Will I be charged for re-training persons who are repeating the Engineering For Kids training course?
Engineering_For_Kids Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
designated locations (such as conferenced facilities) or virtually.
If you or your personnel fail to complete initial training to our satisfaction, you or they may repeat the course or may send a substitute to the next available scheduled training session. We reserve the right to charge you a reasonable fee for initial training for substitute personnel. We have the right to reduce the duration or content of the training program for any trainee who has prior experience with our concept or in similar businesses. We also have the right to allow you to train certain of your Designated Employees and successors in those positions at the location of your Franchised Business. Failure to complete the initial training program constitutes grounds for termination of the Franchise Agreement.
We will provide instructors, facilities, and materials for the initial training programs at no charge for training up to two people (provided that all of your personnel are trained during the same training session). Additional people beyond the first two may attend initial training if you pay our then current training charge for each additional person (currently $300 per person, subject to change). We reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee for re-training persons who are repeating the course or replacing a person who did not pass. You will bear all expenses incurred in attending training (including the initial training program and refresher training programs), such as the costs of transportation, lodging, meals, wages, and worker's compensation insurance (see Items 6 and 7 of this disclosure document).
Training will occur after you sign the Franchise Agreement and while you are preparing the Business to begin operating. Your attendees must complete training before you may open your Business. We plan to be flexible in scheduling training to accommodate our personnel, you, and your personnel on an as needed basis, so that you can attend training as needed for you to begin operating your Business
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 25–36)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Engineering For Kids' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if you or your personnel do not complete the initial training satisfactorily, they may repeat the course, or you can send a substitute to the next scheduled session. Engineering For Kids reserves the right to charge a reasonable fee for re-training individuals who are repeating the course or replacing someone who did not pass.
Engineering For Kids offers initial training programs at no charge for up to two people, provided they attend the same session. If you send additional people beyond the first two, you must pay the current training charge for each additional person, which is currently $300 per person and is subject to change.
It's important to note that you are responsible for all expenses incurred while attending training, including transportation, lodging, meals, wages, and worker's compensation insurance. Completing the initial training program is mandatory before opening your Engineering For Kids business, and failure to do so can result in the termination of the Franchise Agreement.