Training
- Skills for Life Training
- OBAC Academy
- Accreditation - City & Guilds/OCR
OBAC offers accredited training programmes creating pathways into employment, further education and training in basic, soft and key skills.
Key Benefits
- Training towards an accredited qualification; OCR New
- New Clait and Clait Plus.
- Motivation and Orientation
- Confidence building
- CV preparation
- Job Search
- Information Communication Technology skills.
- Letter Writing
- Presentation skills
In addition we offer free training in literacy, numeracy and ESOL.
We work in partnership with Action for Blind People and Shaw Trust to offer beneficiaries a comprehensive training package geared towards achieving their goals.
We have are supported by the following bodies:
- London Development Agency (ESF)
- European Social Fund Objective 3
- Big Lottery
- London Councils (previously Association for London Government) (ESF)
- Learning and Skills Council (Pan London ESF)
- Southwark Council
We have a fully equipped resource centre for the use of blind and partially sighted persons. The Resource Centre is open five days a week between 9.30am to 5.00p.m.
We are currently recruiting disabled people, in particular visually impaired Africans and Caribbeans on to our training programmes. If you know someone with a visual impairment or you have a sight problem, please contact the training team on 020 7735 3400 Ext 24. An Interview and Initial Needs Assessment will be carried out by one of the team.
For some of the training programme you may be entitled to free childcare, lunch and travel allowance.