Testimonials

Find out what students and employers say about us.

World Skills

WorldSkills organises the world championships of vocational skills and is held every two years in different parts of the world. WorldSkills brings together young people, industry, government, education, and institutions, to promote the benefits of and need for skilled trade professionals.

Riverpark Training actively encourages all its students to push themselves to possibly achieve the opportunity to compete in World Skills UK or even World Skills International. Riverpark Training has the highest achievement record over the last 10 years for competitors in the motor industry at national and international level.

What Students Say

All our students are provided with high quality practical training to develop hand skills that will make them an asset to their employer. We have modern equipment and tools that matches industry standard. We have modern training vehicles, up to date paint systems and modern welding equipment.

We take our students journey very seriously and our tutors are committed to personal and skill development of each student. As we are a small training provider we know all are students personally and can therefore provide this individual support.

Riverpark Trainers

Our tutors are highly respected in the “Motor Industry”, they are fully qualified in their specific field, they are up-to date with modern vehicle design, construction and repair methods. As they also assess qualified technicians as part of IMI Accreditation they must maintain their industry knowledge. This ensures the most modern skills are then passed on to our apprentices.

Our tutors often go the extra mile to provide student support, be that vocational skills or essential skills support. If necessary we will focus on any individuals needs and provide one to one training to support any student over a difficult area.

What People Say

Jonathan started as an apprentice panel technician in Prestige Body Repair in Carrickfergus in 2002 and achieved his NVQ Level 3 in 2005, he since then moved to Wrights ARC Mal- lusk where he worked as a panel technician until 2008. He then joined AXA insurance as an in house engineer and has recently completed his Insurance Engineers exam at Riverpark Training which now makes him a fully qualified Field Engineer within the Insurance Industry

Jonathan McAree 2018-05-02

David started his training in 2003 and completed his NVQ Level 3 in 2006. He was employed as an apprentice panel technician with Agnew Accident Repair Centre and has worked on high end vehicles such as Porsche, Mercedes and BMW. He was promoted to Vehicle Damage Assessor in 2014

David Dennison 2018-05-05

Bill started training in 2002 and became an apprentice at Wrights Accident Repair Mal- lusc, he achieved his NVQ Level 3 in 2005 and was also a finalist at Thatcham Craft Awards twice. Bill has now progressed to become a Foreman in the body shop and is also highly influential in ensuring both the Mallusk and Dromore sites of Wrights ARC meet the require- ments if BSI.

Bill Maddox 2018-07-03

Robert was one of the 1st apprentices that attended the former Blackwater House. He trained here for 3 years and achieved his NVQ 3 in 2003. Since then he has worked for Wrights Accident Repair in Mallusk then moved to their Carryduff branch as a foreman in the paint shop. In 2013 he joined LKQ Automotive Refinishing Products as a Technical Repre- sentative and is currently providing paint systems instillations and technical support to the accident repair industry in Northern Ireland.

Robert Templeton 2018-07-03

This course has matched my employment very well. The tutors are very informative and provide their time to help you progress in your career

Elliott McNally 2018-07-24

The inspection report carried out by the ETI has graded Riverpark Training as very good in all areas.

Education Training Inpectorate 2018-02-28