The help we can offer for individuals

Train to Gain

Last year, only 47% of school leavers achieved 5 GCSEs grade A to C including English and Maths. Today, there are six million British adults without basic skills, yet jobs for only three million; by 2020, there will be just 1/2 million unskilled jobs.

Train to Gain gives the opportunity to unlock hidden potential, remove stigma and further qualify the existing workforce. Train to Gain is primarily aimed at employed individuals but it’s recognised that there is a community of unpaid volunteers who perform similar tasks to those of an employee and where these volunteers are identified within a workplace they should be afforded the same access to vocational learning through Train to Gain as an employee.

The following qualifications are open to volunteers:-

• NVQ in Health and Social Care
• NVQ in Support Services in Health Care
• NVQ in Playwork
• NVQ in Youth Work
• NVQ in Business Administration
• NVQ in Customer Service
• NVQ in Team Leading
• NVQ in Management
• NVQ for IT Users (ITQ)
• NVQ in Retail
• NVQ in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools
• NVQ in Business Improvement Techniques
• NVQ in Amenity Horticulture
• NVQ in Food Manufacture
• NVQ in Food Processing and Cooking
• NVQ in Multi-Skilled Hospitality Services
• NVQ in Storage and Warehousing
• NVQ in Carry and Deliver Goods
• NVQ in Road Passenger Vehicle Driving
• Certificate in Adult Literacy
• Certificate in Adult Numeracy

For more information, visit www.traintogain.gov.uk or contact Sue Vickers on 0161 339 2345, email sue@tamesidevb.org.uk