Until recently I’d been doing Hiab work for over 7 years. The initial training was done with a local company whose “qualification” (I was told some years later) was apparently some invention of their own and not recognized by anyone else (more fool the employer for paying for this methinks).
When the time came for the five year refresher, another company was used and they supplied a photoID card stating the qualification was issued via ITSSAR (itssar.org.uk/). This seemed like a massive improvement over the previous training provider.
Recently I was told that my current ticket is not widely recognized and probably wouldn’t be valued by employers, who prefer an ALLMI ticket.
Is there anyone else who has been doing hiab with an ITSSAR ticket?