Training


The Chamber Training Team offers over 60 competitively priced courses covering everything from Manual Handling to Advanced Negotiation Skills, all designed to enhance the skills and competence of your employees.
 
We provide a comprehensive suite of training programmes to help your business achieve its key targets and objectives by empowering and developing your staff.
 
Our training programmes are suitable for companies and organisations of any size, be that a self employed carpenter needing IT training or a commercial conglomerate requiring a customised management development training package. From half a day to a week's duration; one to one or interactive, the Training Services Team delivers dynamic courses across a number of disciplines:

2010 Course Dates listed here

PRINCE2™ Project Management
Foundation and practitioner multiday courses designed for managers/supervisors who wish to learn about PRINCE2™ methodology and how projects should be delivered using planning and control tools.
 
PRINCE2™ is a registered trademark of the Office of Government Commerce

 
Leadership & Management
Courses tailored towards supervisors, managers and senior staff to equip them with the necessary business and man management skills needed everyday, for example:
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Equal Opportunities
• Presentation Skills
• Performance Management
• Effective Meeting Skills
 
IT
Structured IT courses catering for the absolute beginner to the advanced user, such as:
• Microsoft Outlook Essentials
• Advanced Microsoft Excel
 
Quality
A range of courses focused on offering guidance, tools and protocols to those with responsibility for adhering to industry standardisations including:
• Industry Standardisation Organisation (ISO)
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
 
Health & Safety
Suite of courses catering for both everyday general staff needs and in depth industry professional training, e.g.:
• Manual Handling
• Risk Assessment
• IOSH Managing Safely
 
Tender Training
Breakfast briefings and focused courses created to aid companies and individuals with the skills required to succeed in public sector procurement:
• Managing the bid process
• Perfecting your pre-qualification