Customer Complaints Policy

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Aim
To provide a complaints, process available to all ITechGurus* candidates (including prospective candidates), course providers, course directors and associated staff which is transparent, fair and equitable and seeks to resolve all complaints in a timely and professional manner.

What is a complaint?
A complaint is any expression of dissatisfaction, whether oral or written, from or on behalf of an eligible complainant about ITechGurus Training’s provision of, or failure to provide, a service. *The term ‘ITechGurus’ encompasses the overall ITechGurus organisations and their staff, courses, and workshops provided by us.

What constitutes a complaint?
The conduct and behaviour of a course staff member and/or the course provider is alleged to have fallen below the complainant’s expectations. The service or quality of experience provided by a course provider and/or their associated staff is alleged to have failed to meet expectations.
A course director and/or the provider is alleged to have failed to deliver the service required by the Provider Agreement; or that they (or any associated staff) failed to follow the procedures set out in the relevant ‘ITechGurus’ Training organisation Quality Manual (including guidance contained in the appropriate award handbook and guidance notes).
A failure to reasonably ensure a candidate’s safety and well-being is alleged against a course staff member and/or the course provider. An allegation of discrimination in breach of the Equality Act 2010

Complaint Procedure
Stage 1: The complainant should seek resolution directly with the individual or organisation involved, for example if the complaint involves any aspect of a training or assessment course they should contact the course provider and/or the course director involved. If it involves any aspect of the work undertaken by ‘ITechgurus’ or its representatives/paid staff, then the complainant should contact the representatives/paid staff direct.
Stage 2: If the complainant feels that the problem has not been satisfactorily resolved at Stage One, they can request that the complaint is reviewed by ITechGurus. Notifications of formal complaints should be lodge with ITechGurus within a months of date of complaint occurring. The complainant should formally submit the following information to ITechGurus via email or in writing:
Their name;
ITechGurus ID (if they have one) If no ITechGurus ID then they can use the Invoice reference number which they used to pay the fees.

Nature of complaint
This should outline:
Factual summary of what happened. This should clearly state why it was significant, inappropriate or unacceptable to the complainant.
Who does your complaint concern (name of individual, their role e.g ITechGurus staff member, course provider staff member etc).
If the complaint involves multiple/recurring issues then examples, with specific details, should be provided.
An acceptable resolution for the complaint
If it involves a Course
Provide the following details:
Course provider name;
Course dates;
Course type (e.g. ITechGurus “ABCD Training”…).

Timescale
Complaints should be acknowledged by ITechGurus within 5 working days. A record of all correspondence will be kept to assist with any potential future investigation by ITechGurus. The acknowledgement should name who the Lead for the complaint investigation is and the timescale for the complainant to be notified of an outcome to their formal complaint. Normally complaints are dealt with within 14 working days of ITechGurus acknowledging receipt.
At this stage, the complaint will be passed to the appropriate ITechGurus staff to deal with:
If it concerns an award, scheme, course or workshop related issue it is handed to the relevant technical officer from the ITechgurus organisation responsible.
If it concerns a customer service related issue it is handed to the Customer Services Operation Manager.
The Complaint Investigation Lead will seek to ascertain the key facts of the case. To assist in this process the Complaint Investigation Lead will appoint an advisory panel consisting of two representatives, one each from two other ITechGurus. In most cases this will involve the Technical Staff from the other training organisations; however each organisation will determine a suitable person to represent.
Whether the complaint is upheld or not, the reply to the complainant should describe the action taken to investigate the complaint, any conclusions that were reached and any action taken as a result of the complaint.

Final Appeal against Complaints Process Outcome
If the outcome from Stage 2 is not acceptable to any involved party they have a right of Final Appeal against the outcome.
Notification of such an appeal should be made, no later than, within one month of receiving notification of the outcome of a Stage 2 (Formal) complaint from ITechGurus.
Appellants should formally lodge their appeal with ITechGurus. On receipt ITechGurus will form a Final Appeal Panel.
The Final Appeal Panel will be made up of two senior post holders from the ITechgurus organisation and one senior post holder from a Top level Management. These panel members will have not been involved with earlier stages of the appeal process.

Timescale
Final Appeals against the Complaints Process Outcome should be acknowledged by ITechgurus within 3 working days. The acknowledgement should name who the Lead for the Final Appeal Panel is and the timescale for the complainant to be notified of an outcome to their Final Appeal. Normally Final Appeals are dealt with within 15 working days of ITechgurus acknowledging receipt.


Complaints are reviewed as part of the regular ITechGurus Staff meetings to identify any trends which may indicate a need to take further action. All the Complaints should be written to the Email: support@itechgurus.org, Or Directly Contact us to the given customer service number in Website.