Millenco Hardware Limited and the Essential Skills at Work ITQ

E-learning has proved a great route to improving IT skills
among staff at Wolverhampton’s Millenco Hardware.
Staff at the site took advantage of funded programmes
for local businesses in the West Midlands area which
enable employees, both paid and voluntary, to undertake
a national vocational qualification in IT (ITQ). The funded
ITQ training is made available by Walsall College’s business
facing division, Broadway Training.

The course is a structured programme covering all the IT
skills that may be needed in the workplace and which can
be tailored to employees’ occupational roles. Learning is
done at the student’s own pace via the e-learning
platform and is centred on practical tasks relating to their
job. They also receive the support and coaching from a
trained assessor who visits students in the workplace to
monitor progress and provide help where needed. The
qualification can be gained in as little as 16 weeks
depending on how much time each student and their
employer agree to commit each week.

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Last modified: 25 Jul 2008