Enterprising Cumbria delivers the Department for Education’s pioneering Skills Bootcamps provision.

Skills Bootcamps are funded training opportunities for businesses looking to upskill their staff, for employed people to increase their skills to upskill in the workplace or for job seekers to learn new skills and fast track to an interview with a local employer. 

Check out the latest bootcamps below:

Civil Engineering & Groundworks

Computer Aided Design (CAD)

NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety 

Air Source Heat Pumps

What are Skills Bootcamps? 

• Flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills.
• Courses are typically at least 60 guided learning hours delivered at level 3-5 training.
• Training available for:
  • Self-employed.
    • Unemployed (includes training and fast-track to an interview with a local employer).
    • Employer supported employees in the public, private and voluntary sectors.
    • Employed learners looking for a new opportunity or sector change.
• Opportunity for local businesses to fill vacancies, support interviews and recruitment new trainees looking to thrive.
• Skills Bootcamps are always fully funded to the learner where they are unemployed, looking to re-skill or are self-employed.
• There is no cost to employers in recruiting individuals who have completed a Skills Bootcamp. Employer participation is at the heart of the Skills training.
• Employers contribute to the cost of training if they want to use Skills Bootcamps to train their existing employees - large employers (over 250+ employees) contribute 30% of the cost, and small or medium employers (SMEs up to 250 employees) contribute 10%.
• Existing employees will need time to study and attend classes depending on their working hours and status and the flexibility of the course, so employers will need to support this and commit to the training. 

Entry requirements for Skills Bootcamps

You need to be 19 or over to do a Skills Bootcamp. For most Skills Bootcamps, you do not need to have any previous knowledge in the subject. You just need to speak a good level of English and have a willingness to learn.

Some courses may have additional entry requirements, such as needing you to have a certain qualification or experience. If there are any, they will be listed in the relevant course details.

Qualification you’ll earn

You might get a qualification from your Skills Bootcamp but not all will offer you one. If you are offered one, the level of qualification you’ll get will depend on the provider and the course you’re doing.

You can read the details for each individual Skills Bootcamp to check if you’ll get a qualification at the end.

While you might not get a qualification, Skills Bootcamps will help you get a job or get a place on a different course that will give you a qualification at the end.

Find a Skills Bootcamp or to make contact to discuss creation of a bespoke bootcamp

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