Apprentice Name: Liz DugganEmployer Name: SW&A AccountantsApprenticeship: Association of Accounts Technicians (AAT) Liz Duggan is an excellent example of where someone has used apprenticeships as a means to retrain mid-way through their career. After leaving school, Liz held various jobs including working in a Payroll and then at Sainsburys as a Price Controller, ensuring the… Read more »
Apprentice Name: Steve Owens, Managing DirectorEmployer Name: Buzz ElectricalApprenticeship: Electrical Installation Apprenticeship Steve Owens left school aged 16 and started a 4-year electrical installation apprenticeship at Worcester Technical college, employed by Booth & Bomford Electrical Contractors Ltd, Evesham. At 21 years old Steve started his own business, S D Owens Electrical and continued this business… Read more »
Apprentice Name: Matt Bingham, Production Engineering ManagerEmployer Name: Titan Steel WheelsApprenticeship: Multi Skilled Engineering Apprenticeship Matt Bingham left school at 16 years old with 10 GCSEs A-C and instinctively feeling that Sixth Form College wasn’t for him. Despite not knowing about engineering, Matt was offered an apprenticeship at Titan Steel Wheels through a family friend…. Read more »
Apprentice Name: Emma Jeffries, Human Resources ManagerEmployer Name: Southco Manufacturing UKApprenticeship: Business Administration When I was in my last year at Nunnery Wood High School, I was struggling as to my next steps with what I wanted to do. I had the GCSEs to go to University but knew that was not for me in… Read more »
Apprentice Name: Matt Griffiths, Operations Director Employer Name: Southco Manufacturing UKType of Apprenticeship: Tool Making During my final year in school I struggled with the decision of what next? I knew that full time education was not the answer for me personally, but I wanted to do something that would still provide me with the… Read more »
Apprentice Name: Sadie Lewis, Senior Environmental Health and Saftey Quality Systems EngineerEmployer Name: Southco Manufacturing UKApprenticeship: Tool Making I left school in 1987, it was a difficult time for me as I did not know what I wanted to do, although I knew Sixth Form was not for me. I knew that I wanted to learn about… Read more »
Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership and Worcestershire County Council are joining the annual week-long celebration of apprenticeships across England. From Monday 3rd February through to Sunday 9th February 2020 as part of the National Apprenticeship Week 2020, the organisations will be taking time to recognise and applaud apprenticeship success stories from across Worcestershire as well as country-wide using… Read more »
A total of 320 people saw the winners announced at this year’s Worcestershire Apprenticeships Awards 2019 ceremony. 28 of the county’s best apprentices, apprenticeship employers, careers leads, schools and training providers were celebrated in a total of 12 categories at the Treetops Pavilion, West Midland Safari Park on Thursday 14 November 2019. The winners of… Read more »
28 of the best apprentices, employers, training providers, careers leads and schools will be recognised at next week’s Worcestershire Apprenticeships Awards 2019. The sixth edition of the annual awards will take place from 6pm on Thursday 14 November at the Tree Tops Pavilion, West Midland Safari Park, where the winners of each category will be announced. An… Read more »
The Development Manager Ltd. (TDM), a West Midlands based Apprenticeship provider held its annual graduation ceremony at The Guildhall Worcester, on Friday 25 October. The ceremony saw 20 of TDM’s graduating apprentices receiving their graduation certificates in front of their families and colleagues from the employers where they have completed their apprenticeships. Speaking at the… Read more »
