Bélanger, Larivière and Voyer (2004) observed a trend: staff training in production units is provided primarily through an employee-trainer who has been systematically trained for that purpose in both the retail sector - because of the shift in roles from salesperson to adviser - and the food processing and biopharmaceuticals sectors, especially in establishments that report to a head office and where ALT responds to the immediate imperatives of quality standards. We shall examine this point in greater detail in Chapter 4.

1.1.2 Outside ALT providers

An initial picture of outside ALT providers may be found in the list of persons eligible to become ALT providers in the Act to foster the development of manpower training, namely some 5,000 individual or organization providers recognized by the Commission des Partenaires du Marché du Travail (CPMT). The Act refers to various public education institutions recognized by the Department of Education, Recreation and Sport (MELS), and individual trainers or organizations providing ALT that are recognized by the CPMT and are associated with consulting firms, ALT organizations, professional associations or adult and continuing education services. The accreditation procedure has different requirements:

• a form may be used to submit an application to Emploi-Québec
• certain conditions must be met, including for example the requirement of a minimum of 135 hours' training in teaching methods, at least 250 hours' of experience as a training instructor or a minimum of 90 hours of training in teaching methods and at least 100 hours of experience as a training instructor. ^{Foonote 9}

It is certainly not possible to draw a portrait of outside providers without referring to other specialized organizations such as health and safety committees that are not necessarily accredited by the CPMT for the purposes of Bill 90 but that have been active for a very long time in providing ALT.

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