Training Courses
Painting &
Decorating:
- Ideal for the beginner or other tradesmen wishing to add
another skill
- No previous experience necessary, all training is practical
with no written work
- Health & Safety, PPE and Safe Working Practice
- The correct use of tools and equipment i.e. roller
- Preparation of new and old surfaces before painting
- Repairing imperfections in walls and wood
- Application of various products to surfaces
- Wallpapering technique
Wall & Floor
Tiling:
- Health & Safety, PPE and Safe Working Practice
- To set out correctly
- To cut and nip around difficult objects
- What materials to use when and why
- To mix and apply different types of grouts
- To completely tile your bay both wall and floor to a
professional standard
Plastering:
- Health & Safety, PPE and Safe Working
Practice
- To prepare surfaces prior to plastering
- To cut and fix plasterboard to walls and ceilings
- To cut and fix angle beads
- To apply finishing coats on walls and ceilings to a flat and
level surface ready for decoration
- Erecting coving in to the bay with external and internal
corners
- To apply bonding backing coats
- The correct use of tools, equipment and materials
- The removal of old plaster, coving and plasterboard
Artexing &
Coving:
- The correct use of tools and equipment
- To erect a plasterboard ceiling
- To tape, caulk and feather joints ready for texturing
- To use sealers prior to artexing
- To correctly mix with proper materials
- Apply artex to walls and ceilings with popular patterns – i.e.
broken leather, stipple, medusa, knifed plaster, swirl etc
- Laced finishes and advanced artex comb patterns
- Health & Safety, PPE and Safe Working Practice
Mow & Grow Training Courses
We are an OCN accredited assessment centre offering up to 9
Horticultural Machinery Operation and Basic Maintenance accredited
qualifications at level 1 and level
2
Airbroom blower/vacuum Operation and Basic Maintenance
- Health & Safety, PPE and Safe Working Practice
- Correct use of machinery
- Safe fuelling
- Hazards
- Basic maintenance of machine
Brushcutter/strimmer Operation and Basic Maintenance
- Health & Safety, PPE and Safe Working Practice
- Correct use of machinery
- Various cutting methods – scything, swotting, tree
circling
- Safe fuelling
- Hazards
- Basic maintenance of machine
Hedge Cutter Operation and Basic
Maintenance
- Health & Safety, PPE and Safe Working Practice
- Correct use of machinery
- Different hedgecutters – medium/long bar, single sided and
double sided blade
- Safe fuelling
- Hazards
- Basic Maintenance of machine
Pedestrian Lawnmower
Operation and Basic Maintenance
- Health & Safety, PPE and Safe Working Practice
- Correct use of machinery
- Lawnmower types
- Different cutting methods – edges, straight lines, curves
- Safe fuelling
- Hazards
- Basic Maintenance of machine
Ride on Mower Operation and Basic
Maintenance
- Health & Safety, PPE and Safe Working Practice
- Correct use of machinery
- Different cutting methods
- Safe fuelling
- Hazards
- Basic Maintenance of machine
NOCN Entry Level Certificate in Adult
Literacy
Age range: The qualification is available for
Pre 16, 16-18, 18+, 19+.
This qualification aims to:
Develop skills, knowledge and understanding at Entry Level and
LEVELS 1 OR 2 in each of the three skill areas of::
- Reading
- Writing
- Speaking and Listening
Develop the basic building blocks that learners
need in order to use literacy skills effectively in everyday
life.
Promote success for learners in other areas of learning through the
ability to apply literacy skills efficiently and confidently at
this level.
Draw upon learners’ previous knowledge and experience to develop
new skills and understanding in literacy at every Level.
Unit titles
include:
- Using reading for meaning
- Improving spelling skills
- Using Spelling Rules and strategies using Writing for
Meaning
- Demonstrating Speaking and Listening Skills
- Developing Punctuation and Grammar Skills
- Developing Reading Strategies
- Improving Spelling Skills
- Using Spelling Rules and Strategies
- Using Writing for Meaning
- Improving Punctuation and Grammar Skills
- Demonstrating Speaking and Listening
NOCN Entry Level Certificate in Adult
Numeracy
Age range: The qualification is available for Pre 16, 16-18,
18+, 19+.
This qualification aims to:
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Develop skills, knowledge and understanding at
each of the sub-levels of the three areas of mathematics:
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Understanding and using mathematical
information
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Calculating and manipulating mathematical
information
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Interpreting results and communicating
mathematical information.
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Develop the basic building blocks that learners
need in order to use numeracy skills effectively in everyday
life.
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Provide opportunities to develop skills in
problem solving involving number.
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Promote success for learners in other areas of
learning through an understanding of numbers and the relationship
between them and an ability to manipulate numbers efficiently and
confidently at the standard required for every Level.
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Identify opportunities to progress to other
appropriate learning opportunities, in particular Level 1 Key Skill
in the Application of Number and Level 1 Certificate in Adult
Numeracy
Unit titles include
NOCN ICT Units at Entry 3
One of the following
Units include
Introduction to Using Graphics Software
Introduction to Personal Digital Photograph Processing
Introduction to Selecting Information Using the Internet
Introduction to Using
E-mail and Text Messaging
Introduction to Using Desk Top Publishing Applications
Introduction to Using Spreadsheet Software
Introduction to Using the Internet
Introduction to Using the Internet for Shopping
Financial Literacy Level 1 Units
NOCN Unit Title
Household Finances (Mandatory)
Managing an Account (Mandatory)
Local and National Finances
Financing Travel
Saving or Borrowing
We also offer the following
training
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Research job links clients think are for them
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Teach clients how to understand job spec jargon
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Answer adverts
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Build speculative letters
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How to interview creatively
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Self presentation
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Building confidence in own
abilities