Free Courses for Adults
We offer free, government-funded courses for adults, including Level 3 qualifications and courses to improve maths and numeracy.
Free numeracy courses (distance learning)
Would you like to be better at using numbers? Improve your skills in budgeting and day-to-day money management? Able to help your children with their maths homework?
Read more about free numeracy courses here.
Free Level 3 Qualifications for Adults (National Skills Fund)
Herefordshire & Ludlow College is offering a number of Level 3 courses to adults for FREE, as part of a government scheme. These courses could help you improve your job prospects by gaining important skills that employers value.
See the list below.
Eligibility
The courses are open to adults aged 19 or over who are either in work, self-employed, unemployed or returning to work after a break.
They are also available to adults in England who earn less than the National Living Wage annually, or who are unemployed, regardless of prior qualification level.
Level 3 courses available
Level 3 Certificate Childcare & Education
Level 3 Diploma in Counselling (Entry requirements - Level 1 & 2 in counselling)
Level 3 Diploma Food and Beverage Service Supervision
Level 3 Diploma Advanced Professional Cookery
Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Professional Cookery
Level 3 National Foundation Diploma in Business
Level 3 Advanced Technical Diploma in Agriculture
Level 3 National Foundation Diploma Engineering (NQF)
Level 3 National Diploma in Engineering (Electrical/Electronic pathway)
Level 3 National Diploma in Engineering (Manufacturing Pathway)
Level 3 Advanced Diploma in Electrical Installation
Level 3 Diploma Light Vehicle Maintenance
Level 3 Diploma in Brickwork
Level 3 Diploma Site Carpentry
Level 3 Diploma Furniture Design & Making (QCF)
Contact:
If you would like to know more about the National Skills Fund, email enquiries@hlcollege.ac.uk or call 0800 032 1986.