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The Guildhall, Chipping Norton, OX7 5NJ
Tel +44 (0)845 456 0630; Web
www.cobent.com
18th January 2008
Aberdeen City Council makes staff training easy
Cobent - the 'compliance' software vendor, specialising in the
manufacturing and life sciences sectors - is helping Aberdeen City
Council make training and development easier for the Council's 12,500
full and part-time staff.
The City Council is using the
Cobent Learning Compliance Suite (LCS) to convert specific classroom
training into e-learning courses - which can be accessed from any
location and allow staff to work at their own pace.
The Cobent LCS is expected to cut training costs because it helps
reduce the need for classroom trainers and training facilities, and the
need to take staff away from their jobs for an extended period.
The City Council will realise additional cost savings by using Cobent
LCS to harness existing knowledge and experience to develop bespoke
courses, which are less expensive than bought-in products and which can
be aligned more closely to staff needs.
Where classroom training is needed, staff will be able to use the
Cobent LCS to book themselves on to courses, reducing administration.
Cobent has provided the City Council with specialist advice and
training to enable human resources staff to use Cobent LCS to develop
in-house e-learning.
Michelle Shek, Aberdeen City Council human resources advisor and the
Cobent LCS project manager, said: "Our vision is to provide staff with
the training and development they want and need in a more flexible,
convenient and cost-effective way.
"Cobent has provided the Council with a best-value solution, in terms
of cost and need, for achieving our goal. It means staff get a better
level of training and that means the Council can deliver a higher level
of service to the community."
In-house and off-the-shelf courses will cover subjects such as personal
development and management training, appraisal, understanding business
and finance, and recruitment and selection.
Because the Cobent LCS is an online system, it will extend training to
staff like teachers or care workers who cannot easily leave their place
of work.
Howard Sears, Cobent chief executive officer, said: "Local government
organisations like Aberdeen City Council are under constant pressure to
increase the quality of service provision and yet continually reduce
costs.
"Solutions like Cobent LCS are specifically designed to make processes
like training and development easier and more cost-effective to
implement but also to provide individuals with a more user-friendly and
flexible way for them to learn, increase their skills and, in turn,
help improve public services."
The Cobent Learning Compliance Suite (LCS) is a powerful set of modules
designed to make enterprise-wide learning easier to manage and control.
LCS is a browser-based application that provides fully functional
learning, content and training management, offering organisations the
necessary tools to create, distribute and track training activities
online and offline, quickly and cost-effectively. LCS consists of
advanced tools that have been built in line with global compliance
standards and in consultation with training managers, compliance
managers and other business professionals who deliver and manage
training daily.
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Cobent (
http://www.cobent.com )
Based in Oxfordshire, UK, Cobent provides solutions for e-learning,
training and compliance-led process management across the entire range
of international blue-chip companies, fast-growth start-ups, and public
sector organisations. Cobent enables its customers to achieve
regulatory compliance and learning management across the entire
organisation, empowering them to manage compliance governance quickly
and cost-effectively. Creating reports that are compliance-ready at the
outset, Cobent delivers the market's most reliable, flexible, and
compliant solution for distributing organisation-wide learning
management via the web. Cobent works with organisations in the life
sciences, government, financial services, education, retail and call
centre sectors.
Further information from:
Howard Sears, Cobent Group, +44 (0) 845 456 0630;
hsears@cobent.com
Bob Little, Bob Little Press &
PR, +44 (0)1727 860405/ + 44 (0) 7850 508201
