Training for Businesses

At Kendal College, we are changing the way we deliver training. No longer do we always expect employees to attend college on a weekly basis to learn the skills. Instead we want to be more responsive to the needs of employers when it comes to skills development and provide the kind of business training that local companies want.

As the leading training provider in the South Lakes, we have training consultants with high level qualifications and industry experience who can provide flexible company training to suit the needs of local businesses and help with the drive towards a more skilled and effective workforce.

Meet your legal obligations with our first aid courses, NVQ Care training and other NVQ courses, health and safety training and food hygiene programmes.

Our range of business courses can provide comprehensive management training, sales training, marketing and business courses. We are also able to offer finance training, accounting, leadership courses and leadership and management training.

Courses starting February/March/April 2010
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Whether it's a training seminar, a project management course, or free NVQ training through Train to Gain or Apprenticeships schemes, contact our business development unit for a chat about how we can provide the right training to make an impact on your business

New engineering courses
We are now able to offer a brand new range of plant-based training, including agricultural tractor, cable avoidance tools, fork-lift truck, dump trucks, excavators (180 and 360 degree), ride on rollers, telescopic handlers and mini diggers; as well as site management safety training scheme, streetworks training and signing, lighting and guarding, working at heights, tower scaffolding, mobile elevated work platforms, slinging and working in confined spaces.

We can provide you with the new CSCS Card and safety test if you are planning on working on site in the construction industry, as well as the associated NVQs in construction, joinery and plant operations.

Our world-class facilities including our conference centre are also available for use as a fully-featured conference venue for your seminar or away day.

Talk to us about JobWorks, our range of training programmes, designed to help existing employees improve their skills and knowledge and equip new employees with the right skills to do the job. Training may be available at no cost to you or your employees. If you take on a new employee who has been unemployed for over six months, you may even qualify for a £1000 payment from JobCentrePlus.

£2,500 grant to help employers take on young apprentices
25 January 2010
Kendal College will be hosting special advice sessions next Wednesday to show how employers can take advantage of a new grant that offers employers an easy way to take on young apprentices. Over the next ten weeks the National Apprenticeship Service will provide up to 5,000 Apprenticeship Grants for Employers of 16 and 17 year olds (AGE 16 and 17)....More

Apprenticeship Matching Service

Kendal College is part of the new National Apprenticeship Matching Service. If you have a vacancy for an Apprentice, please contact us and we can arrange for your vacancy to be advertised nationally at no cost to you.

For more information about Apprenticeships, see the Learning and Skills Council's Apprenticeship Website

For more information call our employer hotline on 01539 814718 or email business@kendal.ac.uk