Construction Engineering (Electrical)

City & Guilds 2330 Electrical Installation -

Brickwork NEW Garden Architecture DIY NEW Certificate in Electrotechnical Technology - Level 2
This course is designed to give you an This is a short course designed to
DAY TBC DAY Saturday If you are a learner or apprenticeship require preferably four GCSEs and DAY Mon & Wed Tuesday
introduction to brickwork and give you the confidence to undertake
you will need to discuss your
Construction

to develop construction trowel DATE w/c 29/09/08 those small bricklaying projects in the DATE w/c 29/09/08 candidate already working or wishing
to work in the electrical industry, this requirements with the course tutor DATE 29/09/08 13/01/09
trade skills. garden. You will be able to develop
TIME 0900-1630 TIME 0900-1500 is an ideal course for you. You will before enrolling on the course. When
TIME 1800-2100 1800-2100
You will cover: the practical skills as well as gaining
gain the essential underpinning you successfully complete this
• Health and safety WEEKS 30 knowledge of foundations and WEEKS 6
knowledge required for the electrical course, you may progress directly to WEEKS 20 20
• Use of trowels and tools concrete. Whether it is a wall, pond,
FEE £495 FEE £300 installations of buildings and the Level 3 Certificate in
• Single skin and double skin walling flower boxes or ornamental border FEE £575 £575
structures. You will carry out practical Electrotechnical Technology. You may
• Cavity walling DISCOUNTED £200
come along and let us help you to
DISCOUNTED N/A activities designed to enhance “off take this course either over two years DISCOUNTED N/A N/A
• Arches, fireplaces and plinth work. FEE get those jobs done. FEE
the job training”; these are then or for one year on the fast-track FEE
This course takes place at the assessed internally to show your option.You will be required to discuss
Kingsland Skills Institute
You will gain units towards VRQ Levels CODE 21243 D18KA CODE 21245 D08KA CODE 21141 E18KA 21141 E18KA
attainment in this area. You will the details of the course with the
Campus, Houghton Regis.
1 and 2 accredited qualifications.
course tutor.
This course takes place at the

City & Guilds 2330 Electrical Installation -

Kingsland Skills Institute Campus,
Houghton Regis.
Certificate in Electrotechnical Technology - Level 3

Counselling
This is an advanced course, which is testing. Practical activities are DAY Monday Tues & Fri
ideal for you if you are a learner or designed to recognise both the
apprenticeship candidate already importance of your ability to work DATE 29/09/08 13/01/09
working in the electrical industry.

BTEC Award in Communication and Self-Development NEW

safely and efficiently and the
TIME 1800-2100 1800-2100
You will gain installation knowledge of principles and process applicable

in a Counselling Skills Context - Level 1

buildings and structures, plus an to the inspection, testing and WEEKS 20 20

Engineering (Electrical)
understanding and working commissioning of electrical
knowledge of the Wiring Regulations installations. FEE £575 £575
and aspects of inspection and DISCOUNTED N/A N/A
This course consists of two units • Unit 2 Introduction to Listening DAY Wednesday Wednesday FEE
offering education and training for and Communication Skills in a
those working with people, who Counselling Skills Context. DATE 24/09/08 04/02/09 CODE 21143 E18KA 21143 E18KA
maybe use communication and
TIME 1830-2100 1830-2100

City & Guilds 2381 Wiring Regulations

listening skills, eg care assistants, A discussion with the course tutor is
advice and guidance support required prior to starting the course WEEKS 15 15

(IEE 17th Edition) - Level 3

workers. to ensure the candidate is in a
suitable work role or undertaking a FEE £195 £195
• Unit 1 Self-Awareness voluntary placement. DISCOUNTED £92 £92

This course takes place at Main

and Development Needs FEE
You will gain a good working DAY Tuesday Saturday Tuesday Saturday
Campus, Kingsway, Dunstable.
within a Counselling Skills Tuesday
CODE 23745 E08MA 23745 E08MB knowledge of wiring regulations
Context
and may currently be employed in DATE 30/09/08 17/01/09 30/09/08 23/09/08 17/01/09
installing or maintaining electrical

NCFE Counselling Skills NCFE Certificate in Counselling

TIME 1800-2100 1800-2100 1800-2100 1800-2100 1800-2100
installations or as a supervisor or
Counselling

- Level 2 Skills - Level 3

safety officer. You will become WEEKS 20 20 20 20 20
familiar with the layout, content and
use of the Regulations. You will need FEE £575 £575 £575 £575 £575
to discuss your requirements with DISCOUNTED £368 £368 £368 £368 £368
This is an ideal qualification if you are DAY Wednesday This is an ideal qualification if you DAY Wednesday the course tutor before enrolling on FEE
already working in an environment wish to enhance your role as, for
the course.
where interpersonal skills are required DATE 02/10/08 example, a Nurse or Social Worker or DATE 14/01/09 CODE 21140 E08KA 21140 D08KA 21140 E08KB 21140 E08KC 21140 D08KC
or if you wish to enter a career in if you wish to make a career change
TIME 1730-2100 TIME 1730-2100
counselling. to become a professional counsellor.
WEEKS 10 WEEKS 20
You need the Level 1 qualification or You need a Level 2 counselling
30 hours of counselling experience. FEE £195 qualification or considerable FEE £295
You will study: Applying counselling DISCOUNTED £92 counselling experience of working DISCOUNTED £88
skills, Counselling skills in context FEE one-to-one to take this course. You FEE
and Developing your own learning. will study: Acquire, develop and
23741 E08MA CODE 23742 E08MA
This course takes place at Main
CODE practice counselling skills,

Campus, Kingsway, Dunstable.

Understand professional issues and
Self-development. Your postal
application leads to a pre-course
interview.

This course takes place at Main

Campus, Kingsway, Dunstable.

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 Engineering (Electrical) Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical)

City & Guilds 2392-10 Level 2 • City & Guilds 2392-20 - Level 3 NVQ Performing Engineering Operations (PEO) - Level 1
Inspection, Testing and Certification of Electrical Installation You will gain basic engineering skills course. Other days of attendance are
DAY Monday
in a choice of disciplines, including available, subject to demand. You will
As a practicing electrician or DAY Thursday Saturday Thursday Tuesday Saturday electrical installation, welding and need to discuss your requirements DATE 29/09/08
maintenance engineer, you will learn
DATE 02/10/08 17/01/09 02/10/08 30/09/08 17/01/09 hand skills. Successful completion of with the course tutor before enrolling
and develop inspection, testing and TIME 0900-1800
this course will lead you to entry on a on the course.
certification techniques. The course
TIME 1800-2100 1800-2100 1800-2100 1800-2100 1800-2100 Level 2 qualification. You do not need WEEKS 30
consists of 30 hours’ theory, followed
any formal qualifications to take this
by assessments. The latter consists WEEKS 20 20 20 20 20 FEE £685
of an external examination and a
practical test conducted by the tutor FEE £575 £575 £575 £575 £575 DISCOUNTED £250
after the exam. To take the Level 3 FEE
DISCOUNTED N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
course, you will need the City & FEE CODE 21148 D18MA
Guilds 2381 Wiring Regulations
(IEE 17th Edition). (One extra session CODE 21140 E08KA 21140 E08KA 21140 E08KB 21140 E08KC 21140 E08KC

NVQ Performing Engineering Operations (PEO) - Level 2

will be arranged to carry out the
practical assessment)

City & Guilds 2377 PAT Testing

YEAR 1 OF 2 YEAR 2 OF 2

(Portable Appliance Testing) - Level 3

You will benefit from a quality Please note: the fee shown is per
environment in which to complete the annum. DAY Monday Tuesday
six units of engineering competences
DATE 29/09/08 TBA
that make up the NVQ course in
The Electricity at Work Regulations The course will cover the following: basic engineering. You will need four TIME 0900-1800 0900-1800
DAY Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Engineering (Mechanical / Electrical)

Act (1989) requires anyone • Overview of Electricity at Work of GCSE passes or PEO Level 1 to take
DATE 30/09/08 01/10/08 02/10/08 the course. You will also need to WEEKS 30 30
responsible for inspecting, testing required electrical theory
and certifying Portable Electrical • Classes of Equipment discuss your requirements with the FEE £685 £635
TIME 1800-2100 1800-2100 1800-2100 course tutor before enrolling on the
Apparatus (Normal Domestic and • Types of Inspection and Test
Engineering (Electrical)

Light Industrial) to be trained to a • Apparatus covered by this course WEEKS 30 30 30 course. DISCOUNTED £250 £200
FEE
competent level. This course is • Inspection procedures and
designed for students who have a equipment
FEE £295 £295 £295
CODE 21149 D18MA TBA
basic knowledge of electricity. It is • Testing of apparatus with approved DISCOUNTED £145 £145 £145
suitable for managers, supervisors Portable Appliance Testers (PAT) FEE

BTEC National Certificate Engineering - Level 3

and staff who need to understand • Documentation required by
and implement safe working Electricity at Work Act CODE 21146 E08KA 21146 E08KB 21146 E08KC
practices when dealing with electrical • Certification Test. You will also
YEAR 1 OF 2 YEAR 2 OF 2
appliances and anyone who works in need to purchase the following
an environment that requires testing text book: Code of Practice for This is a comprehensive mechanical Please note: the fee shown is per DAY Tuesday Monday
of electrical equipment to prove In-Service Inspection and Testing engineering course for technicians annum.
electrical safety. of Electrical Equipment. DATE 30/09/08 TBA
with design, production or
supervisory responsibilities. You will TIME 0900-1800 0900-1800
Please note: Students must enrol at require four GCSEs at Grade C or
least one week prior to the start of WEEKS 30 30
above (including maths), or equivalent
this course to enable college staff to qualifications and experience if you FEE £685 £635
register them with the awarding body. are a mature student. Evening
Failure to do so, will mean that attendance can be arranged, subject DISCOUNTED £250 £200
students are unable to sit the final to demand. You will need to discuss FEE
exam. your requirements with the course CODE 21150 D18MA TBA

City and Guilds 2393 Part P Building Regulations NEW

tutor before enrolling on the course.

Part P
DAY Tuesday Tuesday
The government introduced
legislation to control the connection of DATE 30/09/08 13/01/09
electrical equipment to an existing
power supply by trades persons TIME 1800-2100 1800-2100
(builders) under the Part ‘P’ of the WEEKS 20 20
Building Regulations.
FEE £575 £575
This course qualifies you to undertake
DISCOUNTED N/A N/A
electrical installations in accordance
FEE
to these regulations.
CODE 21167 E18KA 21167 E18KB

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 Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical) First Aid
Engineering (Mechanical /

City & Guilds 2800 Certificate in Engineering YEAR 1 OF 2 YEAR 2 OF 2

FAQ Certificate in Basic First Aid - Level 2 NEW
Electrical)

If you are either following an NVQ DAY Wednesday Thursday This Level 2 Certificate in Basic First DAY Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday
Training Programme or wish to gain DATE 01/10/08 TBA Aid is a vocationally related
progression in maintenance, qualification that provides candidates DATE 06/10/08 13/01/09 14/05/09
production engineering and/or TIME 0900-1800 0900-1800 with an opportunity to study and be
TIME 1830-2130 1830-2130 1830-2130
welding, this course is for you. assessed in both practical and
WEEKS 30 30
You will study a core of general theoretical aspects of everyday WEEKS 5 5 5
engineering units plus optional units, FEE £685 £635 emergency first aid.
covering a range of electro/ FEE £90 £90 £90
mechanical skills in maintenance, DISCOUNTED £250 £200 • Unit 1 Provide Emergency First Aid
FEE DISCOUNTED N/A N/A N/A
production engineering and welding. to Adults

First Aid
FEE
CODE 21152 D18MA TBA • Unit 2 Recognition and First Aid
treatment of common illness and CODE 23846 E08MA 23846 E08MB 23846 E08MC
injuries.

First Aid Refresher First Aid course - 2 day course NEW

First Aid at Work FULL Certificate - 4 Day course

A person who holds A Full certificate Six weeks notice is required before DAY TBA
in First Aid must take the refresher the start of the course.
course every three years and prior DATE TBA
to the expiry date of the current
TIME -
Train to be a first aider in the certificate. Failure to do so will make
DAY Friday Thursday Friday Thursday their Full Certificate invalid.
workplace and gain a recognised WEEKS -
qualification that is valid for three DATE TBA TBA TBA TBA
FEE £90
years (after which a refresher course
TIME 0900-1600 0900-1600 0900-1600 0900-1600
must be taken). DISCOUNTED N/A
WEEKS 4 4 4 4 FEE
You will cover all aspects of first aid
FEE £200 £200 £200 £200 CODE 23840 D08KF
and the responsibilities and duties of

Floristry
a first aider as laid down by the DISCOUNTED £50 £50 £50 £50
Health and Safety Executive. FEE

No formal qualifications are required. CODE 23840 D08KA 23840 D08KB 23840 E08KC 23840 E08KD
Six weeks notice is required prior to

Short Courses
the start of the course. You need to
be aged 19 or over. Special group
rates on application.

Appointed Person in First Aid in the work place - 1 Day course NEW
Floristry Fun
First Aid

Flowers for the festive season Make your own wedding flowers
An appointed person is an individual The Health & Safety Executive DAY TBA
who is appointed by a company encourages all such individuals to DAY Monday DAY Monday
to take charge in the event of an attend a basic First Aid course. DATE TBA
emergency happening in the Little or no experience is required to DATE 24/11/08 This course includes all the materials DATE 01/06/09
TIME TBA complete this course, which will and flowers required to make
work place. TIME 1900-2100 TIME 1900-2100
include an advent design, door designs for a wedding. This will
WEEKS TBA
wreath, table display and Christmas WEEKS 4 include simple buttonholes and WEEKS 4
FEE £50 gift. All materials and flowers are corsage, a tied wedding bouquet, a

Floristry
provided on this fun for all course. FEE £88 table display and a thank you gift. No FEE £88
DISCOUNTED N/A
prior experience is required on this
FEE DISCOUNTED N/A DISCOUNTED N/A
FEE new and exciting course. FEE
CODE 23840 D08KE
CODE 20447 E08MA CODE 20447 E08MB

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