Phil Beaumont at the Unite Centre Castleford
Phil first came to the Unite Centre Castleford
in February 2009 and was already learning with the local college
where he was studying Numeracy He wanted to progress further
by updating his Literacy skills but wanted a more flexible way of
learning which would fit in around his working pattern. He
was working as a Security Guard doing odd shift patterns so the
flexibility of doing a course with Learndirect through our centre
was ideal for him.
Phil knew he had areas of his literacy that
needed to be addressed and on Initial Assessment these were
highlighted. Phil was enrolled onto a level 1 Literacy
programme of learning with some courses at EL3 to begin with, these
areas being highlighted in a Dfes diagnostic. Two courses at El3
and three courses at level 1 were completed by Phil and in
September 2009 Phil passed his National Test in Literacy Level
1.
Having grown in confidence from his National
Test success Phil started on his level 2 and completed a second
diagnostic from which a programme of learning was drawn up.
After many months of preparation and learning through the centre
the day finally arrived for Phil to sit his online Literacy test at
Level 2 with City and Guilds. Although slightly nervous at
first, Phil completed the test in good time and achieved a good
pass mark to complete his first level 2 certificate.
Phil is also well on his way to achieving his
level 2 numeracy certificate with the local college and is
already looking at updating his IT skills with The Unite Centre in
Castleford.
Phil said “The flexibility of learning with
Learndirect through the Unite centre was ideal for my
situation. I was able to work online in my own time and the
courses were easy to follow. Any problems were dealt with on
a one to one basis with my tutor at the centre so overall the
learning was ideal for me”
Phil is now looking at starting an IT course
with the centre and hopes to have completed his numeracy level 2
course with the local college by the summer.
