Skills Bootcamps

About Skills Bootcamps
Skills Bootcamps help learners develop new skills that employers are looking for. They provide an opportunity to train in a new industry or progress in learners’ current careers.

Skills Bootcamps take up to 16 weeks to complete. They’re flexible, so learning can fit around family or other commitments. They can take place at a college, another training provider or online.

In York and North Yorkshire
More than 800 learners are set to benefit from Skills Bootcamps in our region.

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority has commissioned 33 courses to date, offering key skills which employers in the region are seeking. Twenty skills providers are delivering courses, with subjects including digital and marketing, green skills, HGV driving, construction, finance, leadership and management and creative. The programme of courses is now underway and runs until the end of March 2025.

Find a course
The offer in York and North Yorkshire has been developed to meet skills gaps and to support areas of economic growth. A menu of courses currently available is published on the York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub website here.

Eligibility
Learners need to be 19 or over to do a Skills Bootcamp. For most Skills Bootcamps, learners do not need to have any previous knowledge in the subject. Once completed, learners might get a qualification from a Skills Bootcamp but not all will offer one. If offered, the level of qualification learners will get will depend on the provider and the course.

While learners may not get a qualification, Skills Bootcamps will help learners get a job or get a place on a different course that will give a qualification at the end.

After a Skills Bootcamp
After learners have finished a Skills Bootcamp, they are guaranteed a job interview with an employer. Learners can also get a new job or apprenticeship, progress in their current job or find new business opportunities if they’re self-employed.

Funded by Government
Skills Bootcamps are a Department for Education initiative, helping learners develop new skills that employers are looking for. They provide an opportunity to train in a new industry or progress in learners’ current careers. The Combined Authority secured funding from the Department for Education to provide courses in the region.