The Friday Sessions
The Friday Sessions are a monthly event offering you totally free learning opportunities at UK Detailing Academy.
We’ve created these as a short learning session for 10-20 people, sometimes hosted by ourselves, sometimes joined by special guests we have lined up, to deliver some workshop topics that detailers can use to grow their knowledge and their businesses.
Start a new career
If you're looking to start a career in detailing, explore our professional training options to kick-start your new business.
Skill Courses
From machine polishing to sanding, interior detailing, or business management, we've got courses to cover every skill your detailing business needs.
Business Growth
Add new services to your portfolio, enhance your skill set, and broaden your customer appeal. From leather repair, to photography and motorbike detailing our courses are designed to help push your business to the next level.
Manufacturer Accreditation
UDKA work with major brands to deliver bespoke training and assessment programmes. Manufacturer recognition and guidance enables you to get the best from their products, plus a range of benefits exclusive to approved users.
Training Professionals. UK Detailing Academy
From our UK training centre, UK Detailing Academy produce and deliver a wide range of detailing training courses for professional and aspiring detailers.
Recognised by the Professional Valeters & Detailers Trade Association, and the International Detailing Association for our assessment and skills training, which we deliver to companies, professionals, new businesses, and enthusiasts, both at our training centre in Gloucestershire and around the world.
- Master Trainers for the Professional Valeters & Detailers Trade Association (PVD)
- Assessors & UK Recognised Training Centre for the International Detailing Association (IDA),
- Trainers & ambassadors for Flex Tools and Colourlock Leather Repair.
For more details of what we can offer you in training or any aspect of vehicle care, explore the website, or send us a message to discuss your requirements.
Upcoming Courses
Advanced Interior Cleaning - Group
The Friday Sessions
Colourlock Leather Repair - Group
Professional Motorcycle Detailing Group Day
Introduction to Machine Polishing Group
Photography Group Day
Structured Learning
We provide and range of documented courses to guide candidates through their structured learning journey. Each course includes a full set of learning materials to support candidates during and after the training.
Recognised Training
Our courses are recognised by a range of leading manufacturers and trade bodies, so you can be assured of the quality and value of training provided. A number of companies have turned to us to develop their own training programs.
Experienced Instructors
Our instructors are not just seasoned detailers, but also have experience within the industry working for manufacturers, distributors, and training institutions, allowing us to offer a broad range of courses including how to start and run a car care business.
Independent Guidance
We offer our own range of independent and unbiased courses, alongside a range of formal manufacturer programs and accreditations. This enables pupils to try a huge range of products and machines to find out what works best for them, rather than a manufacturer.
“Tell me and I forget.
Show me and I remember.
Involve me and I learn.“
Learn More About Our Training Mission
UK Detailing Academy is the result of a collective vision to provide advanced and structured detailing training to those seeking a career in detailing or looking to expand their current business.
Since 2016, we have aimed to eliminate the issues we commonly see with detailing instruction – such as product bias or “shadow me on a job” companies. Our sole aim is to deliver the skills you need to grow your business.
Courses are designed and planned from the ground up to give you all the information and skills you need to grow and excel in your career, using the latest techniques, chemical knowledge, and equipment. We focus not only on the practical skills, but also on understanding the theory that underpins those skills, so you know not only why a process works, but why a process may not be working…
We also offer a range of business and marketing courses that complement the technical foundation of our detailing training, and are crucial for commercial success.
Our main aims are:
- To enhance a career in detailing as a recognised career path for school and college leavers.
- Unify standards across the industry with the goal of a nationally recognised qualification framework.
- Provide a clearly identifiable badge of quality the public can use to identify those who truly excel in their career and invest in themselves.
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