Come and join us and learn loads of exciting and creative topics including: graphic illustration, digital art, mixed media and life drawing. Develop your painting and drawing skills with our talented and passionate art and design lecturers. Build positive relationships with your peers while working on interesting projects and art activities.
Analytical drawing, life drawing, painting
Digital Art
Mixed media
Illustration
Sketchbook
Personal development

Many chefs in the sector have been promoted t on the basis of their experience but without formal qualifications. This PDA will allow you to gain key skills at a high level to not only enhance your skills but to allow you to support and develop others. This course will support the development of highly skilled chefs in professional kitchens.
Professional cookery practical and knowledge, food hygiene.

Are you interested in the Beauty Industry? This is the course for you if you want a professional career in make up, nails, brows, eyelashes and tanning! There are career pathways into all of these areas of the beauty industry.
This course is a mixture of salon standard VTCT beauty qualifications as well as some SQA qualifications. The VTCT modules of study are in nails, make up, tanning and beauty as well as client services and communication and salon health and safety. The SQA qualifications are in core skills such as communication, working with others, computing and data...

This course will develop the skills you need to work in a pastry section, patisserie or artisan bakery. Topics include:

Craft baking
Creative cake design
Marzipan and pastilage
Patisserie
Pastry and desserts
Food hygiene
Work placement
Core skills 

This distance learning course is for anyone wishing to start a career in engineering or already employed currently in the industry, who would like to attain an internationally recognised engineering qualification.

You will carry out mathematical solutions and apply engineering theory to a multitude of mechanical and electrical engineering problems and understand the parameters in which engineering systems operate. Communication: practical skills Engineering mathematics 1 Principles of engineering systems Engineering communication Engineering measurement and systems monitoringEngineering systems: Graded Unit 1 Materials selection Quality management: an introduction Personal development planning Engineering projectSafety engineering and the environment 

This course is ideal if you are interested in progressing to university or developing a high level of knowledge and skills in the area of Mechanical Engineering to make you work-ready for a career in this industry. Some of the units you will study are:
Engineering Maths Communications Materials selection Quality management Dynamics Statics & strength of materials Engineering principles Thermofluids Pneumatics & Hydraulics Graded Unit 1 

On this course you’ll gain a large amount of practical experience in electrical engineering in our well-equipped and modern facilities.You will be introduced to the fundamental areas of electrical principles, wiring, testing, and measurement while also covering hand skills required in electrical engineering.
Electrical principles 
Fundamental electrical systems 
Electrical testing and measurement 
Electrical wiring skills 
Electrical plant safety maintenance 
Fundamental electronics 
Circuit element devices 
Installation of PVC sheathed wiring systems Installation of trunking systems Engineering project 
The Core Skills of ICT, numeracy and communication will be developed and certificated on...

The National 5 Engineering Skills Course provides a basis for progression into further education or for moving directly into training or employment in an engineering sector by developing the necessary generic and practical skills, knowledge and understanding and employability skills. Engineering Skills: Mechanical and FabricationEngineering Skills: Electrical and ElectronicEngineering Skills: MaintenanceEngineering Skills: Design and Manufacture

This Performing Engineering Operations (PEO) Level 2 based course leads to a Scottish Vocational qualification (SVQ). It focuses on the key skills required to commence employment in the electrical maintenance or manufacturing industry. The course has 8 core units surrounding many different workshop-based activities, where these practical assessments undertaken are recorded in the compilation of a student-based portfolio of evidence.
Complying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements
Using and interpreting engineering data and documentation
Working efficiently and effectively in engineering
Wiring & testing electrical equipment circuits
Forming & assembling electrical cable enclosure...

This is a varied course in electrical engineering, mostly consisting of academic study with some practical work using simulation software. It provides you with a blend of learning which can lead to job opportunities within large and small companies alike, in industries such as the oil and gas sector, renewable energy industry, power companies and aeronautics. Electrical principlesFundamental electrical systemsElectrical testing and measurement Electrical wiring skillsElectrical plant safety maintenanceFundamental electronicsCircuit element devicesInstallation of PVC sheathed wiring systemsInstallation of trunking systems Engineering project
The Core Skills of ICT, numeracy and communication will be developed and certificated on this course.