Training

Use this section of the HELM website to improve your knowledge, obtain technical advice or find training activities near you.

HELM Courses

HELM offers training for councillors and officers in local authorities and government agencies. Seminars aim to identify the resources available to non-heritage professionals and to demonstrate how the benefits of the historic environment can help to achieve targets. Expert speakers explore regional priorities using local case studies.

English Heritage Courses

English Heritage provides a range of courses aimed principally at the historic environment sector. These are usually delivered in partnership with other organisations at both national and regional levels. Professional Training in the Historic Environment short courses are offered in partnership with Oxford University Department of Continuing Education. Intended for historic environment practitioners and postgraduate students, these Courses are designed by English Heritage in association with the Archaeology Training Forum (ATF), the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) and the Institute of Field Archaeologists (IFA).

Related Courses

Historic environment training is available in a variety of formats to suit your needs. Courses are provided by a range of organisations including universities, professional institutions, the Workers Education Association and amenity societies.

Craft Skills

There is a shortage of practitioners skilled in the traditional crafts necessary to conserve and restore our historic buildings. The National Heritage Training Group (NHTG) is responsible for implementing a coherent strategy for training and skills provision in this sector.