• The Accredited Provider commits via a contract with the National Register to be a REPS India partner for a minimum of two consecutive years.
• The Accredited Provider has been in operation for a minimum of 12 years with at least 15,000 certificated graduates.
• The Accredited Provider has no fewer than four education sites with fully equipped classrooms and at each site has standalone student-only gyms for practical delivery.
• The Accredited Provider has specific internal departments with dedicated teams demonstrating a clear hierarchy within the organisation (not limited to but including as mandatory: Internal Quality Assurance, Student support, Certification, Enrolment to include counselling sessions, employment placement service).
• All essential and desirable systems are in place and teaching, learning and assessments are tailored to the needs of ALL learners proactively, with evidence of consistency over a period of time.
• Management, administration staff and delivery team are proactively involved with learners in contributing and improving the quality of their journey, and there is significant evidence of improvements/changes being made as a result of consultation between all involved in the provision of training.

For providers looking to apply for COE status the pre-requisite to apply is to have achieved Outstanding in the previous year and have maintained it through the year. To be eligible to become a Centre of Excellence, requires the training provider to satisfy and evidence the following criteria: