Considering the career?
Explore what mortgage brokers do day to day. Try fictional tasks and reflect on whether the responsibilities and working style could be right for you.
Next intake · 18 November 2026
A future in
mortgage advice?
Explore it here.
Practical skills. Real confidence.
Considering a career as a mortgage broker, studying CeMAP or already qualified? Discover what the role involves through practical learning and fictional client cases.
Get a clearer picture of the work, build your understanding and make a more informed decision about your next step.
You don’t need to have passed CeMAP to join. Start from where you are now.
12 weeksA structured practical programme
Weekly live sessionsAsk questions and discuss your learning
Your own loginVideos, written learning and tasks
Hands-on practiceFictional cases, CRM and sourcing
Your starting point
Wherever you are in your journey.
Studying CeMAP?
See how the subjects you’re learning connect to client conversations, evidence checks and the steps in a mortgage case.
Already qualified?
Build practical understanding and confidence as you prepare for your first role or find your feet alongside your firm’s training.
How you’ll learn
Here’s how it works.
Learn the practical steps
Watch recorded lessons and read the accompanying material in your own time. Revisit the explanations as you work through each week.
Build a fictional case
Complete a fact find, review evidence and explore mortgage options using a practice CRM and fictional sourcing system. Record what you checked and why it matters.
Bring your questions
Join Sharon’s weekly live online sessions to discuss the tasks and ask questions. Sessions are recorded for learners who cannot attend. Dates and times will be confirmed towards the end of October.
What’s included
What we’ll
work through.
You’ll follow fictional clients Mia and Lewis, learning how to recognise missing information, investigate inconsistencies and decide whether a case is ready to progress.
- Client conversations and fact finds
- Case notes and CRM records
- Income, deposit and evidence checks
- Mortgage types, costs and risks
- Lender criteria and affordability
- Sourcing and comparing options
- Recommendation reasoning
- DIP and application preparation
- Offer to completion and updates
- Vulnerability and escalation
Also included: bonus protection and general insurance lessons, a final fictional case review and a short end-of-course exam.
Meet your trainer
A bit about me.
Sharon Armiger, Founder
I’m Sharon. I’ve spent the past 15 years working across mortgage operations, compliance, quality assurance and adviser training. I know how much there is to get to grips with when you’re starting out.
I created BeYOND the Qualification Academy to give people a structured place to explore mortgage advice, understand the everyday work and ask for guidance—whether they’re considering the career, studying CeMAP or already qualified.
The academy complements your firm or network’s training and supervision. Its completion certificate is separate from Competent Adviser Status (CAS), which remains subject to your firm or network’s process.
Joining the academy
Starting
18 November.
The next intake starts on 18 November 2026. The programme combines independent learning with weekly live sessions and practical tasks.
Tell Sharon where you are in your journey and what support you’re looking for. You can discuss whether the academy fits your plans before enrolling.
Enquiring does not commit you to a place or payment.
November offer · first 10 enrolments
£595
Standard course price: £695
The full 12-week academy, online learning, weekly live sessions and practical exercises.
Offer subject to availability. Sharon will confirm the total payable and booking details before enrolment.
Already working as a broker?
A little support
when you need it.
Our monthly one-to-one support gives newer brokers time with Sharon to work through applications, sourcing and case questions.
Explore one-to-one support →Let’s have a conversation
Let’s talk
about your plans.
Considering mortgage advice, studying CeMAP, already qualified or supporting a new adviser? Tell me a little about your plans and we can explore how BeYOND the Qualification Academy could help.
sharon@beyondcemap.com
WhatsApp 07743 027483
Network or training provider? Partnership enquiries are welcome too.
A few useful answers
You might be wondering…
Can I fit this around work?
Yes, the recorded lessons and practical tasks can be worked through in your own time. The weekly live sessions are recorded too. We can discuss the study commitment and timetable before you book.
Will I work with real clients?
Academy exercises use fictional clients and fictional sourcing results. They give you a place to practise without submitting a real lender application or handling real client data.
Can I join before qualifying or while studying CeMAP?
Yes. The academy welcomes people considering a career as a mortgage broker, people studying CeMAP and those who have already qualified. You’ll explore the practical work through fictional cases and tasks, helping you understand the role and consider whether it fits your interests and plans.
Is this a CeMAP qualification course?
No. This is a practical academy that helps you explore and understand the work of a mortgage adviser. It does not provide the CeMAP qualification or authorise you to give mortgage advice.
Does this replace network supervision or CAS?
No. The academy develops practical skills through training and fictional exercises. Your firm or network remains responsible for its supervision, advice approval and CAS requirements.