High success rate across our commercial courses
91% success rate for advanced apprenticeships (national average 72%)
90% progression route into apprenticeships or direct employment

Located in the heart of industrial Merseyside, The Engineering College was founded in 1998 to combat chronic skills shortages in the engineering, construction and manufacturing sectors. Since then, we have trained more than 10,000 students, contributing to a vibrant, sustainable regional engineering industry.

We are a registered Group Training Association (GTA). Nationally, GTAs are responsible for developing and delivering outstanding training, for industry by industry.



From schools to commercial

Employer engagement and unique business solutions lie at the heart of our success. They include apprenticeships and traineeships, courses for staff and managers, pre-employment training, Apprenticeship recruitment and selection, consultancy and a schools’ alternative curriculum programme in engineering studies. We’re an ECITB and SEMTA approved training provider and preferred supplier to a broad cross section of engineering businesses, offering a wide range of engineering courses, tailor made to suit your business need.

Strength in industry links

With a success rate of over 90% across our Advanced Apprenticeship programmes, The Engineering College is the most successful and wide ranging supplier of engineering apprentices in the region. We have a team of dedicated and experienced teaching staff; over 90% of whom have joined us direct from industry, and have strong connections with employers including Cammell Laird, Balfour Beatty and Clarke Energy

Training designed for the real world

One of only 40 GTAs in the UK, we place employers at the heart of what we do, and make sure that we’re responsive to the industry, efficient in the delivery of our courses and effective in developing a workforce with the relevant skills for the future.

Our Successes

Our Recent Award

We were also recently awarded Grade 1s from an ECITB EQA inspection audit, making us the only training college to receive consecutive Grade 1s for these programmes. We pride ourselves on a 100% success rate across all of our commercial courses.

The Engineering College’s Advanced Apprenticeship success rate is 91%, which sits well above the national average of 72% in the United Kingdom. We also boast a 90% progression route into apprenticeships or direct employment.

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Industry Accreditations & Inspections

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The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) is the skills, standards and qualifications body for the development of the engineering construction workforce of Great Britain. An arms-length body of the UK Government, the ECITB reports to the Department for Education. The ECITB works with employers and training providers to attract, develop and qualify the engineering construction workforce in a wide range of craft, technical and professional disciplines. We invest about £25 million each year to support skills development within the industry.

Along with the education sector, government and employers, we work to ensure the UK has workers with the skills to meet the needs of the engineering construction industry. We design and award a wide range of qualifications, covering craft, technical and managerial disciplines. We are also responsible for developing and maintaining National Occupational Standards for the industry, which form the basis of our Training Standards, Vocational Qualifications, Technical Tests and Licensed Programmes, delivered by our approved network of training provider.

The Engineering College’s most recent Ofsted inspection in June 2017, saw The Engineering College maintain a ‘Good’ status (Grade 2) overall for training, with acknowledgements made to Equality and Diversity, working partnerships, and learning resources which are used effectively to support learners.

GTA England was established in 2009 to benefit member Group Training Associations (GTA) by raising the profile of GTAs, presenting a case for funding organisations, working successfully with the government as a natural partners and working to improve and standardise the quality of teaching, learning and support across the GTA network.

Since establishment, GTA England has demonstrated success in a number of ways, including; identifying growth opportunities, through work such as the Report of the Commission of Inquiry in to the Role of Group Training Associations, securing funding for projects to benefit the GTA network from organisations (including NAS, LSIS, The Gatsby Foundation, Semta.) GTA have also set up a successful Peer Support and Training network, to carry ou member Peer Reviews and provide essential training and support events to help all GTAs be outstanding. The network has also created partnerships for delivering EPA.

The Engineering College is proud to be a member of the GTA Network, working with other GTAs to develop a dynamic and high quality curriculum., successful training programmes and benchmarking against some excellent training providers.

Based on over 25 years’ of leading practice, the Investors in People Standard is a body that sets standards against excellent people management. The Standard is underpinned by a rigorous assessment methodology and a framework which reflects the very latest workplace trends, essential skills, and effective structures required to outperform in any industry.

In 2015, The Engineering College was first awarded Investors in People Gold Standard and joined the top 7% of companies in the UK with this status. In 2018, we were subject to another full inspection where the college was once again awarded with Gold Status under the 6th Edition Standard. Our team were praised for clearly defined vision, purpose and core values, a demonstrable commitment to employee engagement, a learning & development strategy that is aligned to business imperatives and designed to build the capability and flexibility of the workforce and a continued focus on high performance with robust and effective processes in place for capturing and analysing performance data across a range of indicators.

The Engineering College is supported by the European Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) for the delivery of training in key areas such as Apprenticeships and Traineeships. The Engineering College acknowledges the support and funding it receives from ESFA.
  • The text reads Our Vision. To inspire a new generation of engineers. Written over an image of cogs.
  • The text reads Our Mission. Delivering outstanding technical training and assessment, connecting industry and education. Written over an image of cogs.
  • The text reads Values. To innovate and inspire, be respected and influential and effective and efficient. Written over an image of cogs.

To innovate and inspire;

Working closely with our clients, we incubate information, generate ideas and encourage innovative solutions in the technology and service industries. We aspire to inspire generations of young engineers through high quality education to improve the engineering industry through innovation and imagination.

To be influential and respected;

We partner respected leaders in the engineering community to provide our students with a first-class environment. By developing outstanding partnerships our mission is to positively influence local and national strategies and standards for technical training and assessment in industry.

To be effective and efficient;

We design outstanding training and assessment programmes, and deliver them effectively in a tailored fit to meet and exceed our clients’ immediate and developing needs.

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