Profile

Background

Rochdale Training’s mission is to provide a continuously improving range of lifelong learning, development & business support services to meet the needs of individuals and to contribute cost effectively to improving the performance of business.

The company was formed as a charity in 1966 by the heads of leading local manufacturing employers primarily to manage and support the training of apprentices. Over the last forty years the company has grown considerably and now provides training to companies throughout Lancashire & Greater Manchester.

They are accredited to all the major government training organisations: Learning & Skills Council, ETP Greater Manchester and ETP Lancashire, and work with the best awarding bodies: City & Guilds, Institute of Learning & Management and EAL-EMTA Awards Ltd. Rochdale Training has been accredited to the Investor in People standard since 1999.

In addition to the core apprenticeship training in engineering, business administration and warehousing, Rochdale Training now offers a whole range of business development services such as Leadership & Management, IT, Electrical Training, Health & Safety and Quality Assurance. Courses are held at the centre in Rochdale, at companies’ own premises or at convenient locations. 

In essence, Rochdale Training specialises in customising training to individual company needs and welcomes enquiries from any company, large or small.

Member companies

Interested companies can become members of Rochdale Training and a board of directors, elected from the member companies, oversees the company. Member companies also receive discounts on services and training fees.

Our current list of members is detailed below:
Bennet, Beetham & Blenkinsop, Rochdale
Brendon International Ltd, Newton-le-Willows
John Bradley & Son (Springs) Ltd, Heywood
Dunphy Combustion Ltd, Rochdale 
Granada Material Handling Ltd, Rochdale
Greenwood Engineering Ltd, Rochdale
Hanson Springs Ltd, Rochdale 
Ken Mills Engineering, Rochdale
Meadows, Rochdale
Pennine Acute Hospitals & NHS Trust Rochdale

Precision Technologies Group Ltd

J. S. Priestley Training (Electrical), Rochdale
Trufab Ltd, Rochdale
United Springs (Riley Plant) Ltd, Rochdale

Key staff

John Huxley, Chief Executive, has been with the company since 2002. Contact John at the main email address: info@rochdaletraining.co.uk

Eddie Moore, Engineering Manager, has worked with Rochdale Training for over 30 years and heads up the engineering training team. Contact Eddie on eddie@rochdaletraining.co.uk

Jill Nagy, Business Training Manager, has worked in training for more than 10 years and heads up the business, IT & warehousing training. Contact Jill by email on jill@rochdaletraining.co.uk