I had a trainee that done her training through (Lantra?) or something like that, anyway I didnt find that I incurred that much extra expense, I think i would have lost more if she was going to college and taking the flowers out of the shop. It was fairly flexible about when you made the pieces, and found that when I had an order for a piece that she also needed to be assessed on then she done it and took pics then i checked it and made comments, the assesor didnt have to be there, they came round occasionally to check she was progressing okay. The only piece that was a bit of a pain was the victorian posy, which you wouldnt sell and cant really do much with afterwards. thumbs down to victorian posies