The Registered Employee Benefits Consultant (REBC) program focuses on  the sale and service of employee benefits plans. Individuals earning the REBC designation develop an understanding of the various types of group benefits and retirement plans, and the practical knowledge needed for choosing and/or designing the best benefits package that will meet the client's needs.

Some of the courses available to prepare financial and risk management consultants for this licensed career include:

HS 326, Planning for Retirement Needs--focuses on retirement planning for the business, the business owner and the individual. It covers qualified plans, nonqualified plans, IRAs and retirement needs for individual clients. The course emphasizes the practical knowledge needed for choosing the best retirement plan and designing a plan that will meet a client's needs, and it discusses personal retirement planning and retirement distribution planning.

HS 343, Compensation and Personnel Management--covers a broad area of human resource management, including total compensation planning and the interrelationship of employee benefits and cash compensation. It discusses employee recruitment, selection, interviewing and orientation, training and management development, performance appraisal, safety and health, labor relations and collective bargaining, and equal opportunity and the law.