GM Skills Map

Find the Route to Your Success

Bringing together hundreds of training providers, giving you access to thousands of courses, we are Greater Manchester’s most comprehensive skills directory.

Get started by searching for the course you’re looking for or browse through the skills that are essential to your businesses success.

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Essential Business Skills

Every thriving company relies on a diverse set of capabilities to navigate the challenges of the workplace. GM Skills Map can provide the skills that every businesses needs to function successfully. Explore our essential business skill categories below.

Functional Skills

Finance

Management

Sustainability

Digital & AI

Creative

Unsure Where to Start?

Click the link below to browse through our entire range of skills. There are thousands of courses, workshops, apprenticeships and more. You can filter these by category, skill level, and funding option to find the right one for you and your workforce.

ALL SKILLS

Apprenticeships & Apprenticeship Units

Whether aiming to elevate your current workforce or inject fresh expertise into your business, apprenticeships provide opportunities at all levels. Apprenticeship Units are also a time and cost effective way for businesses to up skill their workforce.

Employers can click below to browse our huge range of Apprenticeships and Apprenticeship Units. Interested learners can find out more about Apprenticeships on the GMACS website.

FOR BUSINESSES FOR LEARNERS

Bitesize Skills

Bitesize skills are a time efficient way of providing new knowledge and abilities. Taking place under an hour, they’re a practical solution catering to the fast-paced nature of Greater Manchester businesses. Click below to browse our wide range of skills.

Fully Funded Training

Did you know that you could be eligible for fully funded training? With GM Skills Map these opportunities are easy to find. Whether you’re a business owner looking to up skill your team, or you're looking to further your own career, you can access a treasure trove of skills without spending a penny.

Support For Job Seekers

Employ GM is here to help you find local jobs, workplace support, search for courses and other opportunities to help you on your career path in Greater Manchester.

We’ve gathered all the fully funded training available to anyone looking for work in one place.

FIND OUT MORE FUNDED TRAINING

What people say about Skills Map

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Being able to access specialist advice, support and services from a trustworthy source is an excellent opportunity that every business in GM should take advantage of. ”

Rachel Redfern – Concert Lights

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It’s an excellent resource and an invaluable way to learn how to grow with ongoing support and accountability, something that is very helpful for a business leader. ”

Victoria Jones – Keepace Consulting

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The amount of different courses available is fantastic and has helped me personally and us as a company immensely. ”

Toby Hodgkiss - Leisure Guard Security Limited

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We were able to put a plan in place and deliver at least one training course to every single employee. ”

Alison Griffies, Quality and Health and Safety Manager, Macpac Limited

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Training was a wonderful opportunity to bring employees together from across the company and created camaraderie between different departments. ”

Dawn Lee - Stamford Products Ltd

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As a training provider for online digital marketing courses we have found GM Skills Map invaluable. The constant stream of learners wanting to sign up for our courses has meant that we have doubled the number of learners on our system. ”

Peter Dickinson – Vision2success

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Small businesses often find it hard to identify the best support and training for their needs - this service helped them explore their options. ”

Karen Licurse – Digital Boost

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Working closely with the GM Skills Map team over the last 18 months, we have seen interest grow in our provision and had several new businesses join our employer network. ”

Sarah Qazi – Instep UK

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It is quick and easy to get your courses and apprenticeship offer on to the GM Skills Map. We were delighted with the outcomes from the GM Skills Map. ”

Gemma Beech – UK Skills Academy

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Learners felt confident in their understanding of what our courses were and what they were to gain – this is down to the simple interface and overall clarity which the GM Skills Map provided. ”

Tom Laws - Serco

Register as a Provider

Are you a training provider looking to showcase your training to an audience of eager learners? By registering, you can promote your expertise for free to Greater Manchester business owners seeking to upskill their employees and individuals aiming to enhance their career progression.

Want to Know More?

Follow the link below to find out more about GM Skills Map, how we support businesses across Greater Manchester, and help their workers to further their career.

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