COMMON CeMAP QUESTIONS

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1. Which exam should I take first?

There are several CeMAP training companies that recommend CeMAP 2 & 3 be taken before CeMAP 1. The reasons they give are various and creative, the most common being that, since they consider CeMAP 1 to be the toughest of the three examinations, anyone who struggles with the CeMAP 1 exam would be less likely to quit if they had already achieved passes on CeMAP 2 & 3. While this is certainly true for some people, this detail helps to mask the fact that those companies would prefer that nobody took the decision to quit until after they have paid for all the company's CeMAP courses.

What is our view? If taught correctly and skillfully, CeMAP 1 should be no more difficult than CeMAP 2 or CeMAP 3. If, after testing the water, anyone decides that the mortgage world is not for them, we believe they should have the option to change their minds with minimum financial loss. Although we can accommodate anyone who wants to take CeMAP 2 & 3 first, we would recommend that CeMAP 1 be taken first.

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2. How much would this cost?

Although most people recognise this to be a very valuable investment rather than an expense, there is inevitably the need for some pain before we realise the gain.

The Institute of Financial Services charges £135 to register you for each of the three CeMAP modules and their fees entitle you to the following:

Beyond this, we aim to keep your costs to an absolute minimum by conducting our intensive CeMAP training courses within purpose built meeting rooms at selected hotels located throughout the UK. Clearly, if we can bring our CeMAP training courses to your doorstep, you can avoid any unnecessary travel and hotel accommodation costs.

Included in the cost of each of our courses is all of the following:

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3. How long should this take?

A typical programme would be as follows:

Stage 1

As soon as you're ready to take the first step towards changing your life:

Stage 2

As soon as you've passed CeMAP 1:

Our training days run from 09:00 to 17:00, with the CeMAP 1 course being 5 consecutive days, Monday to Friday. Our CeMAP 2 course runs from Monday to Thursday and is immediately followed by the CeMAP 3 course on the Friday of the same week. Doing CeMAP 2 & 3 in the same week is recommended because, although the CeMAP 2 and CeMAP 3 examinations test exactly the same knowledge, the question format for CeMAP 3 is entirely different to that for CeMAP 2 and this requires a very different approach and is best covered while the knowledge is still fresh.

If you would like to register your interest in our company, please make yourself known by any of the methods shown on our CONTACT US page.

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4. Why do you take 5 days when others can offer CeMAP training in 2 days?

Beware of false prophets! There are CeMAP training companies currently offering 2-day training courses and some of these quite correctly and clearly advertise these as revision courses. Sadly, there are other companies that fail to make this clear.

To complement our CeMAP Training Online courses, we provide 3 days dedicated one-to-one training.

Having taught CeMAP since its inception in the late 90s, I can assure you that nobody can teach CeMAP in a shorter period than we allocate to our courses unless they are either cutting corners or relying on the delegate to have completed a significant period of self study before attending the course.

Although it doesn't hurt to do some studying of the IFS material before attending our courses, it is not at all necessary and we assume that no study has taken place before attending. Most of our delegates report the difficulty of trying to learn from the IFS manual alone. The quantity of content alone can be totally overpowering to all but those who have previous experience at learning from such sources.

A significant proportion of our delegates had achieved exam passes with our courses before they had even received their manuals from the Institute of Financial Services.

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5. How can this be done at such a low cost?

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Q6. How does the course registration process work?

Step 1 - Initial Contact.

You contact us to express your initial interest in CeMAP training.

Step 2 - Initial Conversation.

We will ask our Head of Training to speak with you to answer any initial questions you may have.

Step 3 - Registration.

When you are happy to proceed, we will ask you to formally register by selecting and making payment for your first course.

Step 4 - Acknowledgement & Formal Invitation.

As soon as your payment has cleared, we will write to acknowledge receipt of your Course Fee and we will send you our formal course joining instructions.

Step 5 - Training.

Apart from bringing a clear head with you, there are no other requirements. There is no dress code for course delegates because we want you to be as comfortable as possible throughout the week. The course is fully structured, so you can let your course tutor drive the process forward while you sit back and enjoy the journey.

If you would like to register your interest in our company, please make yourself known by any of the methods shown on our CONTACT US page.

Alternatively, you can explore our other TRAINING OPTIONS to see if we have a better alternative to suit you.