Skills Focus & InnovateUs

SERC works closely with employers to develop tailored training solutions that are delivered at a time and location to suit a business.

Our Business Services team will meet with you to review your business training needs and discuss with you, in detail, the range of course options, assessment plans and delivery models available.

The team will provide guidance on the range of training programmes and funding support programmes that your business qualifies for.

Skills Focus

Skills Focus is a skills development programme funded by the Department for the Economy (DfE) and delivered across Northern Ireland by the six FE colleges. Skills Focus aims to support, promote and facilitate collaborative working between business and FE colleges, in order to provide tailored skills provision to small to medium enterprises with fewer than 250 employees. The purpose of Skills Focus is to meet business needs by increasing the skills levels and employability of the existing workforce to qualification level 2 and above.

InnovateUs

InnovateUs is a skills development programme, funded by the Department for the Economy and delivered across Northern Ireland by the six FE colleges. The programme is designed to encourage and promote opportunities for small businesses and FE colleges to work together. In particular, the focus of the programme is to enable small businesses, with fewer than 50 employees, to acquire the skills necessary to engage in innovation activities. The programme offers up to 60 hours of bespoke training and skills development support, normally delivered over a six month period. By gaining these skills, small businesses can then exploit innovative opportunities or undertake additional forms of innovation, which will contribute to growth and development.

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