JSA & Training courses

dvinedeano

Hi,

Im on Jobseekers and I am tiredly applying for jobs everyday be it 1 or 2 a day but about 30 jobs in 2-3 weeks being applied for and I just dont seem to be going any place's, Ive been offering work vacancy's work trials to show people what I can do but to no responses yet, but anyways....

I was wondering what sort of training courses I can do because im on JSA. I am meaning to ask on the next signing on date but is it possible if I can gain a CSCS card or SIA license or go onto any courses that I can gain something for my CV. Im trying to get into the ICT business things with either computer repair or web design but its becoming a hard thing to get into with so many places wanting organisation experience. So im asking on this site if anyone has any usefull information or links that can help me for the future.

Thanks :j

donnajunkie

i know you can do part time courses at college if you want to. you are likely to get refered onto new deal at some point. on this you are likely to get help with your cv etc. you will also go on a work placement. they may be able to support you on certain short courses to gain a certain qualification. for example i did a 4 day first aid course while on new deal and i am now a qualified first aider. there maybe other things that you can get help with. its best to just go and ask the jobcentre really as there maybe help available specific to the area you live.

HappyMJ

Ridiculous system that says you can't do a short full time course isn't it. There aint much money in computer repair any more. It's cheaper buying a new one. As far as web design goes you need to have a creative mind and a lot of training. It takes a while but I think might be well worth it. This isn't a recommendation but look at PHP programming. Facebook uses it. A quick google search brings up http://training.gbdirect.co.uk/courses/php/introduction_to.html but you will have to pay for it and study hard...very hard...getting the jobcentre to pay for anything is like getting blood out of stone as they say. The hassle I went through just to get the travel to interview payment just was not worth it.

dvinedeano

Yup. The system is a mess.

I have been on new deal and I did enjoy the help on my CV but then the part time UN-PAID work I diddnt like and felt used to a certain extent, so I jacked new deal in as they was saying you lose your JSA if you dont do it so I went without for a few months, But im back on JSA and just want to get everything I can out of it.

Web design has a big chance and really its just proving my worth to someone who can give me a chance, yes ive a bit of knowledge of PHP coding but im thinking of going back to college in september if nothing comes up. I have loads of spare time so im going to try and learn myself and build on my portfolio. SEO is a new thing now which im dipping into because a website will allways need some SEO to stay google's top ranking in search engines and its allaways changing too so its a big cycle.

Ill have to wait till thursday when I go into the job centre and ask a few questions, Like ive applied for such and such a job I need SIA can you fund etc etc same with CSCS card which is used for building sites.

Thanks

Apolonation

There is a good reason why people can't study full time while claimining benefits... the benefit system is not designed to subsidise education, there are plenty of short term part time vocational courses out there for you to study that will have a real prospect of improving your employability

busy_mom_2

The jobcentre doesn't have a bottomless pit to pay for eveyone to do a course, funding is available to those who have been hit hardest and their industry has gone so they are forced to retrain. It is not going to fund someone to sit on benefit for years to gain all the qualifications they want then they maon they still can't get a job cause they have no experience. Paying for everyone to do what they want and get benefit whilst they do it the tax payer will gladly pay for this long term.:T
The idea is get a job, save and support yourself to better your skills and qualifications. That will look better on a c.v. than years on benefit and a few qualifications to show for it.

tsimehC

dvinedeano wrote: »

Yup. The system is a mess.

I have been on new deal and I did enjoy the help on my CV but then the part time UN-PAID work I diddnt like and felt used to a certain extent, so I jacked new deal in as they was saying you lose your JSA if you dont do it so I went without for a few months, But im back on JSA and just want to get everything I can out of it.

To some extend, the system needs fixing but I seriously don't believe jobseekers should do so much training that they use it as an excuse to do minimal or no jobsearch activity at all.

I too have been on New Deal and enjoyed it somewhat. I didn't need help on my CV and the advisors knew that. I just needed the experience and got that during the Options stage for 13 weeks, it might be where you chose to do the placement but I decided to do charity work in an office environment (sourced this out myself) and enjoyed it thoroughly to the extend I secured temporary employment which lead to me getting a full-time one elsewhere (I believe this was a direct result of the work I did in that temp job).

dvinedeano wrote: »

Ill have to wait till thursday when I go into the job centre and ask a few questions, Like ive applied for such and such a job I need SIA can you fund etc etc same with CSCS card which is used for building sites.

This kind of support is only available to long term unemployed jobseekers as far as I know. If you do your six month restart, you may be offered Work Focused training which SIA/CSCS training falls under. Usually it's a weeks worth of training at a college or an institution like Skillsmatch. I can't speak for all regions of England so I guess you'll have to ask on Thursday. Good luck.