Train for a trade. Build a career.

Specialist construction training across the Liverpool City Region, Cheshire and North Wales — for career-changers starting out in a trade, employers upskilling their teams and hiring trained installers, and school and 16–18 learners taking their first step. Solar PV and roofing are running now, with four more trades being set up at our second site.

Career-change routes

Six trades + retrofit

Employer upskilling & hiring

North West & N. Wales

Explore Our Courses

Find the Right Training for You

Six hands-on trades, taught in real workshops by people who’ve done the job. Whether you’re changing career, going self-employed, upskilling your team, or taking your first step after school — pick the trade below that matches the working life you want. Solar PV and Roofing are running now. The rest are being set up in our new workshops — register your interest and we’ll confirm dates as soon as we have them.

Solar PVGreen-skills training for roofers moving into renewables.View course →RoofingPitched & flat roofing for new entrants and upskilling.View course →JoineryBench and site joinery skills for a career in wood.Register interest →Kitchen FittingPractical kitchen installation for trade and self-employed.Register interest →PlasteringSkim, float and render skills for walls and ceilings.Register interest →TilingWall and floor tiling from setting-out to a professional finish.Register interest →

Younger learners? See our Schools (Years 10 and 11) and 16–18 Study Programmes →

For roofing firms

Roofing firm? Add solar to what you already do.

Every solar system on a pitched roof needs mounting properly and leaving watertight. That’s roofing work — and solar firms across the North West are short of roofers who can do it to an accredited standard.

NOCN accredited · five days · send one or two at a time · at our Birkenhead centre.