Free courses for jobs
These courses could help you improve your wage outcomes and job prospects, and gain skills that employers value.
If you’re aged 19 or over, you could access a level 3 qualification for free. This is part of the support available from the government to help you gain the skills you need to get the job you want – whatever your stage of life.
A level 3 qualification is equivalent to an advanced technical certificate or diploma, or A levels.
The qualifications could help you:
- gain skills that employers value
- improve your job prospects
- earn a higher wage
If you’re eligible, you will not have to pay for your level 3 qualification. The government will pay the course fees.
Courses available
Qualifications are currently available in:
- accounting and finance
- agriculture
- building and construction
- business management
- childcare and early years
- digital
- engineering
- environmental conservation
- health and social care
- horticulture and forestry
- hospitality and catering
- manufacturing technologies
- mathematics and statistics
- medicine and dentistry
- public services
- science
- teaching and lecturing
- transportation operations and maintenance
- warehousing and distribution
Eligibility
You can get a free level 3 qualification if you:
- are 19 or over and do not already have a level 3 qualification
- already have a level 3 qualification or higher but earn below the National Living Wage annually (£18,525 from April 2022)
- already have a level 3 qualification or higher but are unemployed
In some areas, there may be a slightly different low wage threshold. Check with your local training provider to find out the low wage threshold in your area.
