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Paying for your course
If you’re starting out with a new career, budgeting is hugely important. UK Detailing Academy offers a range of payment methods for our courses.
Direct payment:
Our website enables you to book and pay for your course online using a debit or credit card. Alternatively, if you would prefer to pay by bank transfer, please contact us, and we can generate a proforma invoice that can be paid via BACs or CHAPS.
Pay in Installments
We now offer payment via PayPal Checkout, which not only enables you to check out quickly and securely but also makes PayPal Credit available. This facility offers 0% interest for 3 months* on all purchases of £99 or more, payment via instalments, as well as other options. The application process is managed directly with PayPal and involves completing a short form in order to get approval – more information is available here.
*Pending Approval
Government Funding
Think you might be eligible for Government Funding to start your career in Detailing? We are registered with the UK Government as a training provider, therefore if you are eligible for funding through the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) our training costs can be partly or fully funded via various schemes. Details on various schemes which may qualify can be found on the DWP Website
Our Latest Courses
Valeting for Businesses: Stage 2
Enhance your valeting team's skills for high-quality results. Valeting for Business Stage 2 follows on from Stage 1 by going into deeper levels of preparation and decontamination and introducing machine polisher enhancement…
Valeting for Businesses: Stage 1
Invest in your staff, invest in your business. Valeting for Businesses Stage 1 is the ideal course set for employers small and large to improve the efficiency, safety and knowledge of their…
IDA Assessment
International Detailing Association membership comes in three phases. The first phase is a basic membership - which is a signup on the IDA website and an annual fee of $110. This can then immediately be…
Flex Academy Machine Polishing Seminar
Expert machine polisher training, from expert manufacturers The Flex Academy "Flexxperts" machine skill seminar is a group event to introduce attendees to the knowledge, skills and techniques to get the most out…
Level 1 Motorbike
Launch your Detailing Career. Level One Motorbike is ideal for those just about to enter the detailing industry, or those who wish to reset, update and refresh their skills. The aim is to familiarise…
Colourlock Colour Matching refresher
UK Detailing Academy is proud to be the UK training provider for Colourlock’s Accredited Leather Technician course. As part of your repair technician training, you are taught how to match leather colours. With so much…
Level 1 & 2 Intensive
Launch your Detailing Career Combining two of our syllabus levels into a 5-day period, this course has been specially created to accommodate those travelling from further afield, and international detailer training. UK…
Enthusiast Advanced Detailing 201
Detailing day for the experienced hyper-enthusiast. Our 201 Enthusiast detailing day was created for the hyper enthusiast who wants to correct and enhance their own vehicle, rather than just care for it.…
Advanced Machine Polishing
For those seeking perfection in polishing techniques. The UKDA Advanced Machine Polishing (professional) Course is a day for those who would like to develop their technique further on all machine styles to produce the…
PVD Accredited
Lasts 1 day The Professional Valeters and Detailers trade association has, since 2013, promoted the values of its members as a professional body for the car care industry. Its moniker: “Skilled, Proven and Insured”, was…
2020-03-06
Introduction to Machine Polishing -...
Lasts 2 days. Machine Polishing Course (Introductory) Our introduction to machine polishing for professionals course is ideal for those professionals who have never needed to pick up a machine before, or have perhaps restricted themselves…
2020-03-06
Business and Marketing Strategy
Lasts 1 day The UKDA Marketing & Business Course is designed for owner-operator car care professionals wishing to optimise the commercial aspects of their business. It is perfect for existing or fledgling businesses who need…
2020-03-06
Paint Sanding & Flatting
Lasts 1 day Our one-day sanding and flatting course for automotive paintwork is for experienced, high end detailers looking to add to their portfolio with the ultimate refinement. Sanding is a skill which can be…
2020-05-13
Photography for Detailing - DSLR...
Getting that perfect shot of a freshly detailed car – ready to hang on a wall, add to a portfolio, or place in a vehicle history folder – is an art form in itself. Join…
2020-04-05
Social Media
Lasts 1 day. Group Event We’ve drafted in our social media expert to show you how to exploit the advertising and business generating functions of some of the largest and most popular social media platforms,…
2020-02-14
Detailing 101
Enthusiast detailer training. The perfect course for car care enthusiasts who have a passion for keeping their cherished vehicles in peak cosmetic condition, and who want to further their knowledge of detailing. The course will…
2020-03-07
Flex Flexperts
As part of Flex’s commitment to enhanced development for users of our professional tool range, Flex UK have come together with the UK Detailing Academy to deliver the Flexperts Approved Detailing Partner program. During this…
2020-03-21