If you are interested in pursuing a career in working with children, the Early Learning  and Childcare National 5  course may be for you.

It is an introductory course that aims to help you develop some of the skills, knowledge, and attitudes needed for work in the early learning and childcare sector.  If you are successfully accepted on to the programme you will study both theoretical content as well as taking part in practical activities. 

This course gives you the skills you need to organise and arrange events and provide great customer care when you are serving food and drink. You will gain real life work experience by serving real food to real customers in our Zest restaurant at our Dumfries Campus. You’ll get ‘hands on’ experience of waiting at tables - explaining to customers about the dishes available, taking orders and serving. You will learn about food and drink products, so you can advise your customers on their choices. You will also find out what you need to know to successfully work in the hospitality...

This qualification is designed to equip learners with knowledge and skills required to administer first aid and to assist in gaining employment in a childcare environment.  This qualification is suitable for those working with children, eg nursery and school staff, childminders, parent helpers and also other learners who wish to develop their first aid skills further.This course is a very practical course so you must be able to get up and down from the floor. Due to the nature of regulated first aid assessment, there will be a requirement to will work in very close proximity with others. 

This is a broad based engineering course that covers all areas of engineering. The course contains units on Electrical Engineering, Motor Vehicle, Fabrication and Welding & Mechanical Engineering as well as a project on Renewable Engineering. This will give the learner the opportunity to access a wide variety of subjects and complete practical tasks in all areas. It will enable the learner to fully embrace engineering skills that are found in modern industry and feel confident in helping with career path development.This programme will develop your skills confidence and awareness of engineering practices and skills. It will also...

The courses are for students whose first language is not English and they assess the four skills of Speaking, Writing, Listening and Reading. The topics and tasks covered are all relevant to learners and are related to everyday work, study, community and social situations.

Esports is one of the fastest growing professional sports in the world, with forecasts of a global worth of more than £1billion by 2023.

This course will give you an introduction into E-sports and advise you how you can progress within the computing industry which extends far beyond games development and Esports, with a variety of computing technologies through to our degree programme in partnership with UWS.

To ensure the standards of first aiders remain current, First Aid Industry Body (FAIB) strongly recommend that first aiders undertake First Aid Annual Skills Refresher training, on an annual basis.

This course is suitable for everyone but has been designed to help employers to provide a positive mental health culture within the workplace and to provide learners with comprehensive knowledge on a range of the most common mental health conditions and the skills to be able to act should a condition be suspected.

Learners undertaking this course will be considered First Aiders for Mental Health and be a point of contact within the workplace to help and support those with a suspected mental health condition.On successful completion, delegates will receive an accredited certificate: Award in...

This course is aimed at all food handlers and is recommended by the local Environmental Health Department.

This course is aimed at those in supervisory roles within the hospitality industry and those working in a high-risk food environment. The local Environmental Health Officer recommends this course to all supervisors of food handlers.

This course is also suitable for those who work within the food manufacturing industry