CIBTAC

CIBTAC; The Education Department of BABTAC

CIBTAC has been established for almost 30 years as an international examination board, specialising in awarding diplomas in beauty, complementary therapies and well-being.

It remains UK based and was originally developed as the Education section of BABTAC, (British Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology), a leading professional body for therapists in the UK. CIBTAC has grown rapidly during those years, expanding its portfolio from traditional beauty treatments into spa, well-being, diet and nutrition, sports therapy and complementary therapy courses. It is now firmly established and reputed worldwide, from China and Japan to South Africa, New Zealand and Europe. CIBTAC works closely with many government education departments around the world to closely match national and international occupational and academic standards.

CIBTAC courses are easily accessible to prospective students and highly attainable for those determined to achieve success. CIBTAC schools and colleges are accredited for their excellence in education and are regularly monitored for quality assurance. CIBTAC courses allow schools and colleges a great deal of flexibility in delivery and organisation. CIBTAC is recognised by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) as a national awarding body in the UK. CIBTAC strives for a high standard of customer service, support and good communications with its schools and colleges from the first enquiry, through accreditation and onwards.

As a non-profit making company CIBTAC is able to re-invest its income for the benefit of its accredited schools, colleges and learners. It prides itself on its high standards of education and stringent quality controls.

Company Structure

Staff responsibilities and roles:

The Senior Education and Development Manager:	Jan Jones
Email: jones-jan@btconnect.com
Is directly responsible for the management, development and promotion of CIBTAC worldwide.

Education Officers and Team:
Are responsible to the Senior Education and Development Manager.
i) Education Development Officer;	Greta Couldridge
Email: gretacouldridge@ntlworld.com
Project manages key educational assignments, identified for development.
ii) Examinations Officer	Donna-marie Ackrill
Email: donna-marie@babtac.com
Monitors and develops examination arrangements and processes.
Education Team:
Key advisory staff with examining, lecturing and policy making experience.	Val Cooke Daphne Snelus Michelle Severn Kim Ford-Baldwin

Specialist Consultants:
Hired for specific projects such as their: subject knowledge for writing and updating syllabi and learning support materials item writing for theory examinations, educational, teaching, learning and assessment expertise.

CIBTAC Examiners:
40, UK based, examiners, all with recognised qualifications an experience in the subjects in which they examine and have tutoring and assessing expertise. See Examiner section for more information about the team.

CIBTAC administration:
Led by the CIBTAC Administration Supervisor	Jane Ballinger
Email: jane@babtac.com
Responsible for the day to day supervision of processes and issues surrounding examinations and learners results, processing new school or college applications, supervising financial arrangements and co-ordinating the production of educational materials.
Administrators:
Responsible for arranging examinations in a geographical region and collating and recording examination results.
Kirsty Newman	kirsty@babtac.com
Debra Wiseman	debra@babtac.com
Simon Wolton	simon@babtac.com
Ellie Cox	ellie@babtac.com
Finance Department:
Responsible for all CIBTAC financial arrangements, led by:
Finance & Business Development Manager - Denise Keighley, denise@babtac.com
Sales, Marketing and Media Department:
Responsible for the promotion and marketing of the CIBTAC brand and assisting schools and colleges in promoting its courses and awards to potential students and employers. This is achieved through editorials and advertising in the BABTAC, Vitality magazine, other international trade magazines, through its own publicity materials and web site: www.cibtac.com
Led by Manager - Philip Swinford, philip@babtac.com
CIBTAC is represented at major exhibitions around the world by the Education section at venues such as:	UK, Dublin – Ireland Hong Kong - S.East Asia Johannesburg, South Africa, Sydney – Australia
With school/college meetings held in areas such as Dubai, Malta, Singapore.

Principles of Examinations

CIBTAC only issues qualifications to candidates after they have successfully undertaken an externally set examination that is conducted in accordance with the examination criteria and CIBTAC’s published standards for each qualification.

CIBTAC’s examination procedures clearly establish whether the candidate has reached the set performance levels and that the evidence is authentic and reliable.

CIBTAC has detailed examination criteria for practical examinations.
Candidates are marked individually against the examination criteria by an external examiner.
The skills demonstrated cover the full range, as detailed in the syllabus.
Theoretical testing is achieved through externally set objective test papers.
The theoretical tests are marked and graded externally according to the CIBTAC mark scheme and grading system.
Case studies where applicable, are marked internally by the School/College according to the CIBTAC criteria and moderated by the external CIBTAC examiner.

Only those Schools/Colleges that meet the very high standards set by CIBTAC are awarded accreditation.

Successful applicants gain:

Status for their School/College
Credibility for their training programmes.
Access to CIBTAC promotional material
Access to CIBTAC support systems
Increased marketing opportunities

CIBTAC Certificate of Accreditation.

The CIBTAC Certificate of accreditation is renewed and validated annually.

Only those Schools and Colleges who have registered and paid their annual registration fee will be issued with these.

If a School/College lapses on the annual registration fee they will be removed from the CIBTAC data base and they will no longer be eligible to offer the CIBTAC qualifications.

A School/College must conduct at least one schedule of examinations in a two year period to maintain their accreditation with CIBTAC.

Those Schools/Colleges who do not achieve this will not be eligible to renew their accreditation.

CIBTAC Diplomas

Once CIBTAC accredited, the School/College must adhere to the CIBTAC syllabi and abide by all the CIBTAC rules and regulations.

The requirements for each individual course of study are clearly detailed in the individual syllabi.

Quality Control

CIBTAC accredited School/Colleges are monitored on a regular basis by the External CIBTAC examiners.

The School/College Monitoring report form is completed at the end of each examination schedule by the Examiner, in liaison with the Principal, or a designated member of staff.

Areas in which the School/College is not meeting the requirements of CIBTAC are highlighted by the Examiner and an action plan, addressing these areas, is drawn up.

Areas of considerable concern will be followed up by a letter from the Director of Education.

Subsequent CIBTAC Examiners will review the issues previously raised and verify that the School/College has actioned all points.

Failure to address the action points may result in the School/College being returned to probationary status and ultimately may result in the School/College being removed from the CIBTAC list of accredited Schools.