
Apprenticeships
North East Scotland College is approved by Skills Development Scotland to deliver Foundation Apprenticeships and Modern Apprenticeships.
A selection of apprenticeships courses available at NESCol:

Distance Learning
A selection of distance learning courses available at NESCol:
- Sustainability in the Beauty and Personal Care Sector
- Transformers
- Transmission Lines & Complex Waves
- Food Safety Awareness
- Thermofluids
- Solving Problems and Making Decisions
- Team Leading Knowledge
- Access (Introduction to)
- Excel (Advanced)
- Recording Financial Information
- Understanding an Individual with Learning Disabilities
- Principles of Waste Management
- Mathematics Unit 3: Applications
- Prevention and Control of Infection
- Data Protection and the UK GDPR
- Using Financial Accounting Software
- Understanding Leadership
- Becoming a Wellbeing Champion
- Statics & Strength of Materials
- Mathematics Unit 1: Expressions & Functions

Full-time
A selection of full-time courses available at NESCol:
- Preparation for Media & Journalism
- Engineering Practice
- Performing Engineering Operations – Electrical
- Maritime Studies – Trainee Deckhand
- Craft Bakery with Patisserie
- Beauty Therapy
- Performing Arts: Drama
- Mechanical Engineering – Mechanical Manufacture Route
- 3D Computer Animation
- Beauty Therapy
- Shell Engineering Scheme
- Sport, Exercise & Fitness
- Cyber Security
- Workshop Skills (Engineering)
- Art & Design
- Applied Science (Chemistry/Biology Route)
- Childcare
- Textiles
- Early Education & Childcare
- Mechanical Engineering – Fabrication & Welding Route

Part-time
A selection of part-time courses available at NESCol:
- Marine Cargo Operations
- Flavours of the World: Tempting Tapas (Spanish Cookery)
- Marketing with Social Media
- Breadmaking Masterclass
- Sewing Bees (Basic Sewing Skills)
- Web Design
- Psychology: Social Behaviour
- Web Design
- Water Byelaws
- Flavours of the World: A Taste of Italy
- Web Design (E-Commerce)
- Basic Blow Drying & Styling
- Flower Arranging
- Deck Officer Class 1 (Fishing)
- Conversational Polish
- Worldhost: Principles of Customer Service
- Digital Skills for Life
- Barbering
- Personal Licence Holders
- Christmas Flower Arranging

School Links
A selection of school links courses available at NESCol:
- Psychology
- Construction
- Girls in Energy
- Hospitality
- Construction Crafts
- Employability Skills
- Cyber Security
- Business Skills
- Uniformed Services
- Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Creative & Digital Media
- Fashion Business
- Social Services & Healthcare
- Supported Learning
- Automation & Renewables
- Accountancy
- Engineering Systems
- IT (Hardware/System Support)
- Hospitality

SMA
A selection of sma courses available at NESCol:
- MCA Oral Exam Preparation
- Navigation Aids and Equipment Simulator Training (NAEST) – Management Level
- Deck Officer Class 1 Conversion to Merchant Navy Officer of the Watch (Unlimited) II/1
- Deck Officer Class 2 (Fishing)
- Human Element Leadership and Management (HELM) – Operational Level
- Maritime Studies – Trainee Deckhand
- Navigation Aids and Equipment Simulator Training (NAEST) – Operational Level
- Seafish Safety Awareness Including Refresher
- Electronic Chart Display & Information Systems (ECDIS) type specific – Furuno
- GMDSS General Operators Certificate (Radio)
- Efficient Deckhand
- MCA 35 HR Approved Engine Course – Part 2
- RYA Short Range Certificate (Radio)
- MCA 35 HR Approved Engine Course – Part 1
- Small Vessel Engineering- Conversion for Certificates of Competency (4 Modules)
- STCW Personal Survival Techniques & Seafish Sea Survival
- 3 days Introduction to Commercial Fishing
- STCW Proficiency in Security Awareness
- STCW Elementary First Aid and Seafish First Aid
- Electronic Chart Display & Information Systems (ECDIS) IMO Model Course 1.27

SQA Distance Learning
A selection of sqa distance learning courses available at NESCol:
- Power Electronics
- Engineering Maths 2
- Mathematics Unit 1: Expressions & Formulae
- Office Administration
- Mathematics Unit 2: Relationships
- Fundamentals of Control Systems & Transducers
- Economic Issues
- Dynamics
- Electrical Networks & Resonance
- Electrical Engineering: Graded Unit 2
- Thermofluids
- Mathematics Unit 1: Expressions & Formulae
- IT in Business: Databases
- Cost Accounting
- Sequential Logic
- Preparing Financial Statements
- Materials Selection
- Combinational Logic
- Electrical Motor Drive Systems
- Marketing

Training for Business
A selection of training for business courses available at NESCol:
- Equality & Diversity: The Fundamentals
- Fire & Safety Principles
- Career Development
- Business Administration Knowledge
- Mechanical Engineering: Graded Unit 1 (Exam)
- Mental Health: Body and Mind
- Heat Transfer & Fluid Mechanics
- ICDL Essentials Award in IT User Skills (formerly ECDL Essentials Award)
- Workers Rights and Labour Exploitation
- Data Protection and the UK GDPR
- Dementia Awareness
- Safeguarding Adults and Children
- Supporting People with Asperger’s Syndrome
- IT in Business: Databases
- Mechanical Engineering
- IT Applications Software 1
- Materials Selection
- Mathematics Unit 2: Relationships & Calculus
- ICDL (formerly ECDL)
- ICDL: Presentations 2016 (formerly ECDL)