General informationSkills Solutions is the largest work-based learning provider in Greater Manchester. It specialises in assisting people with training programmes and career development opportunities across a wide range of industries. |
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Skills Solutions works with an established sector team, delivering professional qualifications to the financial services industry.
Skills Solutions’ training centre and head office is based in Manchester City Centre, providing easy access for learners.
The excellent training facilities offer a structured teaching approach that is appropriate to the needs of professional and vocational training, with the added flexibility of work based assessment
Skills Solutions is a National Skills Academy for Financial Services national training provider partner for workbased training. Skills Solutions covers a wide range of occupational areas including financial services incorporating insurance and banking.
Other relevant sectors include:
| • | management |
| • | learning and development |
| • | information communications technology |
| • | accounts |
| • | customer service |
| • | business administration |
With a strong employer base, Skills Solutions can deliver high quality, tailor made vocational education and training as fully or part funded programmes. It also provides commercial training to suit employer needs to both young people and adults within the financial services sector.
The strength of Skills Solutions in the financial services sector lies in the insurance sector with a successful proven achievement record of 20 per cent higher than the national average in the Certificate of Insurance.
It is also one of the first training providers in Manchester to become accredited to the Financial Services Sector Skills Council for Training Excellence in November 2006.
Tel: 0161 2332600
Website: www.skills-solutions.org.uk
| • | Advanced Apprenticeship in Management (Level 3) |
| • | Advanced Apprenticeship in Providing Financial Services (Level 3) |
| • | Intermediate Apprenticeship in Business (Level 2) |
| • | Chartered Insurance Institute Award in Insurance Legal and Regulatory (Level 2) |