Training for Caravan Parks

Publications

Caravan Industry Training produce a number of publications of interest to the caravan parks industry. All our publications are written by industry specialists in accordance with standards approved and set by both the National Caravan Council and the British Holiday & Home Park Association.

Safe Siting of Caravans

Foundation Degree in Tourism Park Management

A foundation degree is equivalent to the first two years of a full time honours degree course. This program has been developed by Kingston Maurward College in Dorset with the support of Caravan Industry Training, and will be validated by Bournemouth University. The program will teach important principles of business and management in a caravan park context,

Electrical

Under the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, all employers have a duty to ensure that employees are competent to carry out any electrical duties expected of them. The National Caravan Council has defined the competencies necessary for electrical inspection of caravan holiday homes and park homes when they are connected. A training course with assessment has been developed to provide the necessary...

ACS Gas for Parks

Engineers, who work on units that are hired out in the course of their business, must be Gas-Safe registered. The Nationally Accredited Certification Scheme for Individual Gas Fitters (ACS) is available to all engineers who hold an ACoPs gas competency certificate covering caravan installations or equivalent. We consider this as being the minimum requirement before taking ACS assessment...

NVQ Level 2 CERTIFICATE: Operational Services for Park Staff

This NVQ is a specially developed work based qualification suitable for most park employees, whether they are a team leader, a ‘practical doer’, or they work in reception, administration, retail or leisure. Because each park is different, the qualification offers a very wide choice of optional manual and administrative units, as well as the core essentials of health & safety, teamwork, customer service and equality and diversity.

NVQ Level3 DIPLOMA in leisure management

This qualification is aimed at anyone on the park who has a supervisory or management position – on a large park they could work in sales, administration, retail, entertainment, maintenance or any other specialism. On a smaller park they could be a trainee or junior manager. You don’t have to complete level 2 first – NVQs are assessed on work currently being undertaken.