Skills, training and employment opportunities with Rochdale Training

Date published: 13 August 2020

Rochdale Training is looking for young people for engineering apprentice roles, teaching assistant roles, work placement positions and other roles.

The training provider is asking mums, dads, grandparents and carers to help spread the word to younger family members. 

There are 10 engineering apprentice roles, 15 teaching assistant roles, 55 work placement positions with quality employers and 20 other roles with immediate starts available.

Engineer traineeship

An engineer designs and constructs countless things all around us. From aircraft to cars, televisions to bridges, the list is endless.

Rochdale Training is supporting candidates to get quality work experience and skills training with local employers. The Traineeship is a pre-employment course, which is a flexible education and training programme with work experience that unlocks the great potential of candidates, and will prepare them for future careers.

Work experience will be delivered via Rochdale Training's contacts with 240 companies across Greater Manchester, and learners will be guaranteed interviews for engineering apprenticeships.

Business administration traineeship

Business administration is the backbone of any company. Day-to-day tasks might involve putting together spreadsheets, typing up important documents, fielding phone calls or taking minutes at board meetings. You might start out in an entry-level position, such as working as an office junior, receptionist or administrator, but you can work your way up to become a personal secretary, an administration executive, or even an office manager.

Rochdale Training is supporting candidates to get quality work experience and skills training with local employers. The traineeship is a pre-employment course, which is a flexible education and training programme with work experience that unlocks the great potential of candidates, and will prepare them for future careers.

Work experience will be delivered via Rochdale Training's contacts with 350 companies across Greater Manchester, and learners will be guaranteed interviews for business apprenticeships.

Pre engineering apprenticeship programme (BAME)

Research by the National Learning and Work Institute shows that only 9% of adult learners on apprenticeships are from BAME groups, compared with 19% in adult learning as a whole.

This pre-apprenticeship programme is specifically for BAME residents who want to get an engineering apprenticeship. Employability accredited training will be delivered to build confidence and skills with the support of a learning/workplace mentor.

Work experience will be delivered via Rochdale Training's contacts with 240 companies across Greater Manchester, and learners will be guaranteed interviews for engineering apprenticeships.

Pre teaching assistant apprenticeship programme (lone parents)

Rochdale Training has secured funding to support lone parents into teaching assistant apprenticeships.

This teaching assistant pre-apprenticeship programme is for lone parents and designed with flexibility in mind. Accredited training will be delivered as will confidence building and wrap round support via a learning mentor.

The programme will be flexible, offering a blended approach of traditional group learning and/or a remote training package.

Work experience will be delivered via Rochdale Training's contacts with 50 primary and 11 secondary schools in the borough, and learners will be guaranteed interviews for teaching assistant apprenticeships.

If you are interested in any of the traineeships or apprenticeships please contact Nathan Finn: nfinn@rochdaletraining.co.uk

• www.rochdaletraining.co.uk/traineeships