Skills Bootcamps are flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with a local employer. These courses are fully funded for learners*.
The Skills Bootcamps are being delivered in partnership with employers, further education training providers and local government. The training and support available is aligned with local and national demand for skills, ensuring that people have a direct line of sight to a job and support people to get skills for life.
If you're aged 19+ and currently unemployed, self-employed, looking to explore a new industry or progress in your current sector, a Skills Bootcamp could be your next step to a better job.
These FREE* flexible courses allow you to gain the skills employers are looking for. You will also be guaranteed a job interview at the end of the course.
*If you are taking the course yourself and not through your employer.
The Skills Bootcamps are designed to be flexible, so you can fit learning around your family or other commitments. They will be a mix of classroom-based and online learning, and on-the-job training.
Working alongside partners including Education Partnership North East, Northumberland College, Nissan UK, Unipres UK and Newcastle College, we offer the below courses.
This Skills Bootcamp is designed for individuals of any educational level who are currently unemployed.
This Skills Bootcamp will provide you with the vital skills needed to start a career within manufacturing. The programme provides an interactive experience, explaining all of the manufacturing philosophies, with a particular focus around continuous improvement and safely working on electric vehicles.
The Skills Bootcamp will also deliver a 2 day practical skills course with a focus on the importance of understanding and following standard operations.
The Skills Bootcamp will start on 3rd July 2023 and will lasts for 2 weeks (78 hours in total).
Click here to complete the enquiry form and find out more about the bootcamp. Upon enquiry, you will be contacted by
a member of the team who will be able to answer all your questions.
This Skills Bootcamp offers a routeway to employment with Unipres (Electric Vehicle Component Manufacturing).
The Skills Bootcamp will provide participants with the following knowledge and skills, in preparation for a guaranteed interview at the end of the course with Unipres, providing a seamless progression route from the programme to a positive progression outcome:
The Skills Bootcamp will lasts for 2 weeks (78 hours in total).
Click here to complete the enquiry form and find out more about the bootcamp. Upon enquiry, you will be contacted by a member of the team who will be able to answer all your questions.
This Skills Bootcamp is designed for individuals who wish to obtain industry approved mandatory qualifications required in order to operate in the woodland management and forestry sector.
The Skills Bootcamp will support recruitment into the forestry sector and other related land-based sectors covering:
The Skills Bootcamp will start on 25th August 2023 and will be delivered across 70 hours.
Click here to complete the enquiry form and find out more about the bootcamp. Upon enquiry, you will be contacted by
a member of the team who will be able to answer all your questions.
This Skills Bootcamp is designed for individuals looking to obtain an introduction to the automotive sector and gain additional knowledge about the manufacture of electric/hybrid vehicles and batteries in the North East.
The Skills Bootcamp will be delivered by Education Partnership North East and supported by the North East Automotive Alliance. The two week programme will cover:
The Skills Bootcamp will run for 2 weeks (64 hours in total).
Click here to complete the enquiry form and find out more about the bootcamp. Upon enquiry, you will be contacted by
a member of the team who will be able to answer all your questions.
This Skills Bootcamp is designed for employed individuals looking to upskill and unemployed individuals looking to move into the sector to support filling the skills gap.
You will develop the core skills needed to fill the current skills gap in electric vehicle diagnostics and maintenance.
Courses have been designed to give an understanding of fully electric and hybrid vehicles and will also deliver identification of all the main components and key safety aspects when working with high voltage systems, including advanced knowledge of carrying out safety shutdown procedures
The Skills Bootcamp will start on 25th of September and will last for 10 weeks (60 hours in total).
Click here to complete the enquiry form and find out more about the bootcamp. Upon enquiry, you will be contacted by a member of the team who will be able to answer all your questions.
To apply, complete the enquiry form for your chosen Skills Bootcamp and we'll be in touch soon.
If you wish to access a boot camp to train your own existing employees as part of staff professional training. Employers can co-fund the training with a cash contribution of 30% or more (reducing to 10% or more for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises).
Please complete the form for the Skills Bootcamp you are interested in and add the details of each staff member. The delivering partner will contact you to discuss your options in more detail.
