the portion of sales revenue that comes to the cthrc supports the ongoing maintenance administration and updating of emerit programmes changes to retail pricing the split in revenue share with our partners and a streamlined administration of the programme has positioned the programme to be selfsustainable in the medium term and further strategies including increasing the reach of the programme are constantly being evaluated these figures remain fairly consistent from yeartoyear but record increases when the programme is utilised as part of a broader education or employment initiative the programme has evolved to a point where it has a rich inventory of training and certification products but its distribution sales reach and industry impact are relatively static the seasonality transient dynamic and sheer size of the sector have kept the cumulative industry penetration rate around however recent industry consultations indicated that those who use emerit consider it an excellent resource and nonusers based on perceptions of the programme see the value it brings to the sector