At the heart of any business lie its people.  For any business or organisation to maximise its true potential it must nurture the most valuable asset of all - the human resource.

We have many years of experience in providing a range of high quality training solutions and learning and skills development opportunities.  Our aim is to:

• offer expertise in a wide range of occupational sectors
• be responsive and flexible to meet business needs
• offer a wide variety of high quality development opportunities
• provide professional industrial experienced staff
• ensure our training solutions meet the needs of your organisation and have positive impact

The College has recently been awarded Training Quality Standard accreditation, confirming the high quality of our training solutions and our employer responsiveness.  The College is also one of few Providers who hold the Matrix Standard for the quality and comprehensiveness of our information, advice and guidance. All our staff have industrial experience in their specialist sector and Employer feedback confirms that we listen, understand specific needs and the results the business expects to achieve.

Occupational Learning positively impacts on participating organisations by:

• Improving  team performance, retention of staff, reduction of absenteeism and standardisation of working practices
• Increasing the number of employees with qualifications, opportunities for internal promotions and improved  appraisal ratings 
• Improving the capacity of staff to solve routine and none routine problems, productivity targets met / exceeded, improved induction period / productivity of new staff, flexibility in the workforce       
• Improved levels of customer satisfaction, development of customer relationships and repeat /new business 
• Improved market share /sales to new customers and / or reduced operating costs
• Compliance with quality, legal and / or ethical requirements – including achievement of quality  awards (IiP) and development of the company image and reputation
• Compliance with health and safety requirements and responses to crises, reduced accidents

Follow the useful links below for further information:
 

Employer Engagement Strategy (extract)

Information, Advice and Guidance 

 Employer Charter                                           

Apprenticeships 

Employer Journey                                           

Other Funding Opportunities