• A training web site listing more than 20,000 IT training courses and events was launched this month. The move by worldoftraining.com follows the massive demand for IT courses which has occurred as the Internet and applications software have developed.
Worldoftraining.com claims demand for courses on subjects such as eCommerce, Java, HTML, Visual Basic and MCSE (Microsoft Certified Engineer) is now outstripping that for more traditional subjects.
The site covers training for the above as well as technical courses such as accelerated router installation configuration and management.
Teambuilding? Call the fire service
• A new training programme inspired by a fire service teambuilding exercise has began at Heathrow airport’s training ground and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Headquarters. The programme, called Ignite, is based on fire service principles and uses actual fire service scenarios to give effective and lasting change to a team.
IT skills for over-40s
• About 1,000 engineering and construction professionals aged over 40 have received free IT training.
ESF financed the project, called Mature Professionals into IT which took place in London, Yorkshire, Humberside and the eastern counties and finished last month.
The project was launched last year under the auspices of IT National Training Organisation and the project leadership of Cambridge Professional Development. More than 500 courses were available and the scheme has won the support of industry bodies.
