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When I worked in Halfords 30+ years ago, it wasn’t even an expectation, hence a lot of dangerous bikes left the shop. I just imagine in this more litigation-heavy world, a business insurer would insist on some kind of professional accreditation.
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I was told at my interview for Halfords that they’d be up for putting me through Cytech.
That never happened and instead they made me area trainer but still didn’t pay me anything more than minimum wage.
Le sigh.
With the litigation thing, something we talk about a lot at work is, if we’re going to go against ‘the guidance’ (usually British Cycling coaching shit), that’s fine, so long as we are able to justify why.
M_V
Insurance was the excuse my manager gave for making me do weldtech though in reality I think it was more about making it look like he was doing staff development since I’d been in post for a few years by that point.
There was no requirement for qualifications in the couple lbs I worked for nor Halfords but I left the last lbs almost 9 years ago so yeah, things may have changed.