ETITO confident training demands can be met

Manager of strategy and corporate relations Michael Frampton told advisers at a Code Committee roadshow in Wellington that he was confident ETITO will have the capacity to meet adviser demand with eight organisations already signed up as delegated assessment organisations, and a further 21 organisations in active discussions with the education training provider.

"We're pretty confident there'll be adequate capacity," Frampton told the Wellington audience. From Friday this week, advisers will be able to reserve times for assessments, beginning in June, he said.

Frampton warned advisers against putting off booking their assessment too long, even though minimum code standards were still uncertain. A late rush would constrain the ability to get everyone accredited by December's deadline. Of the 850 people who had used the ETITO's self-evaluation tool on its website, about half would require some form of training, he said.

"There may be a dim view taken by those who make the decisions if there's underutilised capacity reported," he said.