ON COURSE 2020: Workforce dedicated to preparing school-leavers for world of work

Workforce is a vibrant, inspiring and creative environment for young people to learn, achieve their goals and overcome the barriers they face to their personal development and career mobility.

When you register online, you will get the option to visit our premises, meet our friendly staff and see for yourself the outstanding facilities on offer at our training campus. It will also give you the opportunity to discover the vocational training courses we offer.

At Workforce our learners are paramount and we will support you throughout the duration of your learning. Everything needed to achieve your qualification is supplied. Our curriculum is learner centred and continuously evolving with each subject taught through interactive classroom sessions, relevant site visits, information events delivered by industry leaders and cross-vocational team projects.

Our strong network of employers also ensures that your qualifications are relevant to the world of work and intrinsically motivating. Throughout your learning, you will have the opportunity to take part in a variety of health and wellbeing activities, charity fundraisers and student residentials, as we believe it is important you enjoy your time as a Workforce learner, make friends and have fun. 

Reasons to become a Workforce learner:

We will empower you to achieve independence through vocational training and lasting employment.

Small class numbers to make it easier for you to learn.

Expert tutors delivering a relevant industry-led curriculum.

Workforce has a wide range of training courses on offer that are open to school leavers aged 16 and 17, which includes, Catering and Hospitality, Hairdressing, Barbering, Business Support Services, Childcare, Joinery, Motor Mechanics, Vehicle Parts and Customer Services qualifications.

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In addition to our main training campus at Springfield Road, Workforce also has training centres on the Falls Road and brand new premises on the Antrim Road.

Workforce General Manager Paul Boyle is looking forward to the new term at Workforce. “These are very exciting times for Workforce and I would encourage young people leaving school to visit our website and register,” he said. “Given the ongoing Covid1-9 pandemic, we feel it’s in the best interests of both our learners and staff not to proceed with our traditional Open Day. However, those who register online will get the opportunity to meet our staff, see our facilities and find out about the high quality training Workforce has on offer in small, socially distanced groups.

“Things are constantly changing at Workforce to ensure our provision meets the needs of learners. Over the last couple of years, we have refurbished our Catering and Hospitality Department transforming it into a state-of-the-art training facility and we now offer Barbering, which presents young people with an excellent opportunity to get skilled and embark on a successful career. Workforce are committed to provide top class facilities and training to ensure the skills of our students match the needs of the employer.”

Workforce also offer training programmes for adults through our ESF programmes and Corporate Training programmes. If you would like more details about the any of the courses we offer, please give our recruitment team a ring on 02890 247016.

Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, we are unable to host our traditional Open Day, soinstead, why not register for a vocational training course at Workforce by visiting our website at: https://www.workforceonline.org/learner-registration-form/

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