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Part-time courses for adults aged 19 years+

We offer a wide variety of part time courses to help you to advance your career, re-train,
find employment or explore new skills. 


With course start dates across the year, there's always an opportunity to continue learning with Northumberland Skills.

Which subject would you like to explore today?

Discover a wide range of part-time courses, apprenticeship training or employability programmes from Northumberland Skills at campuses across Northumberland. 

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Construction and Building Trades

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Engineering: Welding and Fabrication

ESOL class

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) 

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Employment programmes

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English and maths courses

Engineering: Welding & Fabrication

Explore our range of accredited qualifications across welding and fabrication. 

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You'll train at our brand new Welding and Fabrication Technical Training Centre at the Port of Blyth, which is a dedicated facility with state-of-the-art equipment to support skills development in the growing sectors of advanced manufacturing, welding and fabrication.

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Plastering

Construction and Building Services

Study at our dedicated training centre for construction in Seghill and gain skills for a career in various building trades or self employment.

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New for 2024, we have the Level 2 Plaster Skimming qualification with British Gypsum, which will equip you with the skills and experience to become a qualified plasterer.

English and maths

We'll support you to start at the right level for you, to ensure that you choose the level that suits you based on your abilities and prior attainment in English or maths.

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English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

If English isn’t your first language, our ESOL courses will help you to improve your speaking, reading, writing, listening, grammar and punctuation.

Learning English will help you in all aspects of life, from boosting confidence to improving social skills and gaining employment.

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