Annex Div – Output Template
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Introduction
1.1 Until now there has been limited guidance on the appearance and presentation of the Annual Costed Training Plan. However, attempts by the NTCMIT to establish cost comparisons have been difficult due to variations in the output data items presented, the sequencing of course data and the presentation format of the final report. This difficulty in comparisons also impedes the consideration of cost data in regional discussions on collaboration.
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Output Template
2.1 Work is currently underway to produce an output template for use by forces in their Costed Annual Training Plans for 2006-7. It will be available for use at the earliest possible date and certainly before the end of the current calendar year. It will provide the following: • • • A standard electronic and print format A standard set of calculations A standard clustering and sequencing for learning programmes
2.2 The output template should ensure that all the appropriate calculations are presented in the same format and in the same place in each Plan. It will ensure that the Plan can be transmitted in a consistent electronic format and printed in an identical presentation format. It will also ensure that like for like training can be more easily identified making local and national comparisons or aggregations much more straightforward. 2.3 This should be seen as part of an on-going rationalisation process. Use of the cost proforma and input template (Annex Di and Dii), the proving of the computations using the validation data set and the application of the standard treatment of anomalies (Annex Diii) will ensure that the data and calculations will be consistent. Presentation in the standard output format will then ensure that the 2006-7 submissions provide a basis for comparisons and collaborative working.