Apprenticeships

Apprentices are in regular contact with their employer, and most of the assessment will come through day-to-day conversation

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Inside Apprenticeships

New recruits: Claire Hall, event coordinator for Team RAC in Middlesex, England

Thursday, 30 October 2008

Ana Arendar speaks to young people who have completed their training and recently started work in the automotive industry

New recruits: Jonathan Picking, car painter at the Agnew Repair Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland

Thursday, 30 October 2008

Ana Arendar speaks to young people who have completed their training and recently started work in the automotive industry

New recruits: a junior technician at Harley Davidson

Thursday, 30 October 2008

Ana Arendar speaks to young people who have completed their training and recently started work in the automotive industry

New recruits: Josh Custy, mechanic at the Trefnant Garage in North Wales

Thursday, 30 October 2008

Ana Arendar speaks to young people who have completed their training and recently started work in the automotive industry

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Monday, 29 September 2008

A successful work placement could be your ticket to a great career, says Dan Poole

'The Apprentice': the runner-up's story

Wednesday, 10 September 2008

Claire Young was a finalist in the BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’, Dan Poole finds out what got her there.

Apprentice: Floristry

Friday, 16 May 2008

Joanne Haynes trained as a florist at Plumpton College in East Sussex. Only a few years after qualifying, she bought the floristry business where she had done her apprenticeship.

Apprentice: Furniture manufacture

Friday, 16 May 2008

Craig Peacey, 18, is studying a level three NVQ in wood machining at Webs Training College in Nottingham. He is one of four apprentices in a firm of door manufacturers.

Apprentice: Emergency fire service operations

Friday, 16 May 2008

Dean Stocking is 19. When he left school, he trained in light vehicle mechanics, but he is now studying for a three-year NVQ in HGV engineering as an apprentice with Essex County Fire Service. The service is one of five in the country to have signed up to a “blue-light scheme” to address skills shortages.

Apprentice: Hairdressing

Friday, 16 May 2008

Janieann Wightwick, 17, is studying for an NVQ level two in hairdressing at Mid-Kent College. Before she left school she worked in a local hair salon for some extra cash, and is now training full-time at the same salon.

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