New Career Skills (formerly Future Open College) was founded in 1998 as a specialist training provider focusing on giving mature career changers (both men and women), the skills, experience and qualifications they needed for the IT industry. In 2003, New Career Skills established there was a shortage of tradespersons and changed direction to focus on career changers for the construction industry. The training programmes are specially tailored to those with little or no experience.

Since 2003 New Career Skills has enjoyed much success in placing people in the construction industry. Along with their training partners and students they have been featured in many local and national newspapers, magazines, TV and Radio. This highlights the professional and dedicated approach they take to the training and development of career changers that are looking to find their ideal career.

New Career Skills works closely with the industry to ensure that the programmes they run give those looking to re-train the most up-to-date and relevant skills possible. New Career Skills students are not just put on a training programme and left to it; they are given the fullest possible support, during the training, and continued support once they have finished. They will also assist students with securing employment, starting their own business and with their continuing professional development (CPD).

No matter what the background of a career changer is, New Career Skills will work endlessly to help them.