Skills for Life

What are FSC’s Skills for Life Qualifications?

The Skills for Life qualifications provided by Future Strategies Consulting Ltd (FSC) are unique programmes that have been specifically designed to develop your ability to read, write and speak English and to use mathematics at a level necessary to function and progress at work and in society in general.

Our Skills for Life programmes are unique in that the qualifications are embedded into our FLEX range of over 300 modules so that, as well as gaining a literacy or numeracy qualification, you can develop your knowledge, skills and understanding of a subject area of your choice.

How does it work?

Delivered over a period of 12-16 weeks FSC’s Skills for Life qualifications are a unique opportunity to improve your literacy or numeracy ability and your understanding of a work related subject.

Based on modular workbooks, our specialist trainers deliver Skills for Life qualifications through a series of taught sessions, individual work, activities, structured questions, and assignments.

As you complete these activities and develop your portfolio, your specialist trainer will provide you with appropriate levels of support and guidance to assist in your literacy or numeracy development and develop your understanding of the subject.

Once you have completed your portfolio of activities, your specialist trainer will then provide you with the appropriate level of support to prepare you to complete the Skills for Life multiple-choice test paper. Completing a Skills for Life multiple-choice test paper will give you a nationally recognised certificate to mark your literacy or numeracy development.

Who is eligible for Skills for Life?

In general anyone above the age of 19 can complete a Skills for Life qualification. However, funding eligibility does play a part in whom FSC can allow on these programmes.

To study towards a Skills for Life Qualification you must be:

• 19 years or older.
• Have left compulsory full time education.
• Have not achieved a literacy or numeracy qualification at level 2 standard within the last 3 years.

What are the Benefits?

FSC’s Skills for Life programmes provide learners with a wealth of benefits which include:

• They are tailored to suit your individual development needs.
• They are designed to ensure that you get appropriate levels of support to give you more confidence in your own abilities.
• They are embedded within work related subjects which means that, as well as developing your literacy or numeracy ability, you can make a real impact by putting your subject knowledge into practice.
• As you study for your Skills for Life qualification you will develop a portfolio of what you have developed and achieved.
• They are nationally recognised and can be used to improve your employability and prospects.
• They provide a fantastic opportunity to progress onto other courses such as NVQs.
• They help you improve the your level of literacy and numeracy to raise your performance and to be more effective and efficient at work.
• They provide you with a wide range of transferable skills that are valued by employers.
• They help to increase your confidence at work and your ability to learn.
• They are flexible and can be designed to fit around your work and personal commitments.

What Skills for Life Programmes are available?

FSC’s unique Skills for Life programmes are embedded into the FLEX range of over 300 modules. With such an extensive range, FSC can develop a programme that suits your needs and developments.

View our helpful factsheet on Skills For Life.

FSC offers both Skills for Life Literacy and Numeracy at the following levels:

• Entry level.
• Level 1.
• Level 2.