A witness must be someone who is credible and keen. If they have the experience and competence to be able to know what good looks like in the particular element of the job that they are witnessing and enthusiastic about encouraging high standards in others then they qualify.

No. A witness listens to what a learners says and watches what a learner does and measures it against the standards, behaviours and process described in The Sign Off System. A coach may have many more responsibilities and a Mentor and a Teacher would have different approaches and skillsets.

The Sign Off System has a number of short self study modules that Witnesses can complete and there is an Pocket Coach helpline for all users.

A manager can be a witness too, but the managers main role in The Sign Off System is to MONITOR what is happening and support the learners and witnesses in developing competence

If the Manager suspects that the Witness has a bias because that learner is a friend or is under pressure from the learner because they think that they are good enough without needing sign off then the manager can ask for double sign off, where two people have to sign the learner off, the manager themselves can be that second person or when a learner is ready to be signed off the learner team can be asked for a thumbs up on the app so that there is a majority agreement. Ultimately if a witness continues to sign people off before they are competent they can be asked to step aside from the role.

As many or as few as they wish. They are not compulsory. They are a resource to be used as the Learner chooses. The Manager or the Witness may recommend that some could be helpful, but it is up to the learner.

Pocket Coach is about having the Understanding, Skills & Confidence to do the job not a test of how many modules you have completed

Not at all, if anything Pocket Coach will act as a bridge between those face to face courses or E learning courses and the workplace. Much of what is learned on an off site course can be lost on the way back and never get established as part of new best practice. Pocket Coach can help to apply what has been learned and have sign off as proof that there has been a real return on investment.

The success of Pocket Coach depends on the engagement of as many people as possible contributing to the development and maintenance of standards of competence. Because there is no limit to the number of users as many people as possible can participate. Some people would attempt to reduce cost by only having a manager one witness and a learner putting huge pressure on a few people and thereby guaranteeing that The Sign Off System would fail to deliver

Set up involves taking appropriate Brand and Company Processes, Standards and Behaviours, Tests, Quizzes, Reference Documents, Videos, Audios and other support materials and configuring them to work on Pocket Coach and be available for use by Learners, Witnesses and Managers, A licence gives people access to that specific Pocket Coach once it has been set up.

Because the Process are different, the Learning Activities are different and the context is different, one would not transfer to the other.