Training at Mercia College
Quantum Group currently has three main activities:
- A programme of highly popular professional training courses, either at client venues or at our Derby Training Centre.
- A rapidly expanding programme of training courses and services designed to help people start their career as a career, focussing on those new to the labour force or wishing to retrain.
- A fast growing Apprenticeships programme, in which we place suitable young trainees including learners from our qualifications team at Mercia College with employers.
Training Courses for Professionals
We have a well established and popular range of training courses, which we successfully deliver to professionals working in health and social care in particular. To find out more about the programme, click here, or to go straight to the full list of all training courses (with links to dedicated course pages), click here.
Training Courses for Employment
The ongoing shortage of skills in the care sector alongside the economic downturn and rising unemployment, particularly amongst the young, has stimulated our rapidly expanding activity in training people for entry to employment, 'Response to Redundancy' and similar initiatives. This business division within the Quantum Group has several growing programmes and projects; to find out more click here.
Apprenticeships
As the ecomomic situation in the UK has evolved we have met increasing demand for younger staff amongst our clients as well as greater emphasis from government on addressing underemployment and training amongst younger people. We now broker Apprenticeship placements and our service both helps young people seeking a placement in a variety of sectors as well as helping our employer clients identify suitable candidates to undertake a placement with them. For more information about this service, click here.

Training at Mercia College

