Members are reminded that training to understand their responsibilities and the issues they are dealing with is a very high priority.  The report of the Director, West Yorkshire Pension  Fund, (Document “D”) contains details of training courses, conferences and seminars which may assist Pension Board Members.

Members are requested to give consideration to attendance at the events contained in Section 1 of Document “D” and note the requirement to complete the Pension Regulator’s toolkit.

(Caroline Blackburn – 01274 434523)

No resolution was passed on this item.

Members were reminded that training to understand their responsibilities and the issues they would be dealing with was a very high priority.  The report of the Director, West Yorkshire Pension Fund, (Document “D”) contained details of training courses, conferences and seminars to assist Pension Board Members.

Members were requested to give consideration to attendance at the events contained in Section 1 of Document “D” and note the requirement to complete the Pension Regulator’s toolkit.

Particular attention was drawn to the LSPF Fundamentals Training taking place in Leeds over three separate days in October, November and December 2019.  It was recommended that Members considered attending that training. 

A Member questioned if he would be able to receive training papers for a particular day he could not attend the three day Fundamentals event.  He was advised that investigations would be made into that request.  It was also explained that the course was paid for by the day and if he was not able to attend one of the sessions he could attend the session he would miss at a later date.

A Member who had previously attended the Fundamentals training requested she be allowed to repeat those sessions and it was agreed that arrangements would be made.

The ability to gain Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accreditation from the training on offer was questioned and it was confirmed that it could be used as a record of experience and learning. 

The Schroders Trustee Training was discussed and Members advised that this would be more private sector focused.

It was explained that in-house courses or specific one to one training could also be provided. 

It was stressed that WYPF would meet all the training expenses and that cost should not be a consideration in selecting learning requirements.

It was questioned if WYPF staff had access to apprentice level training and it was confirmed that the fund made good use of the apprentice scheme.

Members were requested to complete the Pension Regulators toolkit training appended to the report to enable an analysis of their training requirements to be undertaken. 

No resolution was passed on this item.