Quay is a lead on Train to Gain Level 2 and the Level 3 Women's only pilot
What is train to gain ?
“Train to Gain is a new service to help businesses across England get the training they need to succeed and stay successful.
Train to Gain Funding offers:
- Skills for Life, NVQ Level 2 and there is provision available for ‘Level 3 jumpers’
- Wage compensation for SMEs who employ between 1-49 employees
- Help to arrange the sourcing of training and ensure that training is provided to suit the needs of the employer and learner
- Information and advice for employers and learners including their skills needs
- Learners must be 19+ at start date of training
- All learners must be in full or part time paid employment (contract)
- Learners must not already hold a NVQ Level 2 qualification or equivalent
- Learners must not currently be on a publicly funded programme
- Learners must have been an EU resident for the last three years
- Less than 5000 employees
- Must be prepared to grant employees paid time to train during working hours
- Can identify employees with training needs who do not have any Level qualifications or equivalent
To provide opportunities for low skilled women to train towards work related Level 3 qualifications and thus improve social and economic mobility and contribute more local and national productivity.
Eligibility Criteria for Employees and Employers
- Learner must be a woman
- Learners must be an employee i.e. possesses a contract of employment with anemployer. (no volunteers)
- Women currently under-represented within the workforce or described as returners to the labour market, as defined by the legislation.
- Learners with any level of previous qualification are entitled to L3 funding.
- Learners must have resided within the EU for 3 years
- Learners must be over 19 years old
- Must be able to complete a Level 3
Train to Gain is the future of the way government funding will go
We all want to grow the market and to respond to the needs to businesses.
Train to Gain will not stop employers and training providers that already work together from continuing to do so. If you have a good and established relationship, you will be free to continue working together just as you have in the past.
Please contact us for further details: carly@quayassessment.com
