Training & Skills

Northumberland CoVE

Around the UK there are Centres of Vocational Excellence in each of the major industry sectors: construction, engineering, automotive, health care, tourism and so on.

Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) excel at providing vocational training and qualifications - learning that builds skills, a trade and hands-on experience in any given subject.

In Northumberland, we have one of only 15 Centres of Vocational Excellence in Inbound and Domestic Tourism in the UK.

A strong partnership

The Northumberland CoVE - branded as the Tourism Academy - is a partnership between Northumberland College, The North East Chamber of Commerce and the Northumberland Training Agency (NTA).

Together they deliver high quality full and part time academic courses in Travel and Tourism, a wide variety of very specific vocational courses, apprenticeships and tourism and hospitality work-based learning NVQs.

This strong partnership and complementary mix of academic and vocational courses means the CoVE offers unrivalled opportunities for learners, employers and small business.

With courses ranging from How to Start a B&B to an HND in Hospitality Management there is something for everyone. The CoVE also offers the full range of Welcome to Excellence, tourism specific courses.

Below is the full list of CoVE courses, click here to access the CoVe website: http://www.tourismacademy.co.uk

Short Courses

• Appointed Person First Aid
• CIEH Advanced Certificate in Food Safety
• CIEH Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering
• CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace
• CIEH Level 2 Award in Healthier Food and Special Diets
• CIEH Level 3 Award in Supervising Food Safety in Catering
• Leisure and Travel and Tourism
• NCFE Certificate in Customer Service for Hospitality, Leisure, Travel & Tourism
• Welcome All
• Welcome Host
• Welcome Host Plus
• Welcome International
• Welcome Line
• Welcome Management

Part-Time Courses

• Additional Travel & Tourism Services (FSA Insurance)
• BTEC Level 2 Award in Transporting Passengers by Taxi and Private Hire (Edexcel)
• BTEC Level 2 Certificate in Preparation for Tourist Guiding (Edexcel)
• BTEC Level 2 Diplomas in Overseas Resort Operations (Edexcel)
• Business Administration Apprenticeship and Advanced Apprenticeship
• Cultural Heritage Apprenticeship and Advanced Apprenticeship
• Customer Service Apprenticeship and Advanced Apprenticeship
• Higher National Certificate in Hospitality Management
• HND Hospitality Management
• Hospitality and Catering Apprenticeship and Advanced Apprenticeship
• NVQ Level 3 Hospitality Supervision

Full-Time Courses

• City & Guilds First Diploma in Travel & Tourism
• City & Guilds Introductory Diploma in Travel and Tourism
• Level 3 BTEC National in Travel and Tourism (Award, Certificate, Diploma)
• NVQ Level 2 in Food Preparation and Cooking

Apprenticeships

• Cultural Heritage
• Customer Service
• Food and Drink Apprenticeship
• Hospitality and Catering
• National Certificate in Licensed Retailing
• NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Customer Service for Hospitality, Leisure, Travel & Tourism
• NVQ Level 3 in Catering and Hospitality Supervision
• NVQ Level 3 in Food Preparation & Cooking - Kitchen & Larder

Find out more

You can find out more by:

• Visiting the Northumberland CoVE website at http://www.tourismacademy.co.uk