA, ISO, ISTQB, ITIL, Six Sigma, Linux, Microsoft, Oracle, PMI, Sarbanes-Oxley, Scrum, The Open Group and VMware.

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Terms and conditions

The On Demand saving applied to (ISC)² courses is capped at 10%.

All training days must be taken within 12 months of the Firebrand On Demand agreement being signed. Firebrand reserves the right to pre-screen all attendees to ensure that prerequisites are met.

Standard terms and conditions can be found at: www.firebrandtraining.nl/terms

Does your staff need professional IT skills and certifications quickly, from the likes of Microsoft and Cisco? Maybe you need to develop your in-house project management skills, or protect your business through improved IT security?

Whatever training your business needs, Firebrand’s your fastest way to learn.

Since 2001 we’ve trained 134561 employees from 1,000s of organisations, saving them more than one million hours in training time. Firebrand works with large and small organisations – from start-ups and SMEs, to more than half of the FTSE 100.

With a Firebrand course, your staff are back at work sooner - qualified with an industry-standard certification. Plus, they learn practical skills, from the instructor’s industry experience.

Get your employees trained, certified and back to work faster:

• They’ll learn more, by getting at least 12 hours a day of quality learning time in a distraction-free environment
• Courses are all-inclusive. One price covers all course materials, exams, accommodation and meals – so your team can focus on learning
• Know what your employees know, through certification. We test throughout the course, a technique proven to help students retain information. They’ll pass first time or train again for free, covered by our Certification Guarantee

Study with an award-winning training provider: we've won the Learning and Performance Institute's "Training Company of the Year" three times. Our Net Promoter Score of 42% is at the top of any list – compared to Virgin at 27%, BA at 11% and Cisco at 38% for example.

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How to develop your team through Accelerated Learning

Whether your staff work in technology, IT security or project management – Accelerated Learning will help you bring in the latest skills quickly. Whatever you’re looking to develop within your team, we can work with you to get it done fast. This can be via our public schedule, closed courses, custom deliveries - or even through apprenticeship programmes.

The process starts with an initial conversation with your Firebrand Account Manager. Just tell us what you’re looking to achieve, and what skills are needed to do so. We’ll work within your budget and timescales, and map this against our portfolio of 100s of accelerated courses to develop the fastest way to meet your strategic outcome.

What’s your true cost of training?

You want your staff in the office, doing what they’re paid to do. An issue with training can be that employees can spend more time away from work than necessary, which comes at a cost. Plus there are the travel and accommodation costs, and the time away from work for the exam.

Not with Firebrand’s Accelerated Learning. Your employees are out of the office for the minimum amount of time, and you get your staff certified and working on new projects and systems faster.

Take a look at this True Cost of Training Calculator, based on one person attending our MCSA Windows Server course. See the difference made to the bottom line by the reduced time out of the office, and our all-inclusive delivery.

Roll this out across your team and you’re saving 100s of hours and £1,000s.

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How does Accelerated Learning compare to traditional training?

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We work directly with IT and training managers at the world's biggest companies. We help them develop their training strategy, to grow their business. Here's what some of them said about training with Firebrand:

How BT iNet trains its staff months faster with Firebrand

BT iNet is the networked IT Specialist of BT Business that provides engineering, project management and sales support services across the country. The company came to Firebrand with the need for a bespoke training programme that would satisfy two requirements. One: to provide a refresher for all Cisco Unified Communications engineers and consultants, and two: cross-skill the engineers with Cisco Routing & Switching skills.

Glyn Kennett, Head of Deployment Services, explains: “BT iNet is a flexible group of technical specialists, prepared to respond quickly to handle any project. As a result, we must keep up-to-date with the latest Cisco technologies and trends.”

“We’re also committed to improving the work-life balance of our engineers and consultants. We sometimes had situations where an engineer would need to drive from southern England to the north – because they were the only person available with the necessary skills. We needed to increase our nationwide spread of skills – to become even more efficient, and even more flexible.”

“BT iNet holds a huge range of Cisco certifications, because we see the importance in proving the competence of the skills across our business. In fact, we’re Cisco’s only partner in the UK to hold Masters certifications in Unified Communications, Security and Data Center”

All the skills at more than twice the speed

Glyn knew exactly what training BT iNet required – but it wasn’t what you’d find ‘off the shelf’. Glyn required flexibility, and provided a list of the elements of Cisco Routing and Switching that his team needed to learn. “The reason we wanted to run bespoke training is two-fold. Firstly, as a refresher to Voice Engineers who didn’t get heavily involved in that anymore, and secondly for the guys who have come straight into the Voice side of things, and don’t have an R&S background to draw upon” he said.

Glyn discussed his ‘wish list’ with Marcus Costerton, Firebrand’s Cisco Learning Consultant, and Dave Petts, Firebrand’s Chief Cisco Instructor. Firebrand then designed a course curriculum that provided all of the required knowledge, in the fastest possible time.

The biggest benefit to BT iNet was the speed at which the training would be delivered. Glyn describes: “The main saving was in the amount of days away from work. Having engineers out of the business for long periods of time is a considerable cost and inconvenience, so Firebrand’s approach of keeping this to a minimum was very attractive”

The easy decision: 45 or 120 days?

A traditional delivery of this course would have been eight days’ training for each of BT iNet’s 15 members of staff. With Firebrand, the course was only three days. This meant that the staff were out of the office for a combined 45 days, rather than the alternative of 120.

Glyn explains: “As a result of attending this bespoke training, we now have the opportunity to use our workforce more effectively. We’ve reduced the amount of travelling time for engineers, because we have the skills we need distributed across the country. A happier workforce, and reduced costs, equals a win-win for us.

He concluded: “Firebrand balanced being incredibly fast with the reassurance that they’re an official Cisco Learning Specialized Partner. So everything was official: the labs, courseware and instructor – which made it an even easier decision to make.”

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How 5G replaced its entire infrastructure with Firebrand

5G Communications is a UK-based telecoms provider and consultancy. When they first came to Firebrand, they were relying on external server support. This was both expensive and inefficient.

They made the decision to buy two data centres, upgrade their software and go virtual. By improving their legacy equipment, 5G could remain technology leaders.

They changed the entire network –replacing every single PC in the company. To enable this change, 5G needed to move to internal support. They started by completing a skills gap analysis, to identify key areas for study. It was then time to look at various training providers.

Why Accelerated Learning?

Following consultations with Firebrand’s Cisco Learning Consultant Marcus Costerton, it was Firebrand that provided what 5G needed - in the shortest time.

Andre Mellet, Technical Manager at 5G, explains: “We chose Firebrand based on time. Firebrand allowed us to study and certify faster than anywhere else. The hands-on approach meant that we learnt the practical skills in the classroom, which we were able to take straight back to the work place.”

5G sent their staff on a variety of courses to fill their skills gap: Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange and Windows Server; and Cisco CCNP. The biggest benefit to 5G was that this training was effectively free.

How the training paid for itself

The training investment meant they were able to halve their monthly external support fees. The money saved in the first year was redirected to training, and now all future savings can be spent developing the business further.

Andre concluded: “It’s unbelievable how Firebrand help you learn so quickly. The fact that all courses led to certification meant that we had proof that the students learnt everything they could on the course.”

5G is now in the process of hiring two apprentices, through the Firebrand Apprenticeships programme.

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"Upgrading and improving our IT skills and knowledge is part of winning and retaining customers for our business. But like many other businesses time is money so we were also looking for training that is fast, includes certification, is intensive and makes people more productive.

The Firebrand Accelerated Learning training is a deep immersive experience, that’s faster and has a better success rate, and quickly gets our employees to a point where they can be productive and earning revenue for the business.

We have been very happy with the training, the course trainers have a good knowledge of the subjects and supplement the course with lots of practical problem-solving experience."
Sacha Hauser, Head of FS / SCM, T-Systems

"In the past we have used training where there was no certification included and despite our best plans the trained employees never got around to taking their tests until much later, which resulted in a high test failure rate.

We decided to change our approach and tried Firebrand; With Firebrand’s 24/7 immersion, my team can concentrate 100% on the task in hand and we have seen our exam success rates rise.

Additionally because of Firebrands’ Accelerated Learning teaching methods we get our support staff back in the workplace quicker than with conventional training."
Andy Skellon, EMEA Product Support Manager, Polycom Ltd

"Towards the end of my military service I started to plan the transition into my next career, and realised that in order to maximise my employment opportunities I needed a mechanism to turn the skills and experience that I developed in the Army into qualifications that civilian employers would recognise and respect.

Whilst serving with the Royal Signals I had attended a CISSP 7-day boot camp with Firebrand during which I enjoyed the training experience and also passed the associated exam. At the end of my career with the Army I returned to Firebrand, but this time paid for the 4-day Certified Information Systems Manager (CISM) course using funding provided by the Enhanced Learning Credits Scheme.

I successfully completed the course and again passed the exam, gaining an industry recognised ISACA CISM certification. By combining my security certifications with my experience gained in the military and my personal qualities, I was able to leave the Army and promptly start a great new career with a London-based 'Big Four' security consultancy."
Howard Skidmore, Information Security and Cyber, e-skills UK

"We are an expanding business and we need a well-motivated and highly-skilled workforce. Investment in this training is showing benefit – in greater efficiency and flexibility – and our Firebrand Training account manager, has been helpful in advising on, and organising, our technical training programme."
Phillip Rudd, Director, Soltec Computer Systems

"Not many training providers offered what we needed – Microsoft Dynamics AX; we were desperate to gain certification quickly. It boils down to cost more than anything – when you factor in accommodation and travel – it's all under one roof."
Alex Davis, IT Manager, Dabs.com

"Firebrand helps CONET to keep up to date on all technological aspects concerning its Microsoft solution portfolio. On this basis CONET's consultants and software engineers are able to achieve high quality results and create innovative solutions for our customers' benefit."
Mario Strüder, Head of Procurement CONET Germany

"We chose Firebrand due to the speed that we could get certified. Their accelerated learning approach meant that we could achieve this within our tight deadlines. Gaining the competency provides evidence of our skill set, capabilities, and expertise to our customers. It also sets us apart from other providers in a very competitive market place."
Shaun Dodson, Senior Technology Officer at consultants Moore Stephens

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