The Black Country Skills Factory recently launched it's first phase of fully funded bite-sized courses for your employees and they're filling up fast! 

The courses will be delivered by our ‘best practice’ local providers and are aimed at upskilling your employees to meet your specific skills needs. These bite sized courses of 2-3 hours, are fully funded by the European Social Fund at no charge to you or your business.

Courses available in March and April
Half day Autocad courses - 

THESE COURSES ARE NOW FULL! Register your interest for further courses on the details below

Application of LEAN courses 
including dealing with 8 wastes, Kaizen and visual management

Half day courses in Microsoft Excel
including filtering and sorting, the power of lookup and pivot tables

Automotive vehicle maintenance courses 
covering electrical wiring, diagrams and testing


Building technology and technical construction courses
Understanding BIM and what it does, legionella awareness, electrical installations - regulation and control and more

Half day courses in Welding
Upskill your welding process in MIG, TIG and MMA. Also includes positional welding techniques and Aluminium welding

Pneumatics and Hydraulics
Courses designed to understand the safety, pressure and flow of hydraulic systems. Also build, test and maintenance techniques for basic hydraulic systems 

Benefits to you

  • Fully funded at no cost to you
  • Minimal time away from your business
  • Focussed bite-sized courses
  • Suitable for any business size
  • You select the training you require


To be eligible you simply have to be based in the Black Country and be in one of our five transformational sectors

  • Advanced Manufacturing (HVM) including food and drink
  • Transport technologies, including aerospace
  • Construction including building and technologies
  • Environmental technologies
  • Business services


To book onto any of these courses or to find out more, please visit www.blackcountryskillsfactory.co.uk and click on ‘bite sized courses’. Alternatively, you can email enquiries@blackcountryskillsfactory.co.uk

If you can’t find a course suitable for you then please get in touch to register your interest as this course schedule will be updated on a regular basis. Click here to register for updates.


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