Short Courses
Giving you more choice for your professional qualifications
Been thinking about doing a short course? Do you want to stand out from the competition - perhaps it is time to refresh your knowledge?
We have expanded our offer for professional short courses, as well as the short courses we already deliver, we have introduced new courses specialising in Utilities and Energy, Construction, Defence, Healthcare, Facilities Management, and Telecommunications.
Delivery for the majority of these courses will be through Develop Training who became a part of the JTL Group in late 2019, with over 50 years of experience in training professionals in the building services engineering industry.
Courses will be delivered out of six dedicated training centres in England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. All the training centres are purpose-built and recreate real-life working environments providing learners with the opportunity to learn both the theoretical and practical aspects of their training within well-managed, structured environments. Develop are also able to offer the opportunity to learn via virtual classrooms and through blended learning options.
Take a look at the fantastic range of courses below and click through to find out more.
18th Edition
Technical course designed for people working in the electrotechnical industry
Cable Jointing
The Cable Jointing Assessment is designed for individuals who wish to practice as an L.V. Cable Jointer.
Inspection and Testing
Designed for experienced personnel working in the electrical industry.
Estates and Facilities Management
Electrical & Mechanical
This group of courses are ideal for Competent Persons, Authorised Persons, Engineers and Managers, with responsibility for Electrical High Voltage and Low Voltage systems. All of the courses reflect the latest methods, practices and legislation and provide hands-on experience on specialist equipment.
Healthcare Estates & Facilities
There are a wide range of Healthcare Estates training solutions that are all delivered in-line with HTM's and relevant regulations. The NHS has a huge property portfolio, making estates and facilities managers a very important part of the management team.
MOD Estates & Facilities
Managing a facility, number of sites or an estate can involve a wide variety of health, safety and environmental issues. Develop Training deliver MOD estates and facilities management training for individuals who are either currently responsible, or about to take responsibility, for in-house or outsourced estates teams.
Water Systems & Legionella
Develop Training provide a range of Water Systems training courses created in partnership with City and Guilds (including managing the risks of legionella) to improve design, operational and managerial control. Legionella bacteria courses support compliance with the Approved Code of Practice (ACOP L8) Fourth Edition.
Utilities
Confined Spaces
With the importance of Health and Safety at the centre of each of the Confined Space Training Courses, selecting Develop Training as your course provider offers the reassurance that operatives, supervisors, managers and authorised persons working in confined spaces will be trained to the highest and safest possible standards.
Downstream Gas & ACS
The gas & energy training solutions have, for many years, supported industry-leading clients in meeting regulatory compliance and safe-working. All courses are designed to meet the requirements of the Gas Accredited Certification Scheme (ACS) and Develop have a number of fully-equipped gas training centres across the UK including Derby, Swindon, and Linlithgow (Scotland).
Gas Distribution
Develops extensive range of training courses cover all operations involved in building and maintaining Gas Network and Energy infrastructure, as well as Domestic and Commercial Gas Assessments. The leading training solutions are designed to help clients meet their regulatory requirements and deal with current and future skills shortages.
Safety
Health and Safety training is at the heart of what Develop do, with focus on ensuring all training is carried out to the highest possible safety level and that all appropriate risk awareness has been assessed before delivery of training. It is well understood that ensuring a workforce is knowledgeable and competent in safe practices reduces the risk of accidents and their associated business costs. At Develop, the application of UK health and safety principles underpins all training solutions.
New Roads & Street works (NRSWA)
Selecting the right New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA) training course or combination of courses to enable operatives and supervisors to work safely and effectively on public highways is straight forward with Develop Training. You can trust in their capability to devise and appropriately update a comprehensive range of NRSWA training courses and reassessments, each of which complies with the Streetworks 1992 Traffic Management Act.
Water and Environmental
Courses are aligned to the latest water regulations and cover water services, water treatment, waste water treatment and sewerage-related processes. Each course caters for individuals with a specific amount of knowledge; there are beginner courses suitable for entry level delegates through to the refresher courses for experienced professionals.
Virtual Classroom and Blended Learning
Virtual Classroom
Develop Training have created 'a new way to learn' with a suite of inspiring digital training solutions for Utilities and Safe Systems of Work. These courses are underpinned by industry leading technology, delivered by world class tutors with real world support. These courses are delivered exactly the same as you would expect - in a classroom with expert trainers, however you are able to attend the course from wherever you are in the world, without the issue of travel and accommodation. To facilitate this Develop use Microsoft Teams, and have been careful in designing the courses to ensure that none of the important elements are lost from within a "physical" classroom.
Blended Learning
Develop Training are creating a suite of blended industry training solutions for Utilities and Safe Systems of Work. These courses will all be underpinned by industry leading technology and delivered by world-class tutors with real world support. Develop are proud to be able to offer the first truly blended learning programmes in the industry, starting with Authorised Person HV Industrial & Commercial (AP15b).
Leadership and Management
Develop Training’s Leadership & Management offering is a diverse portfolio of interactive, blended learning modules created to inspire and enable managers and team members to be the best they can be. If you're interested in finding out more about leadership and management then we can help you to explore what makes a good leader, recognise common leadership challenges, and identify the skills you need to develop yourself and others.