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Employment and skills support

Employment Hub

Our team supports people to find work, training or apprenticeships.

We can help you to:

  • Search and apply for jobs.
  • Find new ways to use your skills.
  • Get training to develop more skills.

For more about this or to contact us, see: Employment Hub.

UCAS

For information and advice for service children, veterans and spouses/partners of UK Armed Forces personnel:

Calderdale Adult Learning (CAL)

CAL are happy to support our local Armed Forces community and offer a 15% discount on courses.

For more on courses, including Maths and English, please see: Adult Learning.

For course enquiries or more details, phone: (01422) 392820. The Learner Support team will be more than happy to help.

Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)

The Council's Health and Safety team offer IOSH courses for staff and the private sector.

There is a discount for those due to leave the Armed Forces that want to do this training. It is also for those that have served and have a Defence Discount Card.

The course is £150 for four full days with lunch. It is viewed worldwide as the leading course for the management of health and safety. It is also good to add to any service personnel's CV.

Current course dates

Course Name Dates
IOSH - Working Safely - One day course for employees (not supervisory or management)
  • To be advised.
IOSH - Managing Safely - Four days for supervisors/managers
  • To be advised.
IOSH - Managing Safely - Refresher
  • To be advised.

Note: The above courses are all held at Bankfield museum from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

RBLI LifeWorks

This is designed to compliment existing local services. It has a great track record in equipping delegates for a speedy return to work, volunteering or further education.

The course is not PowerPoint based and not a CV writing course. It is a course that responds to the needs of each person.

This 4/5 day course is tailored specifically towards helping ex-Forces personnel get the future they want.

For more details, visit: LifeWorks.