Work-Based by Design
CPI connects formal learning with professional practice. Learning can draw on employment, projects, responsibilities, previous study and relevant experience.
Workforce Solutions
Custom & Bespoke Training Built Around Your Organisation
Develop the skills your people need without forcing your organisation into a one-size-fits-all training model. Caribbean Polytechnic Institute works with employers, public-sector bodies and other organisations to adapt relevant courses, professional development and qualification pathways around real workplace needs.
About Custom Training
Start with the outcome your organisation needs
Custom training is not simply an existing class delivered to a private group. It begins with the knowledge, skills, competence or qualification outcome that your organisation and learners need, then identifies the most appropriate CPI programme, course, units or learning activities to support that outcome.
CPI already provides flexible, applied and work-based learning across technical, professional, management, health and social care, education and public-service fields. Our custom-training approach extends that model by allowing relevant learning to be organised around your operating environment, workforce profile and development priorities.
A solution may range from a focused short course or workshop to a structured multi-week programme, an employer cohort, a work-based development programme or a recognised qualification pathway.
Custom does not mean lowering the standard.
Where a programme leads to an externally regulated or awarded qualification, required learning outcomes, assessment criteria and other mandatory qualification rules remain in place. CPI customises the learning experience around those requirements wherever permitted.
Designed for the Real Workplace
What can be customised?
Bespoke delivery gives organisations greater control over how relevant training fits their workforce while giving learners a programme that connects directly with the environment in which they work and perform.
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Programme or Unit Selection
Start with an existing CPI course or qualification, combine relevant subject areas, or select suitable units and learning activities where the programme structure permits.
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Entry & Learner Pathways
We consider the learner group, existing qualifications, professional experience and applicable Recognition of Prior Learning arrangements when determining an appropriate pathway.
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Duration & Scheduling
Delivery may be organised around shifts, operational demands, project periods or agreed training days, while still meeting required guided learning or qualification requirements where applicable.
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Delivery Modality
Depending on the subject and programme requirements, training may be delivered online, live virtual, face-to-face, on-site, in practical facilities, in the workplace or through a blended model.
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Localised Content
Examples, case studies, legislation, standards, operating procedures and workplace scenarios can be contextualised for Jamaica, the Caribbean, a particular sector or the organisation itself where appropriate.
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Applied & Workplace Learning
Practical exercises and workplace projects can be shaped around authentic organisational problems, processes, equipment and improvement priorities where these support the intended learning outcomes.
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Assessment Approach
Where programme rules allow, assessment evidence may be gathered through workplace projects, practical demonstrations, assignments, portfolios, presentations or other valid methods aligned with the required criteria.
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Group & Individual Support
Training can be designed for a whole team while recognising differences in learner experience, job role, academic readiness and support needs.
Why CPI
Training connected to performance, progression and recognised learning
Cross-Faculty Capability
Solutions can draw from applied science and technology, business and management, health and social care, social sciences and education, as well as professional and short-course provision.
Flexible Delivery
Online study, workplace activity, practical sessions and face-to-face instruction can be combined according to the subject, learner group and programme requirements.
Recognition of Existing Learning
Relevant prior qualifications, training and experience may support admission, progression or exemptions where they map appropriately to programme requirements.
Practical Application
Where appropriate, learners work with real tasks, workplace evidence, practical activities and projects designed to strengthen transfer of learning into job performance.
From Skills Training to Qualifications
An organisation may require a short intervention, continuing professional development, a structured certificate or diploma, or a longer progression pathway. CPI can help identify the best fit.
Our Process
How custom training works
Every organisation is different. We use a structured process to move from your business need to a practical, deliverable learning solution.
Understand the Need
We discuss the performance issue, skills gap, compliance requirement, development goal or qualification need you want the training to address.
Profile the Learners
We consider job roles, prior knowledge, qualifications, experience, location, schedules and any relevant entry or support needs.
Build the Solution
CPI identifies suitable courses, units, qualifications or learning activities and determines what can appropriately be adapted.
Deliver & Apply
Training is delivered through the agreed modality with practical, interactive or workplace application incorporated where relevant.
Assess & Review
Learning and competence are assessed as required. We can also review learner feedback and organisational outcomes to inform future development.
Areas We Can Draw From
Build a solution from CPI's wider programme portfolio
The examples below are not a fixed custom-training catalogue. They show the breadth of subject areas from which a workforce solution may be developed, subject to programme availability and qualification requirements.
Engineering & Technical Operations
PLCs, generator maintenance, technical systems, engineering operations, energy efficiency and related applied skills.
Facilities & Built Environment
Facilities management, contract administration, maintenance, building services, utilities, estates and grounds.
Health, Safety & Compliance
Occupational health and safety, food safety, risk management, compliance and workplace regulatory practice.
Business & Management
Leadership, management, procurement, logistics, project-related practice, quality and organisational performance.
Public Service & Administration
Public administration, governance, service improvement, organisational practice and professional development.
Education & Training
Teaching, assessment, workplace instruction, trainer development, digital education and learning support.
Digital & Professional Skills
Computing, cybersecurity, digital skills, online professional learning and selected industry certifications.
Need Something Different?
Tell us the capability you need to develop. CPI can review its existing portfolio and relevant specialist resources to determine whether a suitable solution can be built.
One Solution, Two Sets of Needs
Designed for the organisation and the learner
Effective workforce development has to work on both sides. Employers need relevant capability and measurable value. Learners need a realistic route to build competence, demonstrate achievement and, where appropriate, progress toward recognised qualifications.
- Align development with operational or strategic priorities.
- Build capability around actual workplace roles and responsibilities.
- Reduce unnecessary duplication of learning where prior competence can be recognised.
- Support staff development, retention and professional progression.
- Allow learning to fit more realistically around employment and other responsibilities.
- Connect new knowledge with immediate workplace application.
“The objective is not to make the qualification fit the company by changing its standard. The objective is to make the learning experience fit the company and learner while achieving the required standard.”
Qualifications & Quality
Customisation within the requirements of the programme
CPI's portfolio includes institutional courses, professional programmes and externally awarded qualifications. The scope for customisation therefore depends on the type of programme selected.
For externally awarded or regulated qualifications
CPI will preserve mandatory learning outcomes, assessment criteria, qualification rules and required quality assurance arrangements. Where permitted, the delivery schedule, teaching approach, contextual examples, workplace activities, assessment evidence opportunities and learner support can be adapted to make the programme more relevant to the organisation and its learners.
For CPI short courses and non-regulated workforce programmes
There is generally greater scope to shape course content, duration, learning activities and assessment around the organisation's specific objectives, subject to academic approval, available expertise, safe practice and the integrity of the learning outcome.
Who We Work With
For organisations developing people, capability and performance
Companies & Industry
Upskilling, technical capability, compliance training, management development and operational improvement.
Government & Public Sector
Professional development, public administration, workplace capability and targeted cohort programmes.
SMEs & Growing Teams
Focused training that develops essential capability without requiring a large internal training function.
Professional & Community Organisations
Group learning, continuing development and tailored education for members, practitioners and stakeholders.
You do not have to find a course that fits perfectly.
Tell us what your organisation needs its people to know, do or achieve. We can help determine whether an existing CPI programme can be adapted or whether a more targeted training solution is appropriate.
Custom Training Enquiry
Tell us what you need
A useful starting point is the problem you are trying to solve, the people who need training and the outcome you want to achieve. You do not need to have selected a CPI course before contacting us.
Caribbean Polytechnic Institute
22B Old Hope Road
Kingston 5, Jamaica
Tel: 876-665-3930 / 876-690-9662
Email:
enquiries@captech.edu.jm