Get a City and Guilds qualification whilst working
Do you run a large engineering company? If so you'll probably have a computer department that specializes in CAD or 3D design in order to produce the best product on the market, allowing you ultimately to keep one step ahead of the competition. If you need assistance there is company based in Yorkshire who may be able to help, be it in the form of training or producing documentation. Look them up on the internet - they could be the answer to all your problems. If you are looking for extra staff to work in the computing section of your company, you could choose to employ someone who has just left school and send them to a college part time in order to obtain a City and Guilds qualification.
You won't be losing them for three or four years - as you would were you to send them on a degree course - instead they would work for you full time but attend a local college one day a week in order to obtain the necessary knowledge. It might even work out that the course is held in the evening, in which case you won't be losing them at all - it'll be up to them to make sure they put in the hours required, as that day in question will undoubtedly be a very long one. At the end of the day, you'll have someone who you will work for you at least four days out of five, but who will eventually end up qualified.