It’s human nature to leave things to the last minute. Whether it is paying a bill, booking a holiday or buying Christmas presents we tend to hang fire before parting with our cash.
Some of this is down to financial pressures, of course, particularly as the recession continues to bite for most of us.
Sometimes, though, it pays to get in early to make sure you aren’t disappointed at a later stage.
This is certainly the case for Personal Licence holders in Scotland who are coming up to the deadline for refreshing their training.
Unlike in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, there is a legal obligation for the Scottish Personal Licence to be renewed every five years.
This legislation came in back in 2009 so it means that those people who got theirs that year have only got until August this year to complete their training top-up with the SCPLH-R qualification.
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Inevitably, people will leave it late which means that come the summer there will be a mad rush to get on a course.
If they don’t manage to register anywhere – and places are limited on courses – their licence will be revoked and they won’t be able to replace it for another five years.
This clearly is disastrous career-wise and for anyone who works part-time behind a bar because it will prevent them from selling alcohol anywhere in Scotland.
I was chatting to one of our experience trainers who delivers SCPLH-R courses the other day and he told me his licence was up for renewal and he has already completed his refresher training.
So the message is that you don’t have to wait until the deadline is looming. You can get yourself safely qualified with a refresher course in good time so you won’t be worrying later in the year about squeezing in on a course.
There are a couple of abv Training SCPLH-R courses coming up soon – March 12 in Glasgow and March 13 in Edinburgh. And we will be offering regular refresher courses every month. Follow our dedicated Twitter account @SCPLH_refresher for up-to-date information.
To register, all you have to do is click here: http://www.abvtraining.co.uk/scottish-courses.htm
Now I must pay that gas bill I’ve been putting off for the last fortnight!
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