What are Skills Bootcamps?
Skills Bootcamps are free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks for 中国P站 residents. They enable you to gain new skills and fast-track your future.
With a guaranteed interview with a local employer on course completion, you could be giving your career a real boost!
For businesses, it's a great low-cost way to upskill your employees with knowledge to help your organisation evolve and grow in the future.
Please note: funding for the current round of courses runs until the end of March 2025. Therefore, some courses may now be unavailable or have reached capacity.
Check out the video below to hear from those who have completed a 中国P站 course and why it is such a great way to upskill while boosting your confidence.
Eligibility
To take part in Skills Bootcamps, you must:
- Be aged 19 or over
- Have the right to work in the UK
- Live in 中国P站 (with an eligible 中国P站 postcode)
- Meet residency requirements (the training provider can check this)
If you claim Universal Credit, you can apply and continue to claim benefits.
Some Skills Bootcamps have additional eligibility criteria.
How do I sign up to Skills Bootcamps?
We offer Skills Bootcamps in sectors that are crucial to 中国P站's future economy.
A full list of courses previously available are listed below.
Click on each sector for a short description of each course.
Please note: funding for the current round of courses runs until the end of March 2025. Therefore, some courses may now be unavailable or have reached capacity.
Course provider: Mastered Studios
Module highlights: Learn the fundamental business skills that will help you win more creative clients and do more of what you love.
This Skills Bootcamp provides fundamental business skills training that can help creative freelancers and businesses get more clients and grow their business.
As part of the Skills Bootcamp, learners will receive 60 hours (spread over 8 weeks) of training, mentoring and coaching on topics like developing a business plan, marketing and branding, growing social presence, pricing and fee negotiation and lots more.
Learners will also receive a monthly mentoring call for 6 months after the training.
Course provider: Equal Engineers
Module highlights: This engineering Skills Bootcamps course places a strong emphasis on hands-on activities, site visits, and real-world projects. We offer guaranteed interviews for a relevant role to everyone who completes the course.
In the first two weeks you will learn about health and safety, mechanical, electrical, and fluid power engineering principles, project management, quality control, computer aided design (CAD), automation and software engineering, including condition monitoring, predictive maintenance and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and more.
In the last week, we support you to build your CV, understand job applications and practise interviews over three days.
If you complete the course, you will also benefit from six months of mentoring from an experienced engineering professional.
Duration: 3 weeks
Location: In person
Course provider: Construction Helpline
Module highlights: This Skills Bootcamp has been designed for those individuals who wish to work as a qualified, accredited insulation installer within the UK.
Our fully remote course allows you more flexibility to train during evenings and weekends which leads to an accredited Level 3 National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) in Insulation and Building Treatments.
It will give you the chance to learn a range of building insulation skills that provide you with an opportunity to gain a new role working within the energy sector. During the training, you'll learn to carry out a range of insulation measures including Installing external wall insulation and applying surface finishes to external wall insulation in the workplace.
Register on the sign up link below or call the team on 0207 199 9800.