FREE TRAINING - TRAIN TO GAIN
Train to Gain is a national government initiative for employers that aims to ensure they can access the best skills advice and then choose the most appropriate training for their business.
The scheme is available to private, voluntary and public sector organisations of all sizes. There is some financial support available, covering:
- 100% funding for employees gaining their first full level 2 qualification
- a range of training for unqualified employees
- the possibility of a contribution to wage costs for small organisations to cover the time spent training.
As a major provider of learning and skills programmes that meet the needs of businesses to retain and up-skill their employees, City of Wolverhampton College offers a full range of Train to Gain courses.
How can Train to Gain help your business?
Ultimately, it's the skills of your employees that lead to business success. You can't afford to let training slip down your list of priorities. Once you stop investing in it, your organisation will lose effectiveness and competitive edge. That doesn't need to happen.
Keep on top of your skills gaps and use Train to Gain to help. The initiative was set up to ensure that as your business and markets change, your staff are equipped with the right skills to keep you ahead.
Our Employer Services Team have been working with local businesses to offer Train to Gain programmes and courses since the scheme was launched. We will find a programme to meet your need, or work with you to develop one.
Our aim is to help you keep your staff and improve your productivity by developing your workforce. With the many services that we can provide, there's never been a better time to up-skill your employees!
Mr Podd from Podd Land has used Train to Gain to support the development of three of his staff:
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Who is eligible for a funded Train to Gain place?
To be eligible for funding, an employee:
- must be aged 19 or over
- must be in part-time or full-time employment
- must not already have 5 GCSEs at grade A-C or higher.
Employees will benefit by updating their skills, gaining their first level 2 qualifications and improving their job performance to become more effective members of staff.
What Train to Gain provision the college offer?
- Business Administration
- Business Improvement Techniques
- Childcare
- Cleaning & Support Services
- Construction
- Customer Service
- Essential Skills
- Event Stewarding
- Fabrication & Welding
- Health & Social Care
- Horticulture
- Hospitality & Catering
- Information Technology
- Leisure & Fitness
- Performing Manufacturing Operations
- Warehouse & Distribution
The majority of our courses are supported in the workplace by occupationally competent assessors at times to suit your business, meaning that no college attendance is required.
We provide training that is flexible, responsive and offered at a time and place to suit you. If it satisfies Train to Gain conditions it may well cost you nothing.
Call the Employer Services team on 01902 317691 or email employerenquiries@wolvcoll.ac.uk.
A member of our dedicated team will be pleased to discuss your needs, answer your questions, and arrange for a follow-up call or visit from an Account Manager at a time to suit you.