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Trades & Technical

Digital and business skills for mechanics, electricians, builders and other skilled trades, alongside technical troubleshooting.

Area status: Coming laterStarter → Proficient

On the roadmap for a later stage.

At a glance

  • 2 training programmes
  • Levels: Starter → Proficient
  • Used in 3 seed pathways
  • 6 skills

Training in this area

2 training programmes

Each programme shows its own status. Planned modules are an outline and may change before they are built and reviewed.

Status: Coming later

Technical Troubleshooting

Diagnose faults systematically, use manuals and service information, and write clear service notes.

  • Level range: Capable → Proficient
  • No related pathway yet

Planned modules

  1. A systematic approach to faults
  2. Testing and isolating problems
  3. Using manuals and service information
  4. Writing clear service notes

What you’ll practise

  • Working through a fault-finding scenario
  • Writing a service note

Skills

  • Diagnostics and troubleshooting
  • Technical documentation
Status: Coming laterStart here

Trade Business Skills

Digital and business skills for skilled trades: quoting jobs, keeping digital job records, explaining work and getting paid.

  • Level range: Starter → Capable
  • 3 related pathways

Planned modules

  1. Quoting a job
  2. Job cards and digital records
  3. Explaining work to customers
  4. Invoices and follow-up

What you’ll practise

  • Writing a job quotation
  • Recording a job with photos and approvals

Skills

  • Job quoting
  • Digital job records
  • Clear communication
  • Invoicing and receipts

Best after: Digital Foundations

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Skill families

Before you start: some programmes here build on Digital Foundations.

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  • Coming laterOn the roadmap for a later stage. 2 training programmes

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