Do you want FREE* training for your employees?

In today’s fast paced and competitive business environment, a well-trained workforce will help your business move forward. The Train to Gain service is a business service offering free training and NVQ qualifications designed to help your business stay competitive and to succeed. It aims to do this through the training and development of your workforce, helping to ensure that your employees have the right skills and knowledge to do the best job. Second Level 2 and 3 qualifications may also be available*.
*Subject to eligibility

Entry Requirements:

The employee:
- Must be aged 19 years or over
- Must not already hold any sort of level 2 qualification in any subject
- Must not hold 5 GCSEs Grade A – C or equivalent

This is a fantastic opportunity for employees to achieve their full potential and gain job related skills for life, and for your business to gain long-term investment through the development of a skilled workforce at NO extra cost

Contribution to Wage Costs

Under the Train to Gain service, Employers with fewer than 50 full time or equivalent employees may be eligible for a contribution towards the wage costs of employees taking part in training. Please ask for further details.

Courses available under Train to Gain

NVQ 2 Team Leading ITQ (NVQ 2 in Information Technology) NVQ 2 Hairdressing NVQ 2 Barbering NVQ 2 Food Preparation and Cooking NVQ 2 Food and Drink Service NVQ 2 Children’s Care Learning and Development NVQ 2 Health and Social Care

NVQ 2 Business Administration NVQ 2 Customer Service NVQ 2 Electrical/Electronics Servicing – Signal Reception NVQ 2 Manufacturing NVQ 2 Warehousing NVQ 2 Polymer Processing NVQ 2 Business Improvement Techniques

“We at Tristar Homes have a real commitment to embedding a learning culture within our organisation and strive to offer learning opportunities to all staff. As a modern employer we have an ethos of 'Train to Retain' and Stockton Riverside College help us to underpin this with their excellent course provision.”
Julie Robinson,
Tristar Homes

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Train to Gain Level 3

If you have no previous Level 2 qualification and yet are working at a level 3 standard in your job, you may be able to achieve a Level 3 qualification though Train to Gain.

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Train to Gain Facts

- Three-quarters of employers taking up training under Train to Gain (74 per cent) report that they have noticed an improvement in the skills of employees in relation to their specific job role.

- Two-fifths of employers (42 per cent) said that the training they have engaged with through Train to Gain has had a beneficial impact on the bottom-line or profitability of their business.

- Eight employers in ten (80 per cent) would recommend the Train to Gain service to a business colleague outside their organisation.