The academy is launching on 12 September, with spaces for up to 10 potential brokers. It offers a variety of training around product knowledge, compliance, market skills, sales and cross selling.
The scheme is open to those completely new to the mortgage industry, or people who have worked in industry-adjacent roles such as banking.
It is also available to brokers who want to become self-employed and work as a registered individual with Access FS acting as principal.
The academy lasts for 12 months and offers access to a variety of whole of market lenders, as well as Vitality on the protection side.
After the 12 months, attendees achieve CAS status, and become a mortgage adviser, mortgage and protection adviser or a protection adviser.
Attendees will have mentoring from experienced brokers and guidance on how to build their own business, as well as support if they want to become self-employed.
Access hit a century of brokers
Access FS was launched in 2017 by Karl Wilkinson and has grown from a one-man band to a 100-strong firm earlier this year.
The firm’s brokers advise on mainstream mortgages, specialist mortgages, commercial lending, as well as protections and general insurance.
Wilkinson said that the average age of the mortgage broker was increasing, so the firm had designed its range of academies to “bring new people to industry”.
He added that the scheme helped people become qualified brokers if they had worked in other sectors of the mortgage industry or to help them become self-employed.
Wilkinson continued: “The Access FS model builds in support for advisers at all stages. We strive to create a collaborative working environment where brokers are not only supported through the training and guidance we provide them with, but they also provide help and co-operation to each other.
“We think this makes us quite unique in the industry, which much of the feedback from our brokers is a testament to.”
