This booklet explores the use of national standards to structure work-based initial teacher training for teachers working within British further education colleges. Section 1 examines the following aspects of the use of Training and Development Lead Body (TDLB) and Management Charter Initiative (MCI) standards for initial teacher training: reasons for using the standards, progression routes, work-based learning and assessment, accreditation, providers, and scheme planning. Discussed in Section 2 are the following aspects of training delivery: essential ingredients of a standards-based scheme; steps in using standards; support mechanisms; roles and responsibilities of participants in the training process; processes completed by learners, mentors, assessors, and verifiers; suggestions for linking theory and practice, and wider human resources development benefits. Contains a list of 16 resource organizations and a 55-item bibliography. (MN)