Skills Bootcamps

Read more about how you can gain free skills, part of the Government's Lifetime Skills Guarantee, funded by the Department for Education.

What are Skills Bootcamps?

Find out what Skills Bootcamps can do for you and your career, and see if you're eligible. Employers can get involved too and skill up their workforce.

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Browse the courses below to view the full details of the programmes or register your interest.

Construction programmes

Business management skills for a successful construction firm - level 3 course
Learn how to build business management skills in construction as part of Skills Bootcamps, funded by HBXL.
Estimating skills for a thriving construction firm - level 3 course
Find out how you can learn skills in construction as part of Skills Bootcamps, funded by HBXL.
Construction ground works - level 2 course
Action Community Enterprises are offering a course in construction ground works, as part of skills bootcamps.
Road building and highway maintenance - level 2 course
Construction Skills People are offering a course in road building and highway maintenance, as part of skills bootcamps.
Construction plant health and safety - level 3 course
Suffolk New College is offering a level 3 course in construction with skills bootcamps.

Creative and digital programmes

Data career accelerator - level 3 and 5 courses
Learn more about how AiCore are providing free skills bootcamps to launch your tech career.
Digital marketing - level 3 course
Get Set are offering a free level 3 course on digital marketing. Learn more about it.
Digital marketing - level 5 course
Learn more about a level 5 course in digital marketing from Annica Academy, part of skills bootcamps.
Full stack coding course
Tech Educators are offering a free skills bootcamp course in full stack coding.
Game development course
Learn more about a game development course that Tech Educators are offering, as part of skills bootcamps.
Software development - level 5 course
Find out more about how you can learn skills in software development with Tech Educators.

Early years and education programmes

Early years practitioner - level 3 course
Unlock your potential to work in the early years sector with a free skills bootcamp from YMCA.
SEN (Special educational needs) teaching assistant - level 3 course
Find out more about a SEN teaching assistant course, set up by Action Community Enterprises, as part of skills bootcamps.

Engineering and technical programmes

Engineering technical operative - level 3 course
East Coast College are offering an 11-week engineering skills bootcamp course. Find out how you can apply.
Offshore wind control operator - level 3 course
Upskill in the renewables sector with a level 3 course in offshore wind operation and management.
Welding - level 3 course
Upskill in the engineering sector with a level 3 course in welding from East Coast College.

HGV and logistics programmes

HGV driver - level 2 course
Learn more about a level 2 HGV driver course by HGVC, as part of skills bootcamps.
International freight forwarding - level 3 course
Learn more about a skills bootcamp for international freight forwarding, supplied by TRS.
Warehousing and logistics - level 3 course
Find out more about a level 3 course in warehousing and logistics by Action Community Enterprises, as part of skills bootcamps.

Leadership and management programmes

Carbon reporting manager - level 4 course
Find out more about this level 4 course in carbon reporting from West Suffolk College, as part of skills bootcamps.
Sustainable business manager - level 5 course
Learn more about becoming a sustainable business manager with this level 5 course supplied by West Suffolk College.
Leadership and management - level 3 and 5 courses
Find out more about an ILM award in leadership and management with Turning Factor, in partnership with skills bootcamps.
Understanding sustainability in engineering - level 3 course
Upskill in the engineering sector by learning more about sustainability with West Suffolk College, as part of skills bootcamps.
Understanding sustainability in management - level 3 course
Upskill in management by learning about sustainability in this level 3 course by West Suffolk College.
Understanding sustainability in science - level 3 course
Upskill in your science career by learning about sustainability, in a course provided by West Suffolk College.

Arboriculture and woodland restoration programmes

Arboriculture - level 2 course
Suffolk New College is providing a fast-track course into Arboriculture with skills bootcamps. You can find out more and apply.
Woodland restoration and management - level 2 course
Learn about woodland restoration and management with a skills bootcamp course by City College Norwich. Find out how you can apply.

Our success stories

Read about learners who have completed Skills Bootcamps and how they've impacted them and their careers.
Engineering Skills Bootcamps at East Coast College help fill vacancies
Armultra, a specialist provider of fabrication and engineering services in Great Yarmouth, explains how Skills Bootcamps have help one of their biggest challenges.
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Growing new skills for hospitality employees
Katie Bowes from Jimmy’s Farm and Wildlife Park in Suffolk recently completed training ‘Practical Horticulture Skills’ deepening her knowledge, broadening her...
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Free engineering Skills Bootcamps helping people find manufacturing jobs
East Coast College has launched an 11-week course to bridge the technical skills gap in the engineering sector.
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How Skills Bootcamps can help managers become better leaders
Care home manager Tom Greenhill has endorsed Skills Bootcamps after he and a colleague honed their leadership and management abilities on a 16-week course delivered...
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Skills Bootcamp gives property firm's web developer code for success
Residential and lettings business Spicerhaart upskilled an employee in web development through a Skills Bootcamp course delivered by Netmatters.
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Discover why age is no barrier to learning and career growth
Le-Anne Burman from IKON Training has boosted her career with a Level 5 qualification in digital marketing thanks to Skills Bootcamps.
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Building a new construction business with Skills Bootcamps
HXBL’s CAD for Construction Skills Bootcamp has helped Steve Huxley reboot his career designing construction projects.
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Norfolk training provider is driving careers in the logistics sector
Norfolk training provider Action Community Enterprises is helping to address labour shortages in the logistics sector with Skills Bootcamps focused on warehouses...
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Climbing new career heights on Suffolk New College's Skills Bootcamps
Arts graduate and postal worker Tara Wood is moving into arboriculture thanks to Suffolk New College’s Skills Bootcamps.
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Discover the full flavour of digital marketing with Skills Bootcamps
Digital marketeer Aynsley Evoli is full of praise for the LEP’s Skills Bootcamps after she secured a professional qualification thanks to a course delivered by...
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Amanda unlocks her leadership potential with free Skills Bootcamp
Ambitious for your future? Wondering how to strengthen your CV? Read about Amanda Warman’s Skills Bootcamps experience for the inspiration you need to succeed in...
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Retrofit your career with fully funded Skills Bootcamps
Sophia Gentile, one of the first women in the East of England’s retrofit industry, has developed her skills further thanks to one of the fully funded Skills...
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Lucrative digital skills can be learned through free skills bootcamps
Lucrative digital skills such as coding, web development and digital marketing can be learned through free Skills Bootcamps courses.
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