The Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs offer aims to help adults to train and gain the valuable skills they need to improve their job prospects and support the economy.  

If you are aged 19 or over, you could gain a level 3 qualification for free.

This is part of the support available from the government and the GLA to help you gain the skills you need to get the job that you want.

A level 3 qualification is the equivalent of an advanced technical certificate or diploma or A Levels. If you are eligible, you will not have to pay course fees.

Free Courses for Jobs

Free Courses for Jobs aims to help adults to train and gain the valuable skills they need to improve their job prospects and support the economy.

You can get a free level 3 qualification if you:

  • are 19 or over and do not already have a level 3 qualification
  • already have a level 3 qualification or higher but earn below the National Living Wage annually (£20,319 from April 2023)
  • already have a level 3 qualification or higher but are unemployed

Or you could qualify through the GLA free courses for jobs offer if you meet any of these criteria:

  • Are unemployed or in receipt of a low wage; or
  • Out of work and outside of benefit arrangements; and are
  • Enrolled to a level 3 qualification that meets the definition described in the GLA funding rules