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Employability Skills

Employability skills

Our employability skills offer is about providing work skills for the unemployed and job seekers.

Employability skills are designed to meet the needs of all learners no matter how old they are, the level of their skills, or their career ambitions. We have the building blocks you need to help learners get into sustainable work and, once in place, to keep them there.

Our Employability Skills (5546) qualifications are designed to support individuals in learning, and to develop the key skills, qualities and attitudes required by all employers.

The qualifications are:

  • Easy to understand, simple and flexible to deliver
  • Able to offer straightforward, reliable and pain-free administration
  • Supported with advice and expertise from our Technical Advisors and Industry Manager
  • Available for funding individuals aged 19+
  • Value for money
  • Supported by a full range of support materials and online tools

Our employability skills offer

Employability and personal development qualification – providing skills such as CV writing, preparing for employment and enterprise. It also includes units on work experience.

Short courses and vocational skills – we offer the widest range of short courses and vocational qualifications to develop key skills for work.

Skills for working life (4807) – designed to support with the personal and work-related skills in the land sector. This qualification enables learners to progress into further learning or supported employment, or enhance their independent living skills.

Support for our employability programmes

Our employability programmes come with extensive support including:

  • Specialist Advisors to assist in curriculum planning.
  • Advice from funding to employer relations through our Business Managers.
  • Free events to support launches, delivery and bringing you together with experts.
  • SmartScreen our online teaching and learning support.
  • Publications from course guides and handbooks to logbooks.