Our fully funded,
bite-sized courses are ideal for industrial companies within the Black Country
who have identified the need to improve the leadership and management of their
1st line supervisors and team leaders.
NEW courses include:-
- Managing deadlines within a production environment - Your Role as a leader in managing both personal and organisational deadlines
- Communication skills - Your responsibility for good communication within your business
- Dealing with conflict - How to recognise and handle conflict effectively
Other courses available in the coming months include topics on Microsoft Excel, Office Skills, Autocad and more
These bite sized courses of 2-3 hours, are fully funded by the European Social Fund at no charge to you or your business.
To view the entire program of courses, click here.
Booking is easy, simply go to www.blackcountryskillsfactory.co.uk and click on 'bitesize courses' for the full schedule over the coming months.
Courses
available from the Black Country Skills Factory :-
Team Leader Training
Learn how to motivate your team, improve your communication skills, deal with
conflict and work with diversity
Health and Safety
Upskill your workforce with a manual handling course, the safe use of lifting
equipment, risk assessing in engineering and the lifting operations and lifting
equipment regulations (LOLER) in an engineering environment
Autocad
including the user interface, style commands, transformation command and using
solid modelling
Application of LEAN
including dealing with 8 wastes, Kaizen and visual management and new in depth
topics on Leading LEAN teams, 8D/problem solving, effective action planning and
more
Manufacturing Quality Control
Upskill your workforce with Control Plans, Advanced Product Quality Planning,
Measurement Systems Analysis and more
Microsoft Excel
including filtering and sorting, the power of lookup and pivot tables
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
Building Technology and Technical
Construction
Brand new topics covering Central Heating Design Calculations, Central Heating
Wiring and an introduction to Renewables - Combined Power and Water supply
Office Skills
Courses designed to help you improve your telephone techniques, your minute
taking skills and also a course on an introduction to marketing
Personal Development Skills
Bite sized courses on equality and diversity, time management and recruitment
and legislation
Motor Vehicle maintenance
Learn how to change a tyre, a cam belt and more in these bite sized courses
Electrics and Electronics
The basics on programmable electronic controllers, what they are, where they
can be used and how they can help production
Inspection and Testing
Bite-sized courses in NDT testing including the dye pen and magnetic partial
Machinery and Cutting
An introduction to laser cutting and CAM programmes for laser cutters
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
If you need any further information, please email [email protected]
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.