The Skills Company - Employer Brochure

Give opportunities, Gain new skills, Grow your business

www.theskillsco.com

“ Our Partnership with The Skills Company has worked very well. They really understand our business and our needs. We’ve invested a lot in our Apprenticeship training, but the investment has been well worthwhile, and it’s brought lots of new blood, enthusiasm and fresh

ideas into the company.”

Gail Hounslea, Managing Director, Wardworth Ltd.

Who we are

The Skills Company is the leading provider of Apprenticeships and Training in Greater Manchester.

The Skills Company has been committed to delivering the training that matters for over 20 years as part of its extensive offer of Apprenticeships and Traineeships, short and regulatory courses and bespoke training to fit with any business needs.

By accessing government funding, we can help you to reduce the financial pressures you face when recruiting and training your staff, enabling you to compete and thrive in the market place.

Our services include:

• Free apprentice and/or trainee recruitment• Trainee work placement service• Training for your workforce (including regulatory training) • Bespoke training packages• Foundation and Honours Degrees

As part of the Manchester Growth Company, the organisation dedicated to the future prosperity of Greater Manchester, we are also able to offer our employers more than training services. We can draw upon our extensive resources connecting you to a wide range of business support services, including business advice and networking events.

With established partnerships offering training and recruitment solutions with employers such as BNYMellon, Torkington Engineering, McVities, Hyde Group, Terence Paul Hairdressing, Whistl, Tiddlywinks Day Nursery and Casey’s Construction, we have experience with employers both large and small.

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Complete ServiceWe can help you recruit and train across a wide range of job roles and skills. Our broad occupational training portfolio and comprehensive range of funded and regulatory training courses mean you benefit from a full training solution, which evolves with your business.

Our TeamAll of our trainers and assessors have extensive experience in the industry they teach and are passionate about supporting your future apprentices and workforce.

Extensive Talent PoolWhen you recruit with us we give you access to the best Apprenticeship and Traineeship candidates in the region. Our established links with schools and Sixth Form Colleges, along with the largest recruitment database of young people in the region means we can select the best talent for your company.

Account Managed ServiceYour dedicated Business Adviser will ensure you receive consistent quality of service for all your Apprenticeships, Traineeships and staff training requirements and will make sure that you can access all of The Skills Company and the Manchester Growth Company services you need.

Flexible DeliveryWe recruit all year round and have start dates throughout the year for all our training courses and programmes.

We can support your business training needs, when and where you need it. We deliver the majority of our training in the workplace, but also have training centres in the city centre and across the region and can also deliver training via our online learning platform. Our Greater Manchester SkillCentre in Trafford Park is a fully equipped state of the art facility delivering top quality training for the automotive, engineering, manufacturing and construction sectors.

When you recruit and train with us, we support the development of your workforce, from trainee level upwards. We work with you and your employees to develop long term training plans which progress the skills and expertise within your business to higher and management level.

Apprenticeships

Advanced Apprenticeships

Higher Apprenticeships

Higher Education

Why we’re different

Traineeships/ Pre-Apprenticeships

Work Experience


What we offer

At The Skills Company we can help you to give opportunities to local people so they can gain the skills which assist you to grow your business. As part of our courses, Traineeships and Apprenticeships we can provide you with the right people for your business at any level.

Apprenticeships Apprenticeships offer you a cost effective and productive way to train new or existing employees so they have the right skills and knowledge to do their job, and are committed to your business.

An Apprenticeship lasts between twelve months and three years.

We recruit apprentices for a wide range of sectors and job roles including:

• Accounting • Automotive• Business & Administration • Childcare• Construction• Contact Centre & Customer Service • Engineering • Financial Services• Health & Social Care• Hairdressing and Barbering• Human Resources• IT and Web Development • Manufacturing and Logistics• Marketing & Digital Marketing

TraineeshipsTraineeships are part of the Apprenticeship family and give motivated young people the opportunity to gain work experience and qualifications.

We support Traineeships across all job roles and industries, giving you the opportunity to train and trial a potential employee before you commit to offering a full Apprenticeship or employment.

A Traineeship work placement lasts between five weeks and five months. Offering a Traineeship can:

• Give you a free work trial and improve staff retention if you do recruit

• Offer development or mentoring opportunities for your staff• Make a difference to a local young person’s chances of

getting a job

Trainees are able to apply for a Bursary, so there’s no direct cost to you.

‘Hard to fill’ or Volume Recruitment Whatever the size and nature of your business, recruiting for ‘hard to fill’ or multiple vacancies is a time consuming and costly business.

We can take the hassle out of it with our free pre-recruitment programmes.

We will design a programme to give you a choice of well trained, motivated and enthusiastic candidates to make your final appointments.

All of our pre-recruitment training includes a strong focus on employability plus an accredited industry qualification from one of the following areas:

• Care• Retail• Hospitality• Business Administration • Contact Centre • Customer Services• Construction

Our carefully structured courses mean that when you recruit, you know that your new staff will be equipped with the skills and the confidence to perform their jobs well.

Apprenticeship Grant for EmployersFantastic support is available to businesses nationally, such as the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE) - Ask your Business Adviser for more details.

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Recruitment - How it works

Recruitment ServicesFrom the management of national recruitment campaigns, to filling a ‘one-off’ apprentice or trainee vacancy, we offer a professional recruitment service and up to date advice about how best to recruit in the local labour market.

Job description, salary and trainingWe will work with you to draw up a job description for your vacancy/vacancies and advise you on a suitable salary given the type of Apprenticeship, level of job role and candidate specification you are looking for. Pitching the Apprenticeship salaries at a competitive level does result in higher staff retention and attracts good calibre candidates. We will also agree the most appropriate programme for you and your apprentice.

Funding and grantsWe will assess your eligibility for funding and any wage incentives to support salary costs. Training and qualification costs are fully funded by the government in most cases. If you take on an adult, however, you may have to pay a contribution towards the training.

We will advertise your vacancies through our established school and Sixth Form College networks, Jobcentre Plus, Connexions & Careers Services, National Apprenticeship Service website, in our regular jobs newspaper, and extensive digital networks - all at no cost to you.

We will short-list the candidates that best match your requirements and undertake a structured assessment with each candidate, including aptitude and skills testing where needed. Where appropriate, we will also provide preliminary training for the candidate so that we can ensure they are fully job ready.

We will set up interviews so you can select the most suitable candidate for your role, make an offer and then agree a start date.

Our industry expert will visit your employee in the workplace to guide them through the units of the qualification and agree their training plan. Most of the qualification is delivered in the workplace with little disruption to day to day activities but some off the job training may be required, depending on the type of job role, qualification and level.

When your apprentice has completed their qualification we will work with you to identify any further training requirements and agree a bespoke training plan for you and your employee.


Step One - Meet with your Business Adviser

Step Two - Advertise

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Step Five - Apprenticeship Training

Step Four - Interview and Offer

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Step Six - Further Training6

Step Three - Testing and Short-listing3

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Our courses

Training for your Workforce (including Regulatory Training)Do your existing staff have the skills and qualifications they need to do their job?

To help you keep ahead of your competitors and to support the continued development of your staff we offer training across a wide range of business and industry sectors that can all be designed around your business needs.

With start dates throughout the year we deliver a range of short courses designed to help you maintain the competitive edge. Our course areas include:

• Essential Business Skills• Finance• International Trade• IT• Leadership & Management• Sales & Marketing

If it’s regulatory training you need we deliver quality yet cost effective training to assist companies to comply with a wide range of business regulations.

The most popular areas of regulatory training we offer include:

• Fire safety• Food safety• Health and safety• First aid• Environmental protection

Many of our courses are nationally accredited through the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health or developed in partnership with the regulators.

Because we are a not-for-profit training provider, all of our training is offered at competitive rates with discounts on some of our courses for regular customers. We will also give you up to date advice on any government and European funding that is available to support you and your employees to undertake any training.

Our training can include short courses and six to twelve month programmes across a variety of levels, which are mainly delivered in your workplace or at our contemporary training suite in central Manchester.

For specific information about any of our regulatory training or short business courses or to make a booking please call 0161 359 3405.


Foundation and Honours DegreesWe offer part time degree programmes in Business Management, Early Years and Education awarded by our university partners, the University of Bolton and Staffordshire University.

In a market where higher level skills are increasingly in demand, this is a way of retaining and developing talent within your organisation as well as injecting new ideas into the business and keeping the knowledge and skills of your staff up to date.

Sponsoring employees to complete a degree level qualification can bring enormous benefits for your business. We can help you to explore full or part sponsorship options or you may just want to encourage staff to continue their own development by offering them an agreed amount of study time off work. As all programmes are delivered in the evenings, there is minimal impact on the working day.

Professional Qualifications for Teachers and TrainersIf your organisation employs staff in a teaching or training role, we also offer a full suite of qualifications to support and accredit their development.

Courses range from the new Award in Education and Training at Level 3 accredited by Ascentis (the starting point for all new teachers/trainers) through to Level 5 and Level 6 university accredited teaching qualifications. All programmes are part time, and at Levels 3 and 4 we can develop bespoke programmes for groups of staff to be delivered at a time and place to suit you. Distance learning programmes are also available.

For more information about our degree courses please call 0161 359 3405.


Training Requirement Qualification Level Apprenticeship & Traineeship Recruitment

Training for your Workforce

Short Courses

Air Conditioning & Refrigeration 2 & 3 -Bookkeeping & Accounts

2,3 & 4

Bricklaying 2 & 3 -Business Administration

1, 2, 3 & 4 -

Business Management Degree - -Carpentry & Joinery 2 & 3 -Childcare & Early Years 2 to Degree

Construction Multi Skills 1 & 2 -Construction Site Supervision 3 -Customer Service, Retail & Contact Centre

1, 2, 3 & 4

Electrical Installation 3 -Engineering 2 & 3 -Essential Business Skills - -Financial Services, Insurance and Banking

2,3 & 4 -

Fire Regulatory Training - -First Aid at Work 2 & 3 -Floor Laying 2 -Food Safety 2, 3 & 4 -Gas Installation 3 -Gates, Posts and Fencing 1 & 2 - -Hairdressing & Barbering 1, 2 & 3

Health & Safety in the Workplace 2, 3 & 4 -Health & Social Care 1, 2 & 3

Health & Social Care Mandatory Training

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Heating and Ventilation Systems 2 & 3 -Highway Maintenance 2 -Human Resources 5

International Trade - -Investment Operations 2 & 3 - -IT 1, 2 & 3

Kitchen and Bathroom Fitting (Fitted Interiors)

2 -

Laboratory Technician 3 -Leadership & Management 2 to 5

Maintenance Operations 2 -Manufacturing 2, 3 & 4 -


Training Requirement Qualification Level Apprenticeship & Traineeship Recruitment

Training for your Workforce

Short Courses

Marketing/Social Media/ Digital Marketing

3 & 4

Painting & Decorating 2 & 3 -Plant Maintenance 3 -Plastering 2 & 3 -Plumbing 2 & 3 -Roofing 2 & 3 -Sales & Telesales 1 & 2

Scaffolding 2 & 3 -Teaching & Learning 1 to degree -Vehicle Accident Repair 2 & 3 -Vehicle Body and Paint Refinishing 2 & 3 -Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 2 & 3 -Vehicle Refrigerant Handling - - -Wall and Floor Tiling 2 -Warehousing & Supply Chain Management

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Guide to Qualification Levels Level 1 - equivalent to GCSEs graded D-G and BTEC Awards, Certificates and Diplomas Level 2 - equivalent GCSEs graded A*-C and Higher DiplomasLevel 3 - equivalent to AS/A levels and BTEC Nationals Level 4 - equivalent to Certificates of Higher Education Level 5 – equivalent to HNCs and HNDs and Foundation Degrees Level 6 - Bachelor Degrees, Graduate Certificates and Diplomas


“ We are pleased to work with The Skills Company, the partnership has yielded excellent results for the company, helping us to recruit and train two valuable members of our

team.”

Ryan Mohieddin Sales Director, Forest Sofa

Talk to us about how we can develop your business through skills.

t. 0161 233 2656 e. [email protected] www.theskillsco.com

The Skills Company, Lee House, 90 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, M1 5JW 1953

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