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What’s new
Our Training Needs Analysis tool continues to
be popular with local businesses
 At Services to Business we have specialised trained staff
who can visit your company on an informal basis, at no cost
to you, to discuss any areas of skills that we can offer
which may help your staff to carry out their roles. We can
also discuss any aspects of funding which can be available
for you. Our ‘TNA’ looks at recognising any gaps between
the skills your business needs and those your employees have.
Call us on 01924 789715 to book an appointment or click
here for details.
Leading Figure Talks To Local Businesses Through Services
To Business
 Services to Business recently welcomed David Orrell, Regional
Manager of Skills For Logistics, as guest speaker at their
recent Logistics Breakfast Meeting.
The event, which took
place at the Whitwood Campus, attracted some of the biggest
names in the District’s Logistics sector.
Logistics NVQ Manager
Brian Tear said “We are highly delighted that someone of
such high standing as David agreed to come and talk to logistics
companies in our area. It was a great opportunity for these
firms to meet one of the leading figures on the topic of
legislation and discuss how it will affect their business.”
For full details of the courses available from our Logistics
department, click
here.
BCS Keyboarding - The Route To Employment
 We have recently been involved in a successful Skills Fund
Project in partnership with Calderdale College which provided
unemployed individuals keyboarding skills to enable them
to find suitable employment.
During 2007, E-Type was the
fastest growing British Computer Society Qualification. By
learning to touch type with all fingers, a typical PC user
spending 20 hours a week at a PC, could save around 10 hours
a week! If you want your staff to increase your productivity
without spending more time, gain a recognised certificate
and become a more efficient PC user, click
to find out more.
Services to Business
also offer a wide range of other courses. Our on-line course
packages are flexible and ideal for home learning. You don't
even need to be based in Wakefield or West Yorkshire to complete
a course at Wakefield College. For further information on
any of the on-line course on offer, contact Diane Keegan
on 01924 789368 or Sam Dimmock on 01924 789229. Click
here for the list of on-line courses available.
Need to speak as part of your job? Discover how to enjoy
speaking and get your message across with the Mid Yorkshire
CIM.
 We are delighted to be welcoming the Chartered Institute
of Marketing to our Thornes Park Campus on Wednesday the
12th of March. Speaking will be Duncan Miller, a highly innovative
entrepreneur with a varied background in business and industry.
Duncan’s discussion topic will be ‘Speaking - The Forgotten
Art’ and this is open to both members and non members of
the CIM.
Designed for anyone who ever has to make presentations
to colleagues or sales pitches or who goes to networking
events, Duncan Miller will show you how to enjoy speaking
with practical example hints, tips and techniques for every
situation.
The event runs from 6pm - 8pm and full pricing
is available by clicking on the link below. For more information
or to book, click
here.
Other services we can offer
At Wakefield College we can offer a number of smart venues
for hire, including meeting rooms, conference rooms, IT rooms
and seminar rooms at our Wakefield, Thornes Park and Whitwood
campuses. In addition we have a large sports hall, gymnasium
and dance studios at Thornes.
All campuses are situated within
easy distance of the M62, the M1 motorway networks and near
to railway and bus links. Hotels are situated close to all
our venues.
We can help you in choosing the appropriate room,
layout and equipment to meet your needs. All your catering
requirements will also be met. We have a dedicated and professional
team with a centralised co-ordination service, waiting for
your call.
You only need to make the call and we'll do the
rest.
Please contact either:
Joan Baker, Resource Officer
Tel: 01924 789728/425
eMail: j.baker@wakefield.ac.uk
Virginia
Sibbald,
Resource Officer
Tel: 01924 789726
eMail:v.sibbald@wakefield.ac.uk
or click here to take a look at the Campuses we have on offer
* Whilst we endeavour to meet your day time needs, we are
a functioning college and week-ends, college holidays and
evenings, are our speciality.
Global Travel - The Number One For Business Travel Savings
In Yorkshire
Based in College, Global Travel is much more than a travel
agent for students! Offering business class train travel
through to top class hotels, Global Travel have a dedicated
section for our external business clients. Dedicated to finding
you the best priced fare, the best route for your business
and purpose and the best appropriate ticket for the type
of journey, why not give them a call and see how much they
could save your business.
Examples include:
Rail
Leeds to
London- National Express Trains- Standard Class ‘open’ ticket
return- from £112.50 (saving over £86 on the full fare).
Larger discounts also available if booking in advance - eg
First Class return from £75.
Hotels
London Central Hotels
from £81 per double room per night. 4 star Luxury Hotels
in outer London- from £59 per double room per night.
Car
Hire
Fully inclusive prices from £99 for a 7 day hire.
Airport
Parking
Manchester - East Midlands - Heathrow - whatever
the airport we have great fully inclusive rates starting
at £19 per week for up to 8 days parking - a massive saving
of £73 on gate rates.
Or impress your clients with Limo Transfers
Your own private chauffeur with the latest cars up to 6 seats
with low fares - example Leeds to Manchester Airport for
6 adults £ 70 each way - that's less than £12 each for a
superior service door to door.
Last Minute Winter Sun
And
if you need a break away from work, there are some amazing
deals. The latest is Beunaventure 4 star complex in Gran
Canaria - Flights from Leeds to Las Palmas - including flights
and 7 nights half board is less than £ 339 per adult - saving
over £360 on brochure price.
Alternatively, why not spend
7 nights at the Nerja Club 4 star resort in Nerja - Costa
Del Sol over Easter half board from £ 314 per person saving
over £330.
For these and many more bargains plus all your
corporate needs please contact Global Business Travel now
on 01924 789171 or email global.travel@wakefield.ac.uk. |
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A selection of our latest courses
NVQ in Occupational Health and Safety
 An ideal course for those who are not Health and Safety
professionals but are involved in Health and Safety in the
Workplace.
Click
here for details of the course or click
here for full details of our Health and Safety courses.
NEBOSH General Certificate
 The programme is suitable for managers, supervisors, employee representatives and others wishing to gain knowledge in Occupational Health and Safety.
Click here for details of the course or click here for full details of our Health and Safety courses
Introduction To Project Management
 This short course will help participants understand the
principles of the project management process. Ideal for those
who run numerous projects on a daily basis.
Click
here for details of the course or click
here for full details of our Management courses.
Training Master Classes
 Two excellent three hour seminars exploring topics important to people experienced in delivering training and those just starting to carry out the activity. Masterclass 1 looks at Training Difficult Audiences and Masterclass 2 looks at Evaluating your Training.
Click here for details of the courses or click here for full details of our Management courses.
Learning and Development NVQ
 The NVQ Level 3 in Learning and Development is designed
for those who deliver and/or develop learning and development
programmes and those who support learners. It will help you
to agree learning programmes with learners, develop training
sessions and materials, monitor and review learner progress
and respond to changes in learning and development.
Click
here for details of the course or click
here for our courses on Training and Development.
Professional Trainers Certificate
 This three-day programme aims to practically enable successful
candidates to understand and put into practice how training
can best be delivered to secure effective learning, how to
structure and design training sessions and how to make training
sessions interesting, stimulating and relevant.
Click
here for details of the course or click here for full
details of our Management courses
First Look at Microsoft® Windows Vista™ For IT Professionals
 With Microsoft® Windows™ inbred into the vast majority of
businesses, it is important for staff to have a good knowledge
of its capabilities. Any business who has tried to buy a
new computer in the last few months will have found it almost
impossible to buy Windows XP™ now that Vista™ has taken over,
but do your staff know the true benefits of this new system?
Aimed at IT professionals, this one-day clinic introduces
students to Microsoft® Windows Vista™, including an introduction
to security, reliability, performance, manageability and
productivity features.
Click
here for details of the course for Professional IT Managers or for
full details on our IT Vendor courses, click here.
SQL Server
 Services to Business operate official Microsoft® courses
using the latest virtualisation technologies to provide a
blended learning experience. Our learners have an opportunity
to prepare for a formal Microsoft® examination on completion
of the course. The new Microsoft® Certified Technology Specialist
(MCTS) and Microsoft® Certified IT Professional (MCITP) credentials
provide IT professionals with a simpler and more targeted
framework to showcase their technical skills in addition
to the skills that are required for specific developer job
roles.
Click
here for details of the course or for full details on
our IT Vendor courses, click
here.
Playwork NVQ’s
 Services to Business offer leading courses for Play workers.
Our Level 2 course is ideal for those who work with children
in play schemes, holiday clubs or after school care, with
Level 3 designed for those carrying some supervisory responsibility.
Click here for details of the courses - Level
2 Playwork - Level
3 Playwork or for our full provision of Childcare and
Playwork courses, click
here.
We are also due to offer a course focusing on Early Years,
aimed at 0-8 year-old children. For details on this course,
please call us on 01924 789715.
1 Day Fire Awareness course
 This short course will help raise awareness of Fire Safety
in the wake of the introduction of the Regulatory Reform
(Fire Safety Order) 2005. Participants will study the requirements
of the RRFSO, duties imposed, fire prevention, risk assessment
techniques, safety of people and the consequences of non-compliance.
Click
here for details of the course or click
here for full details of our Health and Safety courses.
Business Improvement Techniques
 Designed for the engineering and manufacturing segments,
our Business Improvement Techniques qualification’s primary
objective is to improve business performance as a whole.
The course looks at empowering the people who make up the
organisation including top level management, middle management,
team leaders and all other employees who will have a part
to play in improving the performance of the business. In
order for businesses to improve performance, change within
the workplace has to take place. The change starts with the
Business Improvement Techniques N/SVQs which will enable
organisations to train their employees towards the competencies
they will need to achieve this qualification.
Click
here for details of the course or click
here for full details of our Engineering courses.
Performing Engineering Operations
 A grounding in basic skills, knowledge and understanding
of common engineering practices, along with a grasp of safe
working practices, are essential for anyone seeking to build
a career in engineering. Performing Engineering Operations
N/SVQs provide the ideal foundation for entrants into a wide
range of occupations based on national occupational standards,
developed to meet the needs of the engineering industry now
and into the future. Click for details of these courses:-
Mechanical Based
Fabrication and Welding Based
or click
here for full details of our Engineering courses.
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