This document summarizes project management training courses and qualifications from the Association for Project Management (APM). It outlines the benefits of APM qualifications, including increasing career options and potential salary. The Management Skills Centre is an accredited training provider offering modular courses leading to APM qualifications like the Introductory Certificate, APMP, and Practitioner levels. Courses cover the APM Body of Knowledge and provide exam preparation for the multiple choice or essay-based exams.

1. Training courses in
Project Management
for APM qualifications

2. What do you look for in a good
project management course?
Individual tailoring to meet the special
interests of each delegate.
Emphasis on interpersonal skills - people
before process.
Extensive exam preparation - to reduce
worries and develop confidence.
Covering all the basic skills and knowledge
required for project success.

3. Anything else?
Flexible modular courses - don’t have to
take a week off work.
Excellent value for money.
Trainers have extensive project
management experience as well as teaching
expertise.

4. Can the Management Skills
Centre provide this?
Yes, it can. It presents courses leading to
qualifications from the Association for
Project Management (APM) - the UK
home of project professionals.
The MSC is an APM Accredited Training
Provider with 12 years experience of
providing APM courses.

5. Why take APM qualifications?
APM has over 19,000 members and 500
corporate members, making it the largest
professional body of its kind in Europe.
APM’s qualifications are recognised abroad
via International Project Management
Association(IPMA) Certification.
APM has applied for Chartered status.

6. What are the benefits of an
APM qualification?
They build up your portfolio/cv and
increase career options.
Increasingly, professionals are turning to
the APMP qualification to provide an edge
in the employment market.
APMP can potentially help you to earn up
to £10,000 more per year. (Arras People Salaries
and Day Rates Review for PPM Practitioners 2011)

7. Which APM qualification is
right for you?
Introductory Certificate - no experience or
knowledge required.
APMP - the foundation-level qualification covering the
fundamentals of professional management of projects.
APMP with prior learning - fast-track route to the
APMP for those with the PRINCE2 Practitioner
qualification.
Practitioner - practical assessment of p.m. skills.

8. Examination-based
qualifications
Training Coverage of the Exam type Exam Date of exam
(days) APM Body of length
Knowledge (BoK) (hours)
Introductory 2 27 areas Multiple 1 At end of
Certificate choice second day of
course
APMP 5 37 areas Essay 3 During sixth
based day of course
APMP - 3 25 areas Essay 2 During fourth
with prior based day of course
learning

9. How do I find out more?
The Management Skills Centre website:
www.managementskillscentre.co.uk
Any queries - please ring 01892 506872 or
e-mail andrew@msc-southeast.com
The APM website: www.apm.org.uk