East Durham College, Houghall Campus

Located minutes from Durham city centre, you’ll find the North East’s largest land-based college and training centre at East Durham College's Houghall Campus.

Houghall has been delivering high quality land-based education for over 85 years and we've recently invested millions into making our facilities a place fit for the 21st century; with a brand new £20m teaching and learning facility due to open in 2026.

Partnering with East Durham College makes the apprenticeship and staff training process as quick and as simple as possible, thanks to our industry-leading facilities and expert tuition, as well as our fully managed apprenticeship service.

A fully managed apprenticeship service means just that - at East Durham College, our apprenticeship team will create a bespoke apprenticeship service designed specifically for your business.

• Expert staff with up-to-date skills, knowledge and experience
• Professional FREE recruitment service, structured around your individual business needs
• Outstanding practical training facilities
• Flexible delivery, created to suit your business
• Fully managed service at all stages of the apprenticeship
• Apprenticeship Levy and funding support

From the very start, all the way up to your apprentice finishing their apprenticeship, EDC will be there to help with support whenever and wherever you need it. We pride ourselves on offering a service that finds the perfect candidate for your club; and will work closely with you to create a bespoke apprenticeship service for you. The best part? It's all completely FREE of charge. No catch, no tricks - we'll help your business for FREE.

We're in business to help your business!

• L2 Golf Greenkeeper
• L2 Sports Turf Operative
• L3 Advanced Golf Greenkeeper
• L3 Advanced Sports Turf Technician

• Safe Use of Pesticides (PA1, PA2, PA6 & PA6W)
• Safe Use of Mowers (Ride-on & Pedestrian)
• Safe Use of Brush-cutters & Trimmers
• Safe Use of Powered Pole Pruners
• Safe Use of Hand-held Hedge Cutters
• Chainsaw Maintenance & Cross Cutting, Felling Small Trees (CS30 & 31)
• Tractor Driving