Free training courses 

Free adult training courses

With a fully funded adult training course you can get ready for the next work opportunity that comes your way, feel confident and prepared to apply for exciting new job roles, progress in your career or start your career journey after leaving education.

Boost your skills with our latest courses or register your interest in courses coming soon such as: Digital, Health and Social Care, Construction and Engineering.

All our courses are designed by local employers, so we'll ensure you leave with skills needed right here in West Yorkshire, right now.

 

Digital

Are you interested in joining West Yorkshire's growing digital sector? We have courses on offer to help you gain skills in a range of areas, to help you with that promotion, or move into this exciting sector.

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Health & Social Care

Want to start your career within the health sector? Looking for additional skills to help you gain that promotion? Look no further, we have courses to support you with all of this.

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Manufacturing, Construction & Engineering

Whether you're already working within construction or engineering or looking to join one of these varied sectors, we have courses designed to support you. Click to see them here. 

 

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Green Skills

Here you will find new and exciting courses that will help you understand more about green jobs, these could be in Retrofit, electric vehicle maintenance, sustainability and more.

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Graduates

If you have graduated in the last five years and live in West Yorkshire then these courses are for you. Courses will help you upskill in specific job areas or help you build confidence, to find that perfect job for you.

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Featured Courses

Click here to find out more about our exciting courses in other sector areas, including courses to support specific groups of individuals or in industry areas such as the creative and cultural sector.

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Our courses

Health & Social Care

Nurses into General Practice

Classroom learning

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Advanced Skills for Health and Social Care Workers

Blended learning

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Clinical Care Programme – Theory & Practical Competency Workshops

Blended learning

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Health and Social Care Passport

Classroom learning

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Fast-tracking healthcare management for Graduates

Blended learning

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Care with Confidence

Classroom learning

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Trauma and Decompression Training for Employees

Classroom learning

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Volunteer Pathway to Care

Classroom learning

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First Time Management Training for Hospice & Health & Care Sector

Classroom learning

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Introduction to Palliative and End of Life Care

Blended learning

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Transition to Leadership in Adult Social Care - Bridging course L3 to L4 

Blended learning

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Volunteer Pathway to Care - Supporting Refugees into work 

Classroom learning

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Developing and Enhancing MedTech Skills in Health

Blended learning

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Digital

Skills Bootcamp in Event Management (graduates)

Classroom learning

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Skills Bootcamp in Event Management (unemployed)

Classroom learning

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Skills Bootcamp in Event Production (graduates)

Classroom learning

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Skills Bootcamp in Event Production (unemployed)

Classroom learning

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Digital Taster Series: Explore Your Future in Digital 

Blended learning

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Accessibility in Digital Product Creation

Online learning

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Intro to Web Development

Online learning

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Data Analytics and Data Visualisation

Online learning

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Testing and Automation

Online learning

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Building Highly Effective Teams

Online learning

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Essential Skills for Product Ownership and UX/CX 

Online learning

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Agile Project Management Essentials

Online learning

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Skills Bootcamp in Project Management

Online learning

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Skills Bootcamp in Web Design and Development

Online learning

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Fundamentals of Financial Technology

Blended learning

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Workplace

Blended learning

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Essential Digital Skills – Presentation Software Pathway

Online learning

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Essential Digital Skills – Database Software Pathway 

Online learning

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Manufacturing, Construction & Engineering

Skills Bootcamp - Construction Site Operative

Classroom learning

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Industry 4.0 Champion programme

Classroom learning

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Skills Bootcamp - Pipelaying and Groundworks

Classroom learning

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Skills Bootcamp – Glass Glazing and Fenestration

Classroom learning

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Green Skills

BPEC Water Regulations

Classroom learning

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BPEC Unvented Hot Water Systems

Classroom learning

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Electric Vehicle 2921-34

Classroom learning

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BPEC Level 3 Award in Air source Heat Pump Systems

Classroom learning

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Graduates

Skills Bootcamp in Event Management (graduates)

Classroom learning

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Skills Bootcamp in Event Production (graduates)

Classroom learning

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Featured Courses 

Beyond Brontës: The Mayor’s Screen Diversity Programme

Classroom learning

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Bid to Win – Grants and Public Sector Contracts 

Blended learning

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Working in Civil Service 

Classroom learning

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Introduction to Early Years

Classroom learning

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Hair & Beauty- Building Confidence and Understanding Career Opportunities

Classroom learning

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Introduction to Self-Employment 

Classroom learning

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Employability Skills

Online learning

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Skills Bootcamp - LGV Driver

Classroom learning

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Skills Bootcamp in Telecommunication

Classroom learning

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Skills Bootcamp Nursery Manager

Online learning

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Skills Bootcamp Room Leader

Online learning

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Skills Bootcamp in ESOL Tutor Training

Blended learning

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Adult Education Budget 

Supporting adults to increase their skills and achieve the equivalent of GCSE and A Level qualifications.  

Any adult over the age of 19 is eligible for support through the Adult Education Budget. Our training providers will be able to support you in understanding what support you can access.   

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