Calling top paraplanners

This year’s paraplanner of the year award has been launched by The Paraplanner.com, in association with the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP).

Now in its fourth year, the award provides a platform for paraplanners to demonstrate their excellence.

Based around a paraplanner's core skills, entrants will answer a number of technical questions and provide examples of written work. This will be supported by a reference from either an employer or client.

There are two awards this year - an overall winner and a special technical award.

As well as receiving the paraplanner of the year trophy, the overall winner gets a cash prize of £1,000, registration and hotel accommodation for the IFP annual conference (3-5 October) and access to Wizard Learning's structured CPD system for 12 months.

He or she will also benefit from online exam support for three years.

The special technical award, given to the entrant with the highest score on the technical assessment, will receive an iPad 2 plus £1,000 of online training credits from Wizard Learning.

The awards are sponsored by lead sponsor AXA Wealth and supported by Para Plan Plus, Moneyscope and Paragon Paraplanning with technical assessment provided by Wizard Learning.

Winners will be announced and awards presented at the IFP conference in October.

"This award gives paraplanners the chance to increase their profile and demonstrate to the industry their excellence in the role," said theparaplanner.com co-founder Martin Vaughan.

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