Kirklees College - Process Manufacturing Centre

In partnership with the LEP, we’ve invested £3.1 million of Leeds City Region Growth Deal funding into Kirklees College’s new Process Manufacturing Centre (PMC) to provide specialist training in process manufacturing and process control and increase learner numbers by over 900 (over 5 years) including intermediate and advanced apprenticeships. Our funding was matched by investment from local and national businesses. The PMC offers a state off the art process manufacturing training facility, chemistry laboratories as well as IT and learning resources.

£3.1 million of Leeds City Region Growth Deal investment helped to fund Kirklees College’s new Process Manufacturing Centre (PMC) and boost apprentice numbers from 70 to 300.

Our funding was matched by investment from local and national businesses. New facilities offered by the PMC include control rooms and packing lines, IT suite and learning resource centre.

The new centre has seen the college develop its curriculum in line with national industry demands and be selected by the National Skills Academy Food and Drink (NSAFD) to as a national provider for two Trailblazer Apprenticeships - Food and Drink Maintenance Engineer, and Process Operations.

Project Lead Kirklees College
District/ Area Kirklees
Business case summary Link here
Funding £3.1 million Leeds City Region Growth Deal + match funding
Project Status Activity 7: Monitoring and Evaluation
Start and end dates July 2015 to August 2016
Delivery partners

West Yorkshire Combined Authority & Kirklees College

Other funders None
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This page was last updated in Q3 2020/2021