Recently there has been a growth of learning opportunities in the workplace. The service has provided courses for employees at several local companies including Bombardier, Toyota, Midland Mainline and local schools.

There are also opportunities for Derby City Council employees to benefit from this initiative. Employees have joined courses to achieve the National Test in Literacy and Numeracy. This qualification is the equivalent level to GCSE which has provided an opportunity to progress into further and higher education.

Employees at the Council House are attending classes in Spanish and Arabic in the training room after work.  There have been a variety of ICT courses, some of which are custom made for the specific requirements of a departmental team and others lead to recognised qualifications such as ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence).

The high quality of teaching has been recognised by award of an 'A' grade by the British Computer Society annually for the past 4 years. Later this year, the new ICT qualification 'ITQ' the National Vocational Qualification for IT Users which demonstrates staff competence in the use of IT in the workplace will be available This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Tel: 01332 641192.

Please contact the information line on 01332 717900 for more details about this project.