Train to Gain
- Helps improve productivity and competitiveness by ensuring that employees have the right skills to do the best job
- A business skills adviser provides impartial, independent advice on training and carries out an analysis of the skills required to maximise your company’s potential
- The adviser also identifies the right training and the best provider to meet your specific business priorities
- Training may be part or fully funded by the Learning and Skills Council
Courses
NVQs
- Performing Engineering Operations
- Performing Manufacturing Operations
- Engineering Maintenance
- Business Improvement Techniques
What to do next
Call us on 0845 6300 204 or contact us online to book a free, no-obligation assessment with an expert business skills adviser - and prepare to move your business forward.
Apprenticeships
- Employers benefit from Apprenticeships by gaining committed, qualified, loyal staff who have learned their skills within the business
- Apprenticeships are high quality work-based training programmes for individuals who want to develop their future prospects and career
- They encompass on-the-job experience, provide nationally recognised qualifications and skills, and allow the apprentice to earn while they learn
Apprentices must be 16 years of age or older and, depending on which sector the Apprenticeship is in, there are three levels of training available:
Apprenticeship – equivalent to five good GCSE passes
Advanced Apprenticeship – equivalent to two A-level passes
Higher Apprenticeship – equivalent to studying for NVQ Level 4
Apprenticeships Available
- Engineering Apprenticeship
- Motor Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Apprenticeship
- Railway Engineering Apprenticeship
Case Studies
Driving business forward
As Lotus Group discovered, producing the highest quality, hand-built cars means making sure your manufacturing team’s got the expertise to do it better than your competitors.
The challenge
Maintaining the business’s position at the forefront of manufacturing by injecting a major effort into increasing the skills of its staff through a tailored training programme.
The solution
Train to Gain listened to Lotus’s needs before proposing a programme that allowed staff to work towards an NVQ Level 2 or Level 3 in Business Improvement Techniques, helping them improve quality and performance. Working with suppliers, a Lotus team of industry-approved trainers delivers the training in-house. The programme is monitored by recognised institutions.
The results
- Improved quality and performance resulting from streamlined processes
- Industry recognition for its innovative training system
- Increased staff motivation from learning new skills and gaining formal qualifications
“We would not have been able to carry out training on this scale without help from Train to Gain.”
John Vigar
Continuous Improvement and Business, Coordination Manager, Lotus Group
Adopting a grow-your-own approach
Taking on apprentices proves an effective way for building and civil engineering giant Murphy Group to retain a family-firm ethos and a stable workforce.
The challenge
Overcoming a real shortage of trained technicians – especially in London – to maintain a large fleet of heavy vehicles and plant equipment, ranging from cranes and excavators to low loaders and 32-tonne tipping trucks.
The solution
Developing hands-on Apprenticeships that recruit school leavers who learn and grow with the company – working alongside professionals four days a week and enhancing theoretical expertise off-site on the fifth day. Three-monthly visits from the college assessor ensure training remains job-relevant.
The results
- Talent that grows with the business to support its long-term skills needs
- Reduced recruitment costs from building a skilled, committed and loyal workforce
“Many of our middle-aged workers have been with us since joining the firm as a 16-year-old apprentice. For us, it’s definitely a cost-effective recruitment tool.”
John Coll
Group Plant and Transport Manager, Murphy Group