Below you'll find a few details about who we are, what our background is, our level of expertise, and you'll also find details of our technical support (in the unlikely event of your ever needing it).
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Essential Training Solutions (ETS) launched its first product, Essential Aromatherapy, in October 1998. This product received favourable reviews, was accredited by the prestigious Institute of IT Training with the Silver Award for Self Study Course of the Year 1998 and, most importantly, was received with much enthusiasm by students.
As a result of demonstrating Essential Aromatherapy in Schools, Colleges and at Exhibitions, requests came flooding in for further courseware. From these requests, reflexology was chosen as the next product. During the development stage, it became apparent that the Anatomy & Physiology section was sufficiently comprehensive to also be distributed separately. On 1st January 2000, Essential Reflexology and Essential Anatomy & Physiology – The Elementary Guide were launched. Students and tutors received both products with great enthusiasm.
1st July 2002 saw the launch of yet another new product - Essential Anatomy & Physiology. Over 300% larger than its predecessor, it took a deeper look at the body systems and, in doing so, took Essential Training Solutions into the Academic and Medical markets. In September 2003, Essential Anatomy & Physiology was approved by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Accreditation Unit until 14/09/06, and an e-learning version was launched in Spring 2005 and was linked to the RCN’s Online Learning Zone.
To support the complementary healthcare practitioner further, the Client Management System was released on 1st October 2003. This exciting product allows client details to be kept literally at the fingertips! Version 2 was released in autumn 2005 and includes enhancements suggested by enthusiastic existing customers, making this truly a program “for practitioners by practitioners”.
In 2009 we joined forces with Llewellyn Europe (Safety Advisers) Ltd, to produce a Health and Safety Induction Course for SMEs. In October it received approval from IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health). This new product takes ETS into a completely different market and has its own web presence at
The Autumn of 2009 also saw the release of the Essential Anatomy & Physiology Question Bank. Priced at just £6.99, this was the first ETS product ever to be sold for under £10.
On 22nd July 2010 we withdrew the long standing VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Anatomy & Physiology (D1060), a week in advance of its withdrawal from the QCF. Its natural replacement was the VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology for Complementary Therapies, which received rave reviews. Then, at the beginning of August, we released an FHT-Approved Level 3 Diploma in Pathology. This Pathology CPD course contains the 72 conditions covered in the VTCT diploma and is ideal for extending or refreshing knowledge. On 18th August the VTCT confirmed an update to their Level 3 Diploma in Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology qualification. It now contains the "less common pathology" unit and we released it the same day! In September we began to offer CPD courses in partnership with the Association of Reflexologists and our working relationship has gone from strength to strength. On 1st October we entered a partnership with the Federation of Holistic Therapists to offer CPD courses to their members at a discounted rate.
In the first quarter of 2011 we were commissioned by the Association of Reflexologists to develop a Bridging Course to facilitate membership to those who qualified with the VTCT prior to January 2011. As a result of this course, we wrote an Additional Pathology course. This, in conjunction with our original Pathology course, covers all the conditions listed in the core curriculum. The combination of these two course created Complete Pathology, which is the recommended route to AoR membership for those with an ITEC or IEB qualification that contains insufficient pathology to meet membership criteria.
February 6th 2012 saw the release a Reflexology Question Bank and Online Resource. Suitable for students or qualified therapists, this product contains quizzes, downloadable resources, case studies and video clips. At the beginning of March we released another question bank, this time to support the Complete Pathology for Complementary Therapies book.
At the same time we were delighted to become the recommended training provider for Anatomy and Physiology for the Bowen Association and Bowen Training. Any Bowen therapist who does not hold an accredited qualification in Anatomy and Physiology is to be encouraged to take the VTCT Level 3 Certificate in Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology for Complementary Therapies. In addition to this, ETS is providing refresher courses for Bowen therapists in Anatomy and Physiology, Health and Safety, and Pathology. Successful candidates will receive a Bow-Tech endorsed certificate.
At the end of August the Client Mamagement System (V3) was released and we also made our first promotional videos for it. It is hoped that this system will help therapists run their businesses for many years to come.
In October 2012 we released a Maintaining Best Practice area on the web site to offer a selection of tutorials to help therapists keep up to date with working practices. As a part of this we also released a Protection from Abuse tutorial for free. All Maintaining Best Practice modules enable students to print off a certificate of participation for their CPD portfolios.
Essential Training Solutions, Specialists in Anatomy and Physiology, Pathology and Health and Safety, Online Courses Accredited / Approved by VTCT FHT AOR IFPA BOWEN and IOSH
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