Adult training for work

Courses are for adults aged 19 years or over. These qualifications are usually part-time to fit around current commitments and to help you retrain, pick up new skills or progress in your chosen career. Many courses are free as they are 100% government-funded via the Adult Education Budget.

Professional, certified qualifications in a range of subjects to help you achieve your career goals. These cover various sectors and industries, such as accounting, counselling or teacher training. 

Subject areas covered:

• Accounting and Finance (South Thames)
• Baking, Cake Decorating & Cookery (Merton)
• Basic Skills (English and Maths) (South Thames)
• Beauty Therapy/Complementary Therapy (Carshalton and Kingston)
• Business (South Thames)
• Childcare and Early Years (Kingston, Merton and South Thames)
• Computing and IT (Merton and South Thames)
• Construction (Kingston, Merton and South Thames)
• Counselling (Kingston and Merton)
• Customer Service (South Thames)
• Distance Learning (Merton)
• Electrical (Merton and South Thames)
• Engineering (Merton)
• English (ESOL/EFL) (Carshalton, Kingston, Merton and South Thames)
• Estates and Facilities (South Thames)
• GCSE/Functional Skills (Carshalton, Kingston, Merton and South Thames)
• Gas (Carshalton)
• Green Skills & Sustainability (Merton and South Thames)
• Hairdressing and Barbering (Carshalton and Kingston)
• Health and Social Care (Kingston and South Thames)
• Hospitality and Catering (Merton)
• Humanities and Social Sciences (South Thames)
• King’s Trust Team Programme (Carshalton only)
• Law & Legal Secretarial (Kingston College)
• Leisure and Wellbeing (Kingston)
• Musical Instrument Making and Repair (Merton)
• Plumbing (Carshalton)
• Professional and Personal Skills (Kingston and Merton)
• Teaching and Training (Kingston, Merton and South Thames)
• Training for Work (Merton and South Thames)
• Travel and Tourism (Kingston)