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Disclaimer: Here are the results of more searching I have done on the web for the Skills Train Courses before you make up your mind about signing up with them I think it is important that you are able to see both the positive and negative reviews about the company as it seems alot of the negative reports appear to have been censored from search engines or removed from sites. This site does not contain my opinion of the Skills Train or Scheidegger only my findings from various sites on the internet.

1. It turns out that the BBC have received several complaints about the company and sent an Inside Out reporter to arrange an interview the reporter was told that the company had close links with Manpower and Elan IT one in the same company who have have since told the BBC they used to have a relationship with skills train but have since severed ties with them and told them not to continue using their name when conducting interviews with clients. The rest of the report states that the course advisor’s conduct was unacceptable and when the BBC requested a statement from Skills train they passed blame to one of their other company names Multimedia Computer Training Ltd. who feature on their business cards and then Multimedia Computer Training Ltd when asked to comment blamed the interview solely on the advisor in question. You can read the full article here. At the bottom of the page the article starts with the title Scheidegger.

2. I found yet another forum article on a forum from a Nigerian gentleman who had moved to UK with very little computer skills other than knowing how to browse the web he responded to an ad from skills train to try and gain some more skills looking for employment in their UK. Once again the guy was visited by a sales rep, talked into signing the loan agreement for £70 a month over 36 months (the standard 3 year contract they seem to offer.) Once he had signed up he found it difficult to understand how the online training was to be completed and when attempting to cancel the course found that he was now locked in for the full 3 year period. There are numerous complaints posted as replies to this post with various stories ranging from difficulties in cancelling even when the customer had cancelled within the agreed time period “i insisted that i sent it on time and even put photocopies of all the letters i’ve been sending them. they kept insisting i didn’t send it on time, they even sent a letter threatening court action” This particular post stems from a course on Cisco’s training this time and so it seems that the complaints for this company are not limited to the CIW course I was looking into. here’s a few more quotes from that particular forum:

“I hate scheidegger/Skills Train, i have been scammed out of £3600. I sometimes think how stupid i was for signing up for this course when i was 17. I am now 18 and regret doing this course, the tutors on the phone are not helpful and just read out of the same folder as they send me, they seem to be hurried to get me off the phone, giving a negative impression making me not want to phone back for further help/assistance.” - Scorpian5

“Skill train promise you a course for an upfront fee (enrolment fee) try to make you piratically beg for the course first. The rep then states that you make payments monthly for the course. What you actually sign is a contract for a LOAN. Once you sign the contract for the loan you have committed to paying back this loan money regardless of the course. A flashy pack is put together, the information that you get through your course is not up-to-date, or accurate, and you wouldn’t know any different (why would you take a course about something you’ve already learnt about?) but you are legally binded to pay money back for the loan(course) as this is a clause in the contract.” - Missyflea

The full forum post can be found here.

3. It appears that the company Skills Train / Scheidegger have tried to censor google results to omit negative comments about their courses a copy of a letter which was sent to google UK can be found here.

4. Various Reviews of the Scheidegger Company aka Skills Train can be found here there are some positive along with alot of negatives with an overall rating of 2.5/5.

5. Several more reviews mainly negative about the Scheidegger Company Dating back to 2001. It seems little has changed over the last 6 years for the company except their name to Skills Train .

Well that’s more food for thought for the time being and don’t forget to view my original article on Skills Train / Scheidegger before deciding to sign up for their courses

If anyone has anything either positive or negative to say about the course offered by Skills Train please let me know.

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