What is funded NVQ training and how does it work?
Funded NVQ training programs are an opportunity for your business to develop bespoke training and assessment courses tailored to meet your needs. The focus is to provide a much more responsive service which identifies and solves your training and assessment needs. Our advice is flexible and adaptable to your individual requirements and training and assessment is offered at a time and place to suit your business demands.
How can funded NVQ training help your company?
We understand that the role every employee plays is vital when you are running a business. It is often difficult to fit in the time for training or assessment when you are working to tight deadlines.
Our staff can offer free impartial advice and will;
- Produce a Training Needs Analysis (TNA).
- Identify and match individual training needs.
- Agree a tailored training and assessment package.
- Find available funding.
- Ensure that training and assessment is delivered to meet your business needs.
What is the cost?
For some programs, such as the governments Train to Gain service or ESF funded training, there is generally no cost to your company for the training and assessment of your employees, however places on these programs are limited and subject to availability. Other schemes, such as Business Link funded programs, are part funded and you would normally receive funding of around 45% toward your training costs. Funding availability for training frequently changes so please contact us for information on what funding is currently available.
Which NVQ’s do Health & Safety Training Ltd currently deliver under the funded training programs?
- Plant Operations Level 2
Who is eligible for the funded NVQ training programs?
Virtually any company or sole trader based in England should be eligible for at least one of our funded programs; some programs are available only to businesses based in North East England. To qualify for these NVQ programs you must be at least 19 years old, a resident citizen in the UK or EEC for the last three years and not be not be enrolled onto any other government funded program at the same time. We are unable to provide funded training directly for private individuals both employed and unemployed but we can give information advice & guidance on where funding may be found.
Don’t funded training programs take much longer to complete than normal training courses?
Not at all, the basic training period of any training course is always dictated by the accrediting body whether funded or not. The only additional time that has to be spent on a funded NVQ program is the assessments and observations which can often be built into both the basic training period and the learners every day work so effectively no extra time is needed.
How do I apply for this funding?
Simply contact us at any time and we will assess your training needs and produce a training program specific to your exact requirements. All of the paperwork and online data input for your funding will be handled directly by Health & Safety Training Ltd on your behalf or by our colleagues at Business Link.