Who are you?
RENZO
Career Transition · EdTech Platform

The structured
path from office
to skilled trade.

The UK's only tech platform built to take professionals from the office into a skilled trade. In months, not years.

Not a retraining course. Not an apprenticeship.
A complete, tech-driven pathway — from desk to trade.

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Sarah Chen
Former Marketing Manager
Enrolled
Programme Progress 68%
Currently in
Phase 2 — Simulation Lab
55
hrs completed
26
hrs remaining
4
phases total
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Renzo Certificate of Excellence
Painting & Decorating · Cohort 1 · 2026
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Painting & Decorating Skilled Trades Career Transition Renzo E-Learning In-Person Training UK Trades Certification
Painting & Decorating Skilled Trades Career Transition Renzo E-Learning In-Person Training UK Trades Certification
What Is Renzo

The only tech-driven pathway from office to trade.

No apprenticeship waiting lists. No generic courses. Renzo is the UK's first platform engineered specifically for career-switching professionals — combining adaptive technology with real hands-on training.

🖥
Adaptive E-Learning
Modules that respond to your pace and progress
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VR & AR Simulation Lab
Virtual practice using cutting-edge technology
🖌
Certified In-Person
Three days on-site with professional tradespeople
📈
Business Skills
Tools, marketing and self-employment — from day one
Only on Renzo

Every other route into the trades makes you choose: learn theory or get hands-on time. Renzo does both — in the right order, at the right pace, in a single programme.

Your Renzo Journey
→
Today — White-collar professional
You have drive, skills, and a growing sense the office isn't the whole story.
FinanceMarketingOperationsSales
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The Renzo Programme
80 hours across four phases — theory, simulation, hands-on practice, and the business tools to go independent.
✓
Renzo Certificate of Excellence
Certified, confident, and ready — as an employee or working for yourself.
🔧 Enter the trade as an employee
💼 Launch your own business
Renzo in 60 Seconds

See what Renzo is all about.

Watch a short introduction to the Renzo programme — what we do, who it's for, and why now is the time to make the move.

The Renzo Method

Four phases. One clear pathway.

A blended learning model engineered for career changers — rigorous enough to matter, structured enough to fit your life.

01
🖥 56% of programme

E-Learning Foundations

Industry-grade online modules in your own time. Trade theory, safety, materials, regulations — everything before you touch a tool.

Material prepTrade theoryH&S regs
02
⚗ 8% of programme

Simulation Lab

Safety, decision-making and technique in virtual sessions. Focus on hazard awareness and on-the-job judgement before you step on site.

Technique practiceProblem scenariosApplication sequences
03
🖌 30% of programme

In-Person Workshop

Three full days on-site with professionals. Real scenarios, real tools, real standards. Earn your Renzo Certificate of Excellence.

Interior workExterior workFinishing
04
📈 6% of programme

Business Skills

Pricing, marketing, clients, and finances — the practical knowledge to go independent and build a trade business from day one.

Pricing & quotingSocial mediaBookkeeping
⤢ Open full demo
Phase 01 — E-Learning Foundations
50 hours of structured trade knowledge, on your schedule.
Our e-learning platform delivers theory in a sequence that builds systematically — from materials science through preparation and regulation. Study when it suits you and revisit any module as many times as you need.
🎯Progress tracking and module completion badges
📱Works on any device — phone, tablet, or laptop
🔁Revisit any module at any time
Phase 02 — Simulation Lab
Safety, decision-making, and technique — before the real thing.
A large part of the simulation phase is dedicated to safety judgment and on-the-job decision-making: how to assess a site, identify hazards, respond to unexpected conditions, and make the right call under pressure. You'll also practise core techniques in realistic virtual scenarios — so by the time you step on-site, your instincts are already trained.
👥Using VR and AR technology for life-like practice
🎥Sessions recorded — review your technique afterwards
📅Scheduled around your availability
Phase 03 — In-Person Workshop
Three full days. Real scenarios, real tools, real standards.
Over three intensive days on-site with experienced professionals, you'll apply everything you've learned and deliver a finished result to trade standard. Leave with a certificate and the confidence to back it up.
🏗Real residential or commercial site environment
🧑‍🏫Certified professional instructors throughout
🏅Renzo Certificate of Excellence awarded on finish
⤢ Open full demo
Phase 04 — Business Skills
The trade skills to do the job. The business skills to build a career.
Most training programmes stop at the tools. Phase 4 gives you practical business knowledge to go independent — covering buying the right kit, finding your first clients, setting up as a sole trader, using social media to win work, and pricing jobs to make a profit from day one.
🔧Essential tools, suppliers and kit — what to buy and what to avoid
📣Marketing fundamentals: Instagram, Google, word of mouth
💷Pricing, invoicing, tax basics, and sole trader registration
Current Programmes

Find Your Trade.

1 / 3
Duration
Setting

Painting & Decorating.

Everything you need to work as a professional decorator — from materials and prep through to trade-standard finishing. Built for career changers. Designed to get you job-ready.

Phase 1 — E-Learning Modules45 hrs

Self-paced online content covering the full theoretical foundation of the trade.

Surface preparationPaint types & systemsColour theoryTools & equipmentHealth & safetyBuilding regsClient communicationEstimating & quoting
Phase 2 — Simulation Sessions6 hrs

Virtual sessions using VR and AR technology, using techniques in a virtual environment.

Technique practiceProblem-solving scenariosApplication sequences
Phase 3 — In-Person Workshop24 hrs

Two intensive days on-site with professional painters.

Interior paintingExterior techniquesWallpapering basicsFinishing & inspection
Phase 4 — Business Skills5 hrs

The practical knowledge to go independent — tools, marketing, clients, and finances.

Tools & suppliersPricing & quotingFinding clientsSocial media marketingBookkeeping basicsSole trader setup
Now enrolling
Applications now open
Secure your place today
Now Taking Applications
£4,000
Launch Pricing
£2,000
Full programme · Renzo Certificate of Excellence included
50% on enrolment · 50% on completion
🛡
First Cohort: Money-Back Guarantee

Not the right fit? Drop out at any point during the programme and receive a full refund.

✓
80 hours of learning modules
✓
Renzo Certificate of Completion
✓
Direct support from the Renzo team
Applications open · places are limited

Plumbing & Heating.

Master the fundamentals of domestic plumbing and water systems. Learn to diagnose, install, and maintain essential property infrastructure.

Phase 1 — E-Learning Modules45 hrs

Comprehensive theory on water systems, fluid dynamics, and safety protocols.

Cold water systemsHot water principlesDrainageWater regulationsPipe sizing
Phase 2 — Simulation Sessions6 hrs

Virtual troubleshooting and system diagnostics without the water damage.

Leak detectionSystem fault findingPressure balancing
Phase 3 — In-Person Workshop24 hrs

Hands-on time bending, soldering, and fitting in a live workshop.

Copper bendingSolderingPlastic push-fitsRadiator hanging
Phase 4 — Business Skills5 hrs

Building an emergency call-out business and finding reliable clients.

Call-out ratesSupplier accountsLocal SEO
Join Waitlist
Applications Now Closed
Secure your place today
Applications Now Closed
£8,000
Launch Pricing
£4,000
Full programme · Renzo Certificate of Excellence included
50% on enrolment · 50% on completion
🛡
First Cohort: Money-Back Guarantee

Not the right fit? Drop out at any point during the programme and receive a full refund.

✓
80 hours of learning modules
✓
Renzo Certificate of Completion
✓
Direct support from the Renzo team
Join Waitlist · Places are limited

Domestic Cleaning.

Professional cleaning skills for residential and commercial properties — from daily maintenance routines to deep cleans. A low-barrier entry into self-employed trade work with immediate earning potential.

Phase 1 — E-Learning Modules15 hrs

Cleaning chemistry, surface types, equipment use, and health & safety fundamentals.

Cleaning products & chemistrySurface typesEquipment & toolsHealth & safetyCOSHH regulations
Phase 2 — Simulation Sessions2 hrs

Virtual walkthroughs of residential and commercial cleaning scenarios.

Room sequencingTime managementClient scenarios
Phase 3 — In-Person Workshop8 hrs

One intensive day of hands-on practice covering residential and end-of-tenancy standards.

Residential cleanEnd-of-tenancyEquipment operationQuality inspection
Phase 4 — Business Skills2 hrs

Building a self-employed cleaning business — pricing, clients, and repeat bookings.

Pricing & quotingFinding clientsRepeat bookingsSole trader setupInsurance
Join Waitlist
Applications Now Closed
Secure your place today
Applications Now Closed
£1,000
Launch Pricing
£500
Full programme · Renzo Certificate of Excellence included
50% on enrolment · 50% on completion
🛡
First Cohort: Money-Back Guarantee

Not the right fit? Drop out at any point during the programme and receive a full refund.

✓
27 hours of learning modules
✓
Renzo Certificate of Completion
✓
Direct support from the Renzo team
Join Waitlist · Places are limited

Domestic Carpentry.

Learn the precision and craft of interior woodworking. From skirting boards and doors to bespoke shelving units and structural framing.

Phase 1 — E-Learning Modules45 hrs

The science of wood, structural basics, and tool maintenance.

Timber speciesMeasurement mathsJoint theoryPower tool safety
Phase 2 — Simulation Sessions6 hrs

Measure twice, cut once in a completely virtual space.

Cut sequencingStructural limitsHazard spotting
Phase 3 — In-Person Workshop24 hrs

Intensive time at the bench cutting joints, hanging doors, and finishing trims.

Door hangingSkirting & architraveChiselingRouter basics
Phase 4 — Business Skills5 hrs

Pricing bespoke jobs and building a portfolio of work.

Material markupPortfolio buildingClient quoting
Join Waitlist
Applications Now Closed
Secure your place today
Applications Now Closed
£6,000
Launch Pricing
£3,000
Full programme · Renzo Certificate of Excellence included
50% on enrolment · 50% on completion
🛡
First Cohort: Money-Back Guarantee

Not the right fit? Drop out at any point during the programme and receive a full refund.

✓
80 hours of learning modules
✓
Renzo Certificate of Completion
✓
Direct support from the Renzo team
Join Waitlist · Places are limited
Why the Trades

The best career move
most people haven't considered yet.

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Be your own boss
Most tradespeople work for themselves — setting their own hours, choosing their clients, building something that's theirs.
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Earn what you're worth
Experienced decorators charge £200–£400 per day. Skilled independents routinely out-earn equivalent office careers.
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Real fulfilment
You end every day with something visible — a finished room, a transformed space. That's rare in office work.
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AI-proof career
Trades cannot be automated. For professionals worried about AI replacing their role, the trades offer genuine, lasting security.
The market is calling.
1.3M
new skilled workers needed
in the next decade
Checkatrade Trade Skills Index
61%
of construction firms say shortages
are affecting their business
ONS / CITB, 2025
⅓
of all tradespeople are over 50
and approaching retirement
FMB / House of Commons Library
Painting & Decorating: new entrant numbers have dropped sharply, while the government's target of 1.5 million new homes is set to drive a surge in demand for decorators specifically. The gap between supply and opportunity has rarely been wider. Dart Tool Group Skills Report, 2025.
Who Is Renzo For

Three paths. One real solution.

Whether you're making the move yourself, helping your workforce through it, or looking for people who are ready to work — Renzo was built for you.

For Individuals
🧑‍💼

Ready to leave the office behind

You're good at your job — but it doesn't feel like yours. Maybe you're watching AI close in on your role, facing redundancy, or simply craving work that leaves you with something tangible at the end of the day. Renzo is built for professionals like you.

Feeling stuck or unfulfilled in your current role
Concerned about job security or AI displacement
Drawn to physical, skilled, independent work
Want to work for yourself — on your own terms
For Employers
🏢

Give your staff a dignified way forward

Facing redundancies, restructuring, or the impact of automation? Renzo partners with employers to fund trade retraining for displaced workers - transforming a difficult transition into a genuine second act for the people who built your business.

Planning redundancies or workforce restructuring
Automating roles and needing to support affected
Want to offer more than a standard redundancy package
CSR commitment to workforce welfare and reskilling
For Construction Firms
🏗️

Find motivated, trade-ready workers — fast

Too small for a formal apprenticeship programme, but still feeling the squeeze of a thin workforce? Renzo trains motivated mid-career professionals — people who chose this, not drifted in — and connects them with firms that need reliable, work-ready talent now.

Understaffed and struggling to keep up with demand
Can't run a full apprenticeship programme in-house
Want mature, motivated hires — not fresh-out-of-school
Need people who are serious about a trade career
Get Started

Ready to make
the move?

Tell us about yourself and we'll be in touch within 48 hours — to talk through the courses, answer questions, and confirm your place.

1
Submit your applicationTakes about two minutes
2
We'll be in touch within 48 hoursA real conversation, not an automated sequence
3
Confirm your place and beginE-learning access from day one

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