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This course is designed to provide practical guidance for people whose working life is being affected by a manageable mental health condition, such as depression, anxiety or stress.
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This course is designed to provide an introduction to Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace. As well as explaining what is meant by the terms "Mental Health" and "Wellbeing", the course aims to raise awareness of common mental health issues and provides suggestions of what to do if/when working life is affected by a manageable mental health condition, such as stress, anxiety, low mood and depression.
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This course is designed to help you understand the challenges of starting a new business and give you some guidance about how to turn your ideas into a simple plan. It is also about setting the aims of your business and realistic expectations for what is required to meet them.
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The aim of this course is to help those working at height to do so safely and responsibly, following nationally recognised safe practice guidelines
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The aim of this course is to help those working with abrasive wheels do so safely and responsibly following nationally recognised safe practice guidelines. This course is also suitable for those who are responsible – i.e. employers – for the maintenance of abrasive wheels and the grinders they are attached to, to ensure they take all necessary precautions to minimise the risk of accidents in their places of work.
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Rebooking an assessment of a qualification incurs a small fee to cover the costs of a new invigilated exam. Please purchase your rebooking here.
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Our Essential IT Skills course provides a basic foundation in using a modern Windows computer. The course will introduce the learner to mouse and keyboard usage and slowly build their confidence in using the desktop. The course also offers a brief introduction into what applications are. Finally, the learner is introduced to web browsing, printing and different types of storage methods.
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Developed to meet HSE guidelines, the aim of this course is to help those individuals who have been assigned the role of a traffic marshal to understand and carry out their responsibilities in accordance with nationally-recognised safe practice. This course provides in-depth information, video examples of traffic signalling, and an online assessment to prove the learner is competent. An accredited certificate is issued by an Awarding Organisation to all those that pass the assessment.
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Social media skills are important both for our personal benefit and for use within a business. This course starts with an introduction to the world of social media to improve personal profiles and career development opportunities. There is specific attention towards using social media for job hunting as well as how to post on different platforms. The final half of the course covers business usage including a unit introducing social media advertising.
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Business Administration is an important role within many organisations. This online course will introduce the expectations of the job and then start to provide more detail about how to perform many of the typical tasks. The course will also help candidates develop many useful skills including: planning, prioritisation and customer service. Finally the course will provide some basic IT skills for communication and collaboration.
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The travel and tourism is a vital business in the UK, accounting for 10% of all jobs. Our online course explains the six components of the industry, introduces typical roles and responsibilities and provides an introduction to training in those all important customer skills. The course also explores sustainable tourism; something that is vital to the future of the industy.
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This free course provides some practical advice how to make a success of your first few days and months in a new job. Creating the right impression straight away is very important and will set you off in the best way possible. NOTE: THIS COURSE IS NOT ACCREDITED AND WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES
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This course outlines the requirements to become a childminder - including registering and working within Ofsted's guidelines. There is also training on the important topics of the Early Years Foundation Stage and safeguarding. This course is a great first step for future qualifications and helps meet Ofsted's training requirements (Note: This course uses England's EYFS Framework).
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Nurseries offer a great first step into Early Years Childcare. This course outlines what is required in a nursery and provides useful training in the key Early Years Framework. There is also a section to familiarise you with Safeguarding, Welfare and inspections.
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Teaching Assistants have taken a growing role within the primary and secondary school classrooms. This course will explain the requirement to become a teaching assistant, the typical role and how it can be used as a first step in a career in education. The course also introduces useful topics such as safeguarding, health and safety and behaviour management.
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The Warehouse and Logistics course provides a good introduction to this industry and provides a foundation for a wide variety of roles across receiving goods, inspections, picking and packing. The course provides details about the terminology and processes typically employed in a warehouse.
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Get your office skills up to speed with our beginner's guide to Microsoft Word and Excel. Our online course provides an introduction to using the most common word processor and spreadsheet software programmes in use today.
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This course has been developed for people who are interested in getting to grips with the basics of accounting – that is keeping financial records, or “the books”, in order for a business or any organisation with financial activities. Getting comfortable with bookkeeping is a handy skill if you are running your own business or getting involved with helping manage the finances of a charity. Bookkeeping can be a fulltime job in its own right and is also a first step on the ladder to becoming an accountant. Accounting can seem quite intimidating at first. There appear to be lots of rules and unusual terms. Fortunately your first steps as a bookkeeper are usually limited to handling the record keeping that the more experienced, qualified accountants can use.
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Want to try volunteering but not sure if it is right for you? Maybe you are struggling to unearth the right opportunity or your last role didn't meet your expectations. Our course on volunteering guides the learner through all the steps of finding and landing the right volunteering role. We also provide some insight into how to succeed as a volunteer.
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Provision of an independent person to assist with the reading of a formal (qualification) exam.
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Interested in studying one of our online management courses? This short, auto-marked programme will build your knowledge of how to define, investigate and analyse problems and how to evaluate your options.
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Across all businesses, many senior job roles now require an understanding of cash flow management. Despite this, it is not uncommon for individuals in these roles to have had no official financial training or accounting experience before taking on these responsibilities. Whether your staff are already in a role that requires knowledge of cash flow management, or are looking to progress into a role of this nature, this course will provide them with an introduction to managing cash flow and the essential knowledge that is required. The course will equip your staff with an understanding of the importance of cash, how to prepare a cash budget, how to control cash flows and evaluate performance, and how to improve cash flow using debtor management.
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Across all businesses, many senior job roles, including non-financial roles, now require an understanding of finance. Despite this, it is not uncommon for individuals in these roles to have had no official financial training or accounting experience before taking on these responsibilities. Whether your employees are already in a role that requires knowledge of finance, or are looking to progress into a role of this nature, this course will provide them with an introduction to finance and the essential knowledge that is required to succeed in a non-financial managerial role. The course will equip learners with an understanding of financial statements, how to analyse company performance, the differences between profit and cash, and how to use budgeting to manage business activities.
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This qualification is aimed at anyone working in, or looking to work in, a role that involves dealing with costs, estimates and budgets. The course is ideal for anyone who has no previous financial training or accounting experience but requires this for their role or career, and for anyone who wants to increase their accountancy knowledge for personal reasons.
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This course provides participants with a good understanding of workplace health and safety and delivers a recognised qualification for those that pass the online assessment at the end.
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This courses provides participants with a good understanding of hazardous substances and the controls that can be put in place to manage the associated risks. All participants who pass the formal assessment at the end of the course receive the recognised level 2 qualification.
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This more advanced food hygiene course is designed to give a more in depth view of food hygiene and the typical controls that should be in place. All participants who pass the formal assessment at the end of the course receive the recognised level 3 qualification.
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A fully online Ofqual-recognised qualification designed for those working in the food industry, with additional material designed for those working in catering. This delivers the complete training package of online study, practice questions, an invigilated assessment and an official certificate to those that pass this qualification.
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The Cleaning Operative course provides a good introduction to this role, with a look at the different routes into the industry and general cleaning principles you'll need to be equipped with to be a professional cleaning operative.
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This is the official qualification required by local councils for anyone in England and Wales applying for a Personal Licence to serve or sell alcoholic drinks. This delivers the complete training package of online study, practice questions, an invigilated assessment and an official certificate to those that pass this qualification. The certificate can then be supplied to your local council as part of your Personal Licence application.