What will you be learning?

The Diamond Course offers you the chance to get some of the essential skills required by all jobs. Our English, Maths and ICT Level  qualifications are designed to provide you with the skills to manage English, Maths and IT in everyday use. In addition, we also provide a Personal Development course which helps you develop the essential relationship skills you need in the workplace.

The Diamond Course offers a hands-on element as well by adding a choice of career courses in Administration,  ITQ ( Computing) , Childcare, Floristry, Art, Sport and Youth work. You get the chance to select which course you’d like to try.  The courses are set at Level 1 so you come away with relevant qualifications which you can use to get work or a higher level of study. The Diamond course allows you to study your career subject, without doing an apprenticeship at a higher level – level 2 and 3 and this may be your choice as you may feel that you do not want to do an apprenticeship, but study full time at college. WE have a great flexibility around learning and through discussions with our career’s advisor, you can be supported in your decision and choices.

When?

Start date: Rolling Programme.
Duration: Flexible.
How is it delivered? Full-time.
Availability: Current and continuing.
Time Slot: Daytime.
Hours: 9.30am – 3.15 pm Monday-Friday

Who can do it?

Age range: 16 – 19.
Entry Requirements: None except a willingness to learn and good motivation to progress to the next stage.

What will you be working towards?

The Diamond course is a programme that provides students with foundation qualifications and work tasters, prepares them for apprenticeships, progessing to a higher level of study at College, or helping them enter the jobs market.

You will be expected to undertake learning in three interdependent core areas: basic and key skills, vocational development, and personal and social development.

The Diamond Course is based on the learning needs of each individual. You may need relatively short periods of time to prepare for entry to an Apprenticeship, employment, or further vocational learning opportunities. If you have more complex personal and social needs you may require much longer periods before you are ready to enter and sustain suitable training and employment.

Career courses help you understand the role you are looking at taking on and provide you with invaluable experience to see if it would suit you as a career. The career courses are:

• Administration – level 1 certificate gained which can lead on to further studies at level 2 – see also apprenticeships
• ITQ – level 1 certificate gained which can lead on to studies at level 2 – see also apprenticeships
• Childcare – as above – see also apprenticeships
• Art- level 1 certificate – can lead to level 2
• Floristry- level 1 certificate – can lead to level 2 etc…
• Sport- only at level 1 at this point
• Youth Work – level 1 certificate which can lead to a level 2 study – see apprenticeships

What happens when you have finished?

You could go on to do an Apprenticeship or a higher qualification at Bosco College or at another learning provider. You could also move into a job related to the vocational element of the Diamond course that you chose.