Employers

Responding to the London Business
and skills agenda

London is a world city, playing a lead role in the UK and international economy. However, the opportunities this brings cannot be realised for all Londoners without change. Croydon College has actively responded to the skills agenda by directing its wide range of training and support services to assisting businesses achieve their goal of contributing to the economic prosperity of London.

We also recognise the value of working with our local employers; Croydon College has been at the forefront of working in positive partnerships with local government and business initiatives to support the regeneration of Croydon to become a world class business centre. These partnerships have enabled us to widen our range of training and products to grow businesses and create opportunities for those seeking to gain access to programmes that will ensure they have the skills necessary to gain a foothold in the workplace.

Helping Employers Upskill the Workforce

Croydon College is actively supporting and participating in ensuring that the priorities set out in the London Learning & Skills Plan are achieved. The priorities are as follows:

Documents to download

Prospectus of short courses
Aug - Oct (4,601KB)

Booking Form(185KB)

Business Solution Map(161KB)

Access to Higher Education (2.13MB)

Case Study:

How Croydon College and Triangle collaborate to help upskill your employees

Priority One - Improve educational opportunities for all young people
Priority Two - Tackle London's skills and employment gap
Priority Three - Raise the effectiveness and performance of the learning and skills sector
Priority Four - Integrate skills within economic development and local and regional regeneration
Priority Five - Equip Londoners with skills to benefit from investment in the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

‘One-Stop-Shop’ for your Training Needs

We recognise that in the fast pace of today’s commercial world, everything is becoming more technical and impersonal, and that it’s hard to discuss your training needs with computerised call centres. Croydon Skills & Enterprise College offers a one-stop-shop approach via Business Solutions our business development unit.

We can help you identify your organisation’s training needs and then source the appropriate training solution from the College’s extensive range of products and services.

We have a team of Business Development Advisers, who have experience of working closely with local employers and who understand the importance of building and maintaining relationships. This means that employers, however large or small, can rely on the continual support of their Business Development Adviser to identify their training needs, source appropriate programmes, and often funding to subsidise costs.
You will be allocated one our Advisers which will enable you to have a single key contact within the college.

And this service is completely free!

Training Delivery Modes

We can provide effective business solutions by offering different modes of delivery which are designed to meet your requirements including:

'Short Courses' - We offer an extensive selection of courses designed specially for employers including Management, IT and Health & Safety. These courses are usually held at the College located in Croydon and typically last one or two days.

'Bespoke Courses' - Where a training need has been identified which is not in our standard range we can design a course specifically for you. This can be delivered where you like and at a time that suits you.

‘Curriculum Courses’ - Being part of a further education college we can help you choose the most appropriate courses for your employees from the wide range on offer from Croydon College.

Working with our Business Development Advisers we can help you define your needs and source the most appropriate solution to meet this training & development need.

Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are a work based learning programme aimed at young people between the ages of 16 and 24. Apprenticeships are government funded training schemes for those who would like to achieve a qualification whilst working, learning on the job, building up knowledge and skills. We offer the following Apprenticeships currently:

Business Administration
Customer Service
Hospitality
Construction Trades
Hairdressing
IT

This funding is provided by the local Learning & Skills Council.

We have a dedicated team of Business Development Advisers available to meet with you and provide more detail on our Apprenticeship programme.

Train to Gain

The Government is responding to the national skills deficit by directing their focus to ensure that employers are given opportunities to skill their workforce to maximise their productivity and competiveness. Through additional funding streams there are positive solutions to support training demand identified as a priority for London. This initiative is called 'Train to Gain'.

Train to Gain is a new service run by the Learning & Skills Council (LSC), the organisation responsible for delivering the Government’s skills strategy for England. This new service will assist employers by providing funding to help your employees gain their first, full Level 2 qualification

The Train to Gain Service is designed to help businesses like yours solve the problems you might face when thinking about identifying training needs and choosing the right Business Solutions.

Businesses across England whether small, medium or large can access the Train to Gain services, regardless of size, sector, or ownership including charitable organisations.

Public Sector organisations may also be eligible providing no other funding stream is being accessed.
Your employees must have a contract of employment or terms & conditions of employment in place.

To find out more about this new initiative, including potential funding available contact one of our Business Development Advisers on 0800 652 0784.

Work Based Learning Projects

Croydon Skills & Enterprise College has a projects team who initiate and manage a wide range of projects. All projects aim to improve the skills of our community by providing free or subsidised training, whether working directly with students or via employers. The projects available vary, to find out if your business could benefit from one of these, contact one of Business Development Advisers for advice.

Centres for Vocational Excellence (CoVE)

Centres of Vocational Excellence are one or more training providers working in collaboration to provide high quality training designed to meet employer needs, in line with the local and national skills agenda. CoVEs will develop new, and enhance existing, specialist vocational provision that will be focused on meeting the skills needs of employers, and will seek to increase access to the high quality training that young people and adults need to succeed in the modern economy. Croydon College are proud to have two CoVEs one in Hospitality & Catering and the other in Construction.

Employer Events

We have already run a number of successful employer events. The feedback we received was very positive and as a result we will be running a variety of different employer related events over the coming year. These events include opportunities for networking, a chance to hear well respected industry experts giving guest speeches on key business related topics and to find out more about the latest services and products available to you, including potential funding available to help support your training budgets. These events also provide an opportunity for you to give us feedback on your experiences with the college and to influence our future provision to meet your needs. If you would like to be added to our invite list, please contact one of Business Development Advisers who will ensure you don’t miss out on these extremely valuable events.