Qualifications
There are many different qualifications and courses for Travel Planners.
The Open university has a long standing research partnership with Transport for London and Loughborough University which has seen the development of an accredited vocationally related qualification (VRQ) in travel planning. This level 5 qualification consists of four units totaling 130 hours of learning time, including guided and independent study and assessment. The certificate comprises the following courses:
- Introduction to travel planning (GT013)
- Travel plan development (GT014)
- Social marketing (GB017)
- How to design and analyse surveys (GT032)
The Certificate, as well as being a qualification in its own right, is designed to provide a pathway to further qualifications; for example, as an entrance qualification for a related masters course.
There will be an additional charge for the award of the vocational certificate. The fee for the four-unit qualification is £100 and will be reviewed on an annual basis.
Suitable for Travel Planning Co-ordinators as well as Town Planning Support Staff, Transport Planners and Transport Schedulers.
Introduction to Travel Planning - £495
No more than 30 hours, register online and start tomorrow
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/professional-skills/course/gt013.htm
This course is designed to familiarise newly appointed travel plan coordinators - and those affected by travel plans - with crucial aspects of workplace and school travel planning, and to broaden the knowledge of existing coordinators. It will also appeal to others in appropriate professional contexts, such as Local Authority Travel Co-ordinators or transport consultants.
The course provides an overview of the rationale for Travel Planning and the processes involved, and enables you to focus on either workplace or school Travel Planning. It will also help you identify further training needs. The course forms part of a Level 5 vocational Certificate in Travel Planning.
For comprehensive course content see link above
Travel plan development - £495
No more than 40 hours, register online and start tomorrow
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/professional-skills/course/gt014.htm
This course covers the practical processes involved in developing a travel plan. You will draft a travel plan for your own organisation or one you are working with. Travel plan design is considered generically, based upon the Department for Transport template; participants can then choose to follow a workplace or school travel plan development stream. The course will familiarise newly appointed Travel Plan Coordinators with crucial aspects of workplace and school travel plan development and broaden existing Coordinators' knowledge. It will also appeal to others in an appropriate professional context such as a Local Authority Travel Coordinator or transport consultant. This course forms part of a Level 5 vocational Certificate in Travel Planning.
For comprehensive course content see link above
How to design and analyse surveys- £495
No more than 30 hours, register online and start tomorrow
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/professionaldevelopment/course/gt032.htm
This online course examines the general principles and processes of designing and analysing surveys in order to design new services or measure response to services. These are then applied to specific contexts such as travel planning or health-related services. Throughout the course, activities require you to apply what is taught to your own situation and so develop and test a travel plan survey questionnaire.
The course will be of benefit to Travel Planners and Co-ordinators, and health care professionals such as health centre or practice managers. This course forms part of a Level 5 vocational Certificate in Travel Planning.
For comprehensive course content see link above
Social marketing - £495
No more than 30 hours, register online and start tomorrow
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/professional-skills/course/gb017.htm
This course examines the nature of social marketing, and how marketing concepts, frameworks and techniques developed for commercial marketers can solve social marketing problems. It provides tools and ideas to help you apply social marketing to your own context - examining consumer behavior, social marketing planning, situational and stakeholder analysis, segmentation and targeting, research, marketing mix, relationship marketing and evaluation. The course will benefit those working within organisations seeking to effect social change or address specific social issues such as travel planning and health initiatives; including consultants working in appropriate professional contexts. The course forms part of a Level 5 vocational Certificate in Travel Planning.
For comprehensive course content see link above
- The Open University also offers a number of other courses that teach skills of relevance to travel planners and can relate to the varied career paths involved.
For example, some people who have taken these travel plan courses have also taken the following courses:
This underlines the fact that travel planners are often part of a non-transport career path and so an important thing is to provide training that allows them to apply their skills to other areas,
CPD Course - Professional communication skills for business studies
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/lb160.htm
Short undergraduate course - Design and the web
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/t183.htm
Personal and career development in engineering
