With centres established to deliver Ofsted outstanding through quality training to support individuals with their careers and businesses with their growth.
We offer fully flexible training courses to ensure that learners have the right skills and knowledge to meet the requirements of industry and that businesses gain employees who have established work-ready skills and knowledge.
Learner Journey The Equality and Diversity course is delivered via distance learning study packs. Scott immediately adapted to working from the packs and subsequently has…
Learner Journey Paige has been on programme now for five weeks. She came with various anxiety issues being nervous about being in a group situation…
Learner Journey Michael enrolled on the courses Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care and Awareness in Dementia Level 2 and he has battled mental…
Journey to Date Bethany began her Business Administration apprenticeship with UMi on the 4th March 2019. Following a successful recruitment process with Optimum Skills Bethany…
Journey to Date Beth joined the Optimum Skills Construction Academy on a traineeship in Darlington, not knowing what she wanted to do, or what direction…
Journey to Date Kyle is a determined and self-managed young man, who is hardworking and committed to gaining an apprenticeship. He knew what direction he…
Journey to Date In Shildon a group of 8 learners were completing the Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care L2 qualification, to prepare to…
Journey to Date Jack is a young learner who came to The Academy with a little knowledge of construction already. He became more confident as…
Journey to Date Jason came to the Construction Academy with some previous experience of the construction environment. Prior to joining the Construction Academy, Jason had…
Journey to Date Jessica began her apprenticeship in Business Administration with a company which later went into liquidation. This caused a little bit of a…
Journey to Date When Jessica joined the Traineeship programme in March, she was initially very apprehensive. She felt that she lacked self-confidence and was very…
Journey and Progression to Date Konrad came to the construction centre to start our first traineeship cohort back in January. He was quite shy at…
Journey and Progression to Date Becky’s journey with Arlington Automotive has seen her develop massively with her professionalism, understanding of the company and her job…
Journey to Date Minster Cleaning are a cleaning company based in Blaydon upon Tyne. They also run another business from the premises called Pure Concierge.…
Learner Journey to Date When Lewis first started his apprenticeship with Glen Office Supplies, he was very shy however, he didn’t let this hold him…
Learner Journey to Date: Amy was referred to Optimum Skills Construction from YEI (Youth Employment Initiative), on her arrival to the centre she was accompanied…
Learner Journey to Date After a period of uncertainty regarding employment and having various knockbacks in terms of apprenticeships, Matthew started his journey with the…
Learner Journey to Date Paul first arrived at Optimum Skills after signing up as an apprentice butcher in August 2018. Previously Paul took voluntary redundancy…
Learner Journey to Date: Lauren is currently doing a level 2 apprenticeship in childcare at West Park Academy. She started her apprenticeship a year ago,…
Learner Journey to Date: Violet attended a Construction multi skill group which finished on the 19th September 2018, she was the only female in a…
Tracey is working towards her level 3 in Management at Supportive in Ferryhill. Her Assessor is Chris Humble who has worked closely with Tracey to…
Working with Optimum Skills will be a smooth process from identifying the unique skill requirements of your business to being presented with a specific learning solution. Our 6 core principles to our services are: Outstanding Quality; Information & Guidance; Values & Principles; Engagement; Industry Expertise and Training Specialisms.
A single point of contact (client relationship manager) providing you with all the relevant and correct information & guidance so you can make an informed decision.
Following all the information our specialists will but together a bespoke training solution to meet your unique needs.
We agree the various details and sign all the legal requirements. Training agreements, funding, service level agreements, etc.
If required, Finding the right candidate for the job is key to future business. We have a specialist engagement team matching individual attributes to key requirements.
Our specialist delivery team will work with each candidate and employer throughout the length of the training programme ensuring outstanding results.
You will have client relations, pastoral and tutor support throughout the length of your agreement along with regular reviews to ensure proactive results.
