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We maintain regular communication with businesses to understand their evolving skill and training requirements, subsequently designing and delivering tailored qualifications and programmes aimed at fostering innovation and expansion.

While our existing partnerships enable us to address the general needs of many businesses, we value your insights to develop a customised timetable offering training and qualifications specifically tailored to YOUR requirements. To facilitate our ongoing support, we invite you to reach out to us, share your needs, and allow Northern Regional College to assist you in realising your objectives.

Skills Focus

Skills Focus

The Department for the Economy has made upskilling and reskilling a priority in growing the Northern Ireland economy to meet its changing demands. Through the Skills Focus Programme, businesses can receive up to 90% funding to support the cost of training.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible, businesses must be registered (excluding charities and community groups), based in Northern Ireland, and have fewer than 250 employees. They must also have a need to develop staff at Level 2 or above in priority sectors.

A Business Engagement Officer will work with each business to assess training needs through a brief skills audit, identifying opportunities for upskilling or reskilling and the potential benefits to the business. Based on this, a tailored delivery plan will be created and implemented to help the company and its employees gain new, valuable skills.

Eligibility Criteria

Questions Answered

Discover more about the Skills Focus Programme and how our Business Engagement Team can support your business to upskill and reskill to stay ahead in an ever-changing economy.

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Advanced Manufacturing, Materials & Engineering

Advanced Manufacturing, Materials & Engineering

Agri-Food

Agri-Food

Construction & Materials Handling

Construction & Materials Handling

Digital & Creative Industries

Digital & Creative Industries

Financial, Business & Professional Services

Financial, Business & Professional Services

Life & Health Sciences

Life & Health Sciences

Tourism & Hospitality

Tourism & Hospitality

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The opportunity to acquire accredited qualifications

The opportunity to acquire accredited qualifications

Training is significantly subsidised to maximise your training budget

Training is significantly subsidised to maximise your training budget

Training delivery is flexible (online, in house, at an NRC campus or through blended learning)

Training delivery is flexible (online, in house, at an NRC campus or through blended learning)

Completion results in a more productive, skilled workforce

Completion results in a more productive, skilled workforce

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 Leadership & Management - Level 3

Leadership & Management - Level 3

Principles of Customer Service - Level 2 Award - dates flexible

Principles of Customer Service - Level 2 Award - dates flexible

Tour Guiding - Level 2 Award

Tour Guiding - Level 2 Award

Social Media - Level 2 Award

Social Media - Level 2 Award

Digital Marketing - Level 2 Award

Digital Marketing - Level 2 Award

Welding -  Level 2 Award

Welding - Level 2 Award

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Further Information

Business Engagement Team

T. 028 2563 6221

How can we help

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