Vocational Courses

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Vocational courses offer practical, hands-on training designed to prepare students for specific careers across a wide range of industries. Whether you're interested in Construction, Health and Social Care, Engineering, Digital Technologies, Animal Management, or Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy, vocational study allows you to develop real-world skills in professional environments using industry-standard tools and equipment. These courses combine classroom learning with practical experience, often including work placements to strengthen your employability. Vocational qualifications are highly valued by employers and can also lead to 天美视频 or progression to University Level study. At 天美视频, vocational learning is supported by expert tutors, strong industry links, and purpose-built facilities.

Academic, Health and Care Industries is dedicated to shaping futures through high-quality education, training, and professional development. Whether you're preparing for University Level study with A Levels or Access to Higher Education, pursuing a career in teaching, or strengthening essential skills through our Foundation (Entry/SEND) courses, we provide the knowledge, experience, and support needed to succeed.

For those drawn to hands-on, industry-focused learning, we offer exciting courses in Animal Management and Agriculture, Early Years and Schools, Sport, Fitness and Wellbeing, and Uniformed Public Services. These programmes provide real world experience, practical skills, and valuable industry insights through placements, specialist facilities, and partnerships with leading employers.

Whether you鈥檙e continuing your education, changing careers, or pursuing a long-held ambition, our courses are designed to help you progress confidently into Higher Education or employment.

Explore your passion and unlock exciting career opportunities with our Creative, Cultural, and Business Industries courses. Whether you're drawn to Business, Accounting, Beauty Therapy, Hospitality, Design, or the Performing Arts, our courses offer dynamic, hands-on learning experiences guided by industry professionals.

You can develop core skills and gain real world experience through our employer partnerships, industry placements, and our on-site facilities that are open to the public, helping to boost your confidence and employability. Our Style Academy Salons enable Beauty Therapy and Hairdressing students to work with paying clients, while our Catering and Hospitality students train in our fully operational restaurant, Eden, gaining valuable practical skills in professional settings.

Creative Arts students can immerse themselves in a vibrant environment using industry-standard software, studios, and equipment, to build impressive portfolios, work on live briefs, showcase their talent in exhibitions, performances, and festivals.

From mastering practical techniques to developing entrepreneurial thinking, our courses prepare you for progression to University Level study or straight into employment. Wherever your ambition lies, you鈥檒l find a supportive, inspiring environment where your creativity and talent can truly thrive.

Institute of Technology and Construction Industries offers an exciting and future-focused range of courses designed to equip you with the technical knowledge, practical skills, and confidence to thrive in a variety of high-demand industries. From Automotive Technologies and Motorsport to digital innovation, Construction trades, you鈥檒l learn in industry-standard workshops and state-of-the-art facilities that mirror real working environments.

You鈥檒l gain hands-on experience using professional tools, systems, and emerging technologies such as 3D printing, robotics, CAD software, VR, and renewable energy solutions. With expert tuition from industry-experienced staff and strong employer links, you鈥檒l benefit from valuable insights, work experience opportunities, and progression routes to higher-level training or employment.

Whether you aspire to design, build, code, maintain, or innovate, our courses give you the foundation to succeed in today鈥檚 fast-moving industries and prepare you for the challenges of tomorrow鈥檚 workforce.

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If we do need any support or help, the lecturers are always available, and they all have industry experience, which is great.鈥�

鈥淚 choose to study at 天美视频 because I wanted a fresh start from school and to meet new people.

I currently attend College four days a week and have practical lessons every day. We cover all the basics from cutting to colouring and setting. We start on hair blocks until we have built up our confidence and then move onto real-life clients in the College鈥檚 Style Academy.鈥�

鈥淚 like the freedom and variation that College gives me. I attend College for three days a week. During this time, I spend one day in the classroom learning theory, one day at PFI and another day in the College鈥檚 Automotive Technologies workshop.

We first start building up our skills and knowledge on rigs and then transition onto cars and go-karts. At PFI, we learn how to fix and re-build karts and then watch them race on the track.鈥�