Our new centres Nottingham and Manchester are now open. Courses available to book now.

What do you want to learn?

CAD<br />
design

CAD
design

Adobe <br />
applications

Adobe
applications

Technical <br />
authoring

Technical
authoring

Welcome to Armada Training

Established 25 years ago, Armada is the market leader in providing training to designers, creatives and other professionals.

Accredited Training

Accredited Training

Our courses are accredited by:

  • Autodesk.
  • Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators.

These accreditations are your guarantee of first-class training.

Expert instructors

Expert instructors

Our instructors are specialists in their fields, equipped with many years’ industry experience.

CAD design courses are hosted by Autodesk Certified Instructors.

Creative courses are hosted by Adobe Certified Instructors.

Our guarantees to you

Our guarantees to you

Price guarantee: if you find the same scheduled course at a lower price, we’ll match that price.

Training guarantee: if you don’t feel you learned enough to put your skills into practice, you can repeat the same scheduled course free of charge.

Great client satisfaction

Great client satisfaction

Our performance is monitored by accrediting organisations, including Autodesk and Adobe.

Our overall approval rating based on delegate feedback exceeds 95%.

Great facilities

Great facilities

Our centres offer a comfortable and professional learning environment conductive to learning.

All offer dedicated, air-conditioned training suites, equipped with large-screen workstations for you to practice what you learn.

Course reviews

Course review

AutoCAD Essentials

By Ashley K - May 2024

“A very good course that was delivered well, and at the correct pace.”

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Introduction to Premiere Pro

By Philippa L - April 2024

“Marek was a great tutor, who was extremely knowledgeable, very helpful, easy going and understanding. The whole course very well organised and will highly recommend it. Good to have the 30 days help following the course too.”

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Revit Essentials

By Heidi W - January 2024

“Really enjoyed the course. Learnt a lot, excellent teaching. Everything was very well planned out and explained.”

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Introduction to Illustrator

By Christopher P - April 2024

“I thought the course was incredibly helpful, I am now confident that I would be able to complete Illustrator projects when requested by clients and would be very interested in learning more about the software and it's capabilities. Matt was...”

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Introduction to SketchUp

By Gemma B - May 2024

“Thank you very much. I look forward to practising A LOT and developing my knowledge, understanding and confidence with this exciting software!”

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Introduction to InDesign

By Rachel L - May 2024

“A fantastic course delivered by Lynne, which was paced really well for a beginner.”

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Fusion Essentials

By Robert S - April 2024

“A really good course. I will definitely be coming back for more!”

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AutoCAD Intermediate

By Jay B - April 2024

“I'm very happy with the training provided, it will really help me to develop skills in my current role. Nebille was very patient and answered any questions that I had.”

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Introduction to Photoshop

By Jack R - March 2024

“The trainer had great enthusiasm to teach and a great knowledge of Photoshop, I would definitely recommend to people looking at a beginners course guide to Photoshop.”

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Civil 3D Essentials

By Moi T - April 2024

“Brilliant in-depth teachings Very detailed training, with an enthusiastic and knowledgeable instructor.”

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Introduction to After Effects

By Simon H - April 2024

“I enjoyed learning different styles of animation techniques!”

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Technical authoring programme

By Denise E - March 2024

“It has been an incredibly rewarding experience being an attendee on the course Matthew ran. I'm looking forward to applying what I've learnt!”

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3ds Max Essentials

By Kailey M - April 2024

“Thank you so much for the last three days. Thank you for your thoroughness, knowledge and patience throughout the course. It was incredibly helpful and appreciated. I went in there feeling very intimidated by the program but was quickly made...”

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Inventor Essentials

By Ben H - April 2024

“I'm very happy with how the course was conducted. Our instructor, John, also did a fantastic job.”

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AutoCAD 3D

By Chris R - April 2024

“Another great course. A lot was covered but it never felt rushed.”

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