Skills Bootcamps
Skills Bootcamps Funding - Ex Armed Services
Unleash Your Post-Service Potential with Skills Bootcamps!
Our New Entry Skills Bootcamps can help you translate your discipline, leadership, and technical expertise into a thriving civilian career. Upskill in high-demand fields and fast-track your path to a rewarding new job – it’s time to leverage your strengths for a successful future!
Skills Bootcamps
Now you are looking for your next steps in your career, why not complete training to equip you with the additional skills to take on that challenge. DfE Skills Bootcamps offer flexible courses of up to 16 weeks that are free to learners!
What are Skills Bootcamps?
Skills Bootcamps offer free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks. They are available for adults aged 19 or over who are either in work, seeking a new role or recently unemployed and live in England. They give people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills which are relevant to gain employment.
Skills Bootcamps
Our New Entry Skills Bootcamps can help you translate your discipline, leadership, and technical expertise into a thriving civilian career.
Skills Bootcamps – Beginner Courses
As part of the Lifetime Skills Guarantee, the Government has invested into a series of ‘Skills for Life’ Bootcamps, to provide a range of flexible training options targeting specific industries and aimed at equipping individuals with necessary skills for working in sectors with high job demand, providing learners with job-ready skills
Eligibility to enrol on a Skills Bootcamp depends on factors including age, employment status, and residency status.
For more information visit: Find a Skills Bootcamp – Guidance – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Criteria
The key thing is that the training must have a positive impact on your current or future job role. This is usually in the form of one of the following:
- Offer of a new job or an apprenticeship
- A new or enhanced role
- The company obtaining new opportunities/contracts
- New responsibilities
- Increased pay as a result of the training
You may be eligible to apply for a Skills Bootcamp if you:
- are aged 19 or over
- have the right to work in the UK
- live in England
- meet residency requirements – the training provider can check this
- by doing the Skills Bootcamp, must create more work or opportunity for you
If you claim Universal Credit, you can apply and continue to claim benefits.
Some Skills Bootcamps have additional eligibility criteria. Contact the training provider to check if you’re eligible and apply for the course.
Funded by the Department of Education
OUR TRAINING CENTRES
Centre Locations
Gatwick
Mitre Court, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9JY
Our electrical training facilities at Mitre Court and Explorer 2 are just 2 minutes south of Gatwick Airport. They are comfortable, light and airy environments in which students can learn a wide range of practical and theory based skills.
Leeds
Phoenix House, Hawthorn Park, Coal Road, Leeds, West Yorks, LS14 1PQ
Phoenix House has raised the bar for electrical training centres in the UK. It’s situated east of Leeds, just off of the M1 / A1. This makes it easily accessible from Leeds, Sheffield, Hull, York, Harrogate and all over Yorkshire.
Portsmouth
Unit 8-10 The Boardwalk, Port Solent, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 4TP
Situated in the scenic location of Port Solent, our Portsmouth Training Centre offers lots of bright, light spaces to train in. We also have a state-of-the-art test track to deliver our industry-leading rail training courses such as PTS Practical Event, DCCR, COSS and many more.
Workington
Blackwood Road, Lillyhall, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 4JJ
As one of our 3 engineering and nuclear training centres in Cumbria, our Workington training facility provides a comfortable, light and airy environment in which learners from across the region can learn a wide range of practical and theory based skills.
Purley
Fairbairn Close, Purley, London CR8 2EJ
Our Purley training centre offers Safety Critical, Track Engineering, Small Plant, Signalling & Telecoms, Health & Safety, CITB and Electrical training for learners across South London.
Cardiff
Coleg y Cymoedd, Nantgarw Campus Parc Nantgarw, Heol Y Coleg Cardiff CF15 7QX
In partnership with Coleg y Cymoedd, our training centre in Nantgarw is located just 8 miles from Cardiff city centre and offers a comprehensive programme of open courses for learners in the surrounding areas.
Furness
Gen2 Furness Skills Centre Lightburn Trading Estate Ulverston Cumbria LA12 7NE
Centrally located in Lightburn Trading Estate, our Gen2 Furness Skills Centre offers a large range of training courses and workshops to learners across Cumbria.
