NEW! Flexible Training available

VOLTRAIN can now offer funded staff training with minimal levels of bureaucracy or delay. The new flexible training offer covers units/thin qualifications in ten business critical areas:

• Business improvement techniques
• Business systems/processes
• Team-working/communications
• Finance and credit
• Risk management
• Marketing and sales
• Customer service
• New product design
• Cash flow and profit management
• IT user/IT support

Leadership and Management Training

VOLTRAIN can provide bespoke support for leadership and management provision that offers relevant, effective and challenging learning opportunities. A Skills Broker will carry out the organisational needs analysis (ONA) to assess the skills base and diagnose leadership and management needs. The funding available for L&M through Train to Gain is fairly straightforward and is available as follows:

• A total of £1000 is available, the first £500 is on a grant basis, the second £500 must be match funded by the employer
• A number of managers from each organisation can access the funding, though the first beneficiary should be the owne/top manager

Funding can be used to access any support or training identified in the leader/managers personal development plan, this can include:

• Coaching
• Mentoring
• Qualifications
• Non-qualification based training

Delivery

Training is delivered through workshop sessions and through coaching and development support in the ‘workplace’. Groups between 6-15 are typical, with some of the delivery on-line (eg IT User)

Assessment of competency against the NVQ standards is carried out in the workplace, through interview and observation, completion of assignments and building a portfolio of evidence.

NVQ level 2 qualifications typically take 6-9 months to achieve, with 5-6 workshops over this period.

NVQ level 3 qualifications typically take 9-15 months to achieve, with 5-6 workshops over this period.

Workshop dates and venues are subject to demand.