Vocational Training Framework

The Vocational Training Framework provides employability and vocational training to complement current employability and skills support provisions across Edinburgh.

The Vocational Training Framework identifies opportunities and linkages with employers with a specific focus on priority sectors. 

The service offers upskilling and progression opportunities for both those seeking employment and those in employment but facing insecure work or in-work poverty. Each trainee has an opportunity to gain a tangible credited qualification/certificate, receive employability support, and attend a job interview with a recruiting employer.

Each Vocational Training Framework academy is designed in collaboration with recruiting employers who are involved in discussions on the course content. Through collaborating with employers, our academies provide trainees with the opportunity to gain an insight into the employer and the roles available.

Following the course, trainees will be signposted to further employability support from suitable employability service providers.

The Vocational Training Framework is funded through the City of Edinburgh Council as part of the Scottish Government's No-One Left Behind (NOLB) strategy.