Who supervises the Initial Training and other training programs for Beem Light Sauna?
Beem_Light_Sauna Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
| Obligation | Section in Franchise Agreement | Disclosure Document Item | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| t. | Transfer | FA: Section 13 DA: Section 7 | Items 6 and 17 | |
| u. | Renewal | FA: Section 2.2 | Item 17 | |
| v. | Post-termination obligations | FA: Section 15 | Item 17 | |
| w. | Non-competition covenants | FA: Section 12 and 15.11 DA: Section 8 | Item 17 | |
| x. | Dispute resolution | FA: Section 16 DA: Section 10 | Item 17 | Our Director of Education, Jonathan DiBernard, will supervise Initial Training and our other training programs. Mr. DiBernard has over 10 years of experience in health and wellness studio operations and has been with us (or our affiliates) since 2022. Other executives with subject matter expertise will participate in portions of Initial Training. The Manuals, PowerPoints, and various training guides and materials serve as instructional materials. |
Additional Training. We may periodically conduct mandatory or optional training programs for your Required Trainees and/or your employees at our office or another location that we designate. There will be no charge for training programs that we require you or your employees to attend (other than under the circumstances described above regarding Initial Training), but we may charge you a reasonable fee for optional training programs. We may provide additional training in person or via recorded media, teleconference, videoconference, the Internet, webinar, or any other means, as we determine. We may require your Required Trainees or employees to satisfactorily complete any additional training programs that we specify. We may require your Required Trainees to participate in up to five days of refresher or advanced training each year.
If, in our sole judgment, you fail to maintain the quality and service standards set forth in the Manuals, we may, in addition to all of our other rights and remedies, assign trainers to the Studio to retrain Studio employees and restore service levels and/or require you or your employees to repeat Init
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 37–47)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Beem Light Sauna's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Director of Education, Jonathan DiBernard, supervises the Initial Training and other training programs. Mr. DiBernard has over 10 years of experience in health and wellness studio operations and has been with Beem Light Sauna (or its affiliates) since 2022. Other executives with subject matter expertise will also participate in portions of the Initial Training.
Beem Light Sauna may also conduct periodic mandatory or optional training programs for franchisees and/or their employees. There will be no charge for mandatory training programs, but Beem Light Sauna may charge a reasonable fee for optional training programs. This additional training may be provided in person or via recorded media, teleconference, videoconference, the Internet, webinar, or any other means, as determined by Beem Light Sauna.
If a franchisee fails to maintain the quality and service standards set forth in the manuals, Beem Light Sauna may assign trainers to the studio to retrain studio employees and restore service levels, or require the franchisee or their employees to repeat Initial Training or attend additional training programs. Beem Light Sauna may charge a fee of up to $1,000 per trainer per day, plus their travel and living expenses, for each trainer assigned to the studio and any remedial training.