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We maintain regular communication with businesses to understand their evolving skill and training requirements, subsequently designing and delivering tailored qualifications and programmes aimed at fostering innovation and expansion.

While our existing partnerships enable us to address the general needs of many businesses, we value your insights to develop a customised timetable offering training and qualifications specifically tailored to YOUR requirements. To facilitate our ongoing support, we invite you to reach out to us, share your needs, and allow Northern Regional College to assist you in realising your objectives.

Skills Focus

Skills Focus

The Department for the Economy has made upskilling and reskilling a priority in growing the Northern Ireland economy to meet its changing demands. Through the Skills Focus Programme, businesses can receive up to 90% funding to support the cost of training.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible, businesses must be registered (excluding charities and community groups), based in Northern Ireland, and have fewer than 250 employees. They must also have a need to develop staff at Level 2 or above in priority sectors.

A Business Engagement Officer will work with each business to assess training needs through a brief skills audit, identifying opportunities for upskilling or reskilling and the potential benefits to the business. Based on this, a tailored delivery plan will be created and implemented to help the company and its employees gain new, valuable skills.

Eligibility Criteria

Questions Answered

Discover more about the Skills Focus Programme and how our Business Engagement Team can support your business to upskill and reskill to stay ahead in an ever-changing economy.

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Advanced Manufacturing, Materials & Engineering

Advanced Manufacturing, Materials & Engineering

Agri-Food

Agri-Food

Construction & Materials Handling

Construction & Materials Handling

Digital & Creative Industries

Digital & Creative Industries

Financial, Business & Professional Services

Financial, Business & Professional Services

Life & Health Sciences

Life & Health Sciences

Tourism & Hospitality

Tourism & Hospitality

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The opportunity to acquire accredited qualifications

The opportunity to acquire accredited qualifications

Training is significantly subsidised to maximise your training budget

Training is significantly subsidised to maximise your training budget

Training delivery is flexible (online, in house, at an NRC campus or through blended learning)

Training delivery is flexible (online, in house, at an NRC campus or through blended learning)

Completion results in a more productive, skilled workforce

Completion results in a more productive, skilled workforce

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A selection of the course that can be offered through Skills Focus include:

  • SIAS L2 Award Introduction to AI for Business: Duration -1 day. Cost to employer £19.
  • ILM Level 3 Award Leadrership & Management: Duration: 24 hrs. Online, Cost to employer £34.
  • ILM Level 5 Award Leadership & Management: Duration: 40 hrs. Online, Cost to employer £57.
  • Level 3 Transition to Playwork (from early years): Duration 36 hrs. Cost to Employer £51.
  • OCN NI Level 2 Award Principles of Customer Service: Duration: 12hrs. Cost to Employer £15.
  • City & Guilds Award Level 2 Tour Guiding: Duration 24hrs. Cost to employer £30.
  • City & Guilds Award Level 3 Tour Guiding: Duration: 75 hrs. Cost to employer £107.
  • AAT Level 2 Bookkeeping: Duration: 112 hrs. Cost to employer £140.
  • CIPD Level 5 People Management Associate Diploma: Duration 186 hrs. Cost to employer £266.
  • City & Guilds Level 2 Welding: Duration:  40 hrs. Cost to employer TBC.
  • City & Guilds Level 2 Award Computer Aided Design: Duration 34.3 hrs. Cost to employer TBC.
  • City & Guilds Level 3 Award Computer Aided Design: Duration: 34.3 hrs. Cost employer TBC.
  • Level 3 Award Working with Children & Young People: Duration: 32 hrs. Online, Cost to employer £39.

 

If you spot a course in the College online course search, that is not listed here but fits within one of our business categories, please get in touch. Where appropriate, we can explore delivering it through the Skills Focus programme. We’re always keen to respond to employer demand and can work with you to assess eligibility and next steps.

 

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Further Information

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