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Work Based Learning

These courses are specifically designed for businesses and employees, please visit All College Courses for a full list of courses currently offered by the college.

Adult Literacy

The courses are designed to help you develop your reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in a friendly supportive atmosphere either at College, in the community or in your workplace:

Level 1 is within the range of GCSE grades D - G whilst Level 2 is within the range of GCSE grades A - C.

Both courses provide an opportunity for you to:

Adult Numeracy

The courses are designed to help you develop your number skills in a friendly supportive atmosphere either at College, in the community or in your workplace.

Level 1 is within the range of GCSE grades D - G whilst Level 2 is within the range of GCSE grades A - C.

Both courses provide an opportunity for you to:

Advice and Guidance Support NVQ Level 2

A flexible syllabus, enabling training to be tailored to meet specific needs of employers & their employees. It gives participants the opportunity to build and develop more in depth skills within a business environment.

Who will benefit:

The OCR Advice and Guidance Support NVQ Level 2 is designed to reflect the activities and responsibilities of candidates who are in work roles where they provide an administrative support function to practitioners and also customer service to clients.

It is suitable for candidates:

Advise and Guidance NVQ Level 3

A flexible syllabus, enabling training to be tailored to meet specific needs of employers & their employees. It gives participants the opportunity to build and develop more in depth skills within a business environment.

Who will benefit?:

Beauty Therapy NVQ Level 2

A flexible syllabus, enabling training to be tailored to meet specific needs of employers & their employees. It gives participants the opportunity to build and develop more in depth beauty therapy skills, covering modules such as skin & facial treatments, waxing, make-up application as well as learning the practical & underpinning knowledge required to work safely in a beauty salon.

Who will benefit:

Beauty Therapy NVQ Level 3

A flexible syllabus, enabling training to be tailored to meet specific needs of employers & their employees. It gives participants the opportunity to build and develop more advanced beauty therapy skills following on from NVQ Level 2, covering modules such as body massage, hair removal, improving body condition using mechanical & electrical treatments as well as ensuring health & safety standards are adhered to in a salon environment.

Who will benefit:

Brickwork NVQ Level 2

A flexible syllabus, enabling training to be tailored to meet specific needs of employers and their employees. It gives participants within the construction industry the opportunity to build and develop more in depth construction skills, covering subjects such as masonry, concrete, drainage, plastering and roofing.

Duration:

12-18 Months

Who will benefit:

The qualification is designed for those who are currently working in construction or building work to support their understanding and development.

Entry requirements:

Business and Administration NVQ Level 2

A flexible syllabus, enabling training to be tailored to meet specific needs of employers & their employees. It gives participants the opportunity to build and develop more in depth business administrative skills within a business environment.

This course is suitable for anyone working in day-to-day business administration. This NVQ is a work-oriented qualification and is suitable for those who undertake administration related activities wishing to gain an appropriate qualification.

Business and Administration NVQ Level 3

This course delivers and develops the skills necessary to be an effective administrator within a specific business environment. It covers a wide range of modules including: reporting and presenting information, use of IT, and health and safety requirements. For those working in administration, who want to gain a qualification through a flexible route of workshops and assessment of evidence produced in the workplace.

Business Improvement Techniques NVQ L2

A Flexible syllabus, enabling training to be tailored to meet specific needs of employers and their employees. It gives employees the opportunity to build and develop more in depth business improvement techniques & skills, whilst increasing the efficiency of the business and team within which they work.
The qualification is designed for those ideally working within production or as a semi-skilled worker, to support their understanding & development within business efficiency.