Upcoming bite-size courses from the Skills Factory

By Black Country Skills Factory
schedule8th Jun 15

There is availability on a number of Black Country Skills Factory bite-size courses taking place over the next few months, including Hydraulic and Pneumatic courses.

Due to high demand, the accredited management and leadership courses that were launched in March are being filled fast. To avoid disappointment we recommend booking early. These courses are aimed at helping employer’s up-skill operational leaders (supervisors/managers) in manufacturing supply chain SMEs.

The Skills Factory would like to understand the up-skilling needs of high value manufacturing companies in the Black Country and are taking expressions of interest for technical bite-size engineering courses taking place from September 2015. Please pre-register your interest in the courses detailed below. We may also be able to assist with bespoke engineering training – please contact us for more information.

Management & Leadership courses

Communication Skills – 16 June 2015

Lean *

Problem Solving & Decision Making *

Training the Workforce – 23 Sep 2015

Time Management – 9 Oct 2015

Material Planning & Production Control *

Developing & Coaching Staff – 4 Nov 2015

Measurement of Production Efficiency *

Appraisal & Performance Management – 16 Dec 2015


*Original course dates are now fully booked – awaiting further dates. Please register your interest in this course online to be added to a reserve list. We will contact you when a date becomes available.

Bookings and enquiries can be made by clicking on course titles (above) and booking directly through the Skills Factory website.

Course costs are £160 per person per course; with discounts available for multiple bookings.


Latest Skills Factory courses

Basic Pneumatic Systems – 08/06/15, 13/07/15, 10/08/15, 14/09/15, 12/10/15

Basic Hydraulic Systems – 13/07/15, 03/08/15, 07/09/15, 05/10/15

Intermediate Pneumatics/Hydraulics (Electro Control) - 15/6/15, 13/07/15, 17/8/15, 21/9/15, 18/10/15

Advanced Pneumatics/Hydraulics (PLC) – 13/07/15, 24/8/15, 26/10/15


Bookings and enquiries can be made by clicking on course titles (above) and booking directly through the Skills Factory website.

Course costs are £190 per person per day.


Pre-register for September 2015 courses


Maintenance Multi-skilling & Production Setting:

Basic Pneumatic Systems

Basic Hydraulic Systems

Intermediate Pneumatics/Hydraulics (Electro Control)

Advanced Pneumatics/Hydraulics (PLC)

Factory Electrical Power Supplies

Switches, Relays and Sensors

Electric Motors and Drives

Introductory Mitsubishi PLC


Welding & Fabrication:

Tig Welding (Introductory / Improver levels available) - various dates available

Mig Welding (Introductory / Improver levels available) - various dates available

Aluminium Tig Welding - various dates available


CNC Machining & Setting:

Vertical & Horizontal Milling – Fanuc Control Programming

Vertical & Horizontal Milling – Heidenhain Control Programming

CNC Turning – Fanuc Control Programming


Metal treatment, Metallurgy & Toolroom:

Metallurgy for non-Metallurgists

Principles of Heat Treatment

Non Destructive testing of metals – (principles)


Computer Aided Design:

AutoCAD 2D

SolidWorks – Solid Modelling


Early registration/expressions of interest can be made by clicking on course titles (above) and directly through the Skills Factory website.

Course costs are £190 per person per day.


For an informal discussion on any of the above courses, please call Skills Factory Director, Colin Parker, on 07944 268709 or e-mail [email protected]


www.blackcountryskillsfactory.co.uk/courses