Skills for the Workplace (S4W)
At BTS, we have a range of courses available through the S4W funding route, these courses are up to 50% off the cost of training, applied via Neath Port Talbot college.
The courses on offer are;
NPORS Industrial Counterbalance
NPORS Telehandler
NPORS 360 Excavator
NPORS Forward Tipping Dumper
NPORS Rear Tipping Dumper
NPORS Road Roller
NPORS Vehicle Marshall
NPORS Slinger Signaller
NPORS Loading Shovel
NPORS CAT & Genny
NPORS Lorry Loader
CCNSG Safety Passport
IPAF MEWP 3A & 3B
CITB SSSTS
CITB SMSTS
The price you pay is set by the S4W funding team. To find out mroe about the cost, please contact a member of staff who will be happy to talk you through the options.
To be eligible for this funding, you either need to live in an SA postcode, work for a company registered in an SA postcode or be working on a job in an SA postcode.
To register, you first need to contact a member of the team at BTS who’ll make a referral and send you a link to register.
Personal Learning Account (PLA)
The PLA is fully funded training on a range of courses, the courses available include;
RTITB Industrial Counterbalance
RTITB Telehandler
RTITB Reach Truck
RTITB Slinger Signaller
RTITB Lorry Loader
To be eligible for a Personal Learning Account, individuals must
- Reside legally in Wales
- Be aged 19 years old or over
In addition, Individuals must meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Employed (including self-employed) and earning a basic salary below the median income (£34,303)*, or
- Workers on zero hours contracts, or
- Agency staff, or
- Offenders on day release, or
- Full-time carers (paid or non-paid)
* For the Personal Learning Account confirmed interventions (Digital, Net-Zero and Tata) the salary cap does not apply.
Individuals are ineligible if they are:
- Under the age of 19, or
- attending school or college full-time as a pupil or student, or
- In full-time higher education, or
- In Medr funded Work Based Learning, or
- An ineligible overseas national, or
- In receipt of an Assembly Learning Grant or Education Maintenance Allowance, or
- Unemployed (i.e. does not have a contract of employment)
- If they have exceeded the PLA maximum funding value of £6,145.21 for this 2025/2026 PLA year.
To apply, you first need to contact a member of the team at BTS who’ll make a referral and send you a link to register.