Tag: Apprentices
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Screwfix apprentices reach major milestone
Screwfix is celebrating the graduation of 347 colleagues who have recently completed their apprenticeships in areas across the business. With more than 200 apprentices coming together in person, this year’s graduation has been Screwfix’s biggest celebration yet. Since the launch of the apprenticeship programme in 2018, Screwfix has supported more than 1,400 colleagues in their career…
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UK’s top apprenticeship employers celebrated
Employers across the country have been recognised by the government for their commitment to apprenticeships. The Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers and Top 50 SME Apprenticeship Employers rankings for 2025 showcase apprenticeship programmes across various sectors, including construction and engineering. These leading apprenticeship employers, including Balfour Beatty and Kier, have been recognised for the quality of their apprenticeship programmes, the…
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SkillBuild 2025 national finalists revealed
The top construction trainees and apprentices from across the UK have been announced following this year’s SkillBuild regional qualifiers. The regional qualifier finalists will progress to the SkillBuild 2025 national final on 19-20 November, delivered by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). This year, more than 1,000 students battled it out across 10 construction trade categories…
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Apprenticeship funding cuts are a ‘major blow’ for construction employers
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Mandy Crawford-Lee, chief executive for UVAC, said: “The government’s policy to remove vital levy funding – that is supporting nine in 10 Level 7 apprentices – is a major blow to construction employers and will leave them facing both huge training bill costs and a skills shortage headache. View the original article and our Inspiration…
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CIOB Apprentice of the Month: ‘Say yes to every opportunity’
Martha Penney is a quantity surveyor, Level 6 construction, at Barratt Redrow Martha Penney working on site in Macclesfield (Image: Mark Waugh) What was your favourite project to work on over the course of your apprenticeship? A site at Macclesfield. It’s the biggest site that I’ve worked on since I’ve been there and it’s the…
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Safeguarding must-haves for employing apprentices
Gemma, one of the instructors at the ITP, who teaches Billy and other 16 to 17-year-old apprentices once a week, and is unsupervised while doing so, is in regulated activity with children and can undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of the child workforce, including a review of the children’s barred list. View the…
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Construction risks losing aspiring apprentices, Seddon warns
Contractor Seddon has revealed that 2,694 people applied for just 20 apprenticeship roles in its latest hiring round, highlighting the lack of placements for people keen to start careers in construction. The figures from Seddon mirror national concerns cited in the CITB Construction Apprenticeships report. According to the report, the UK needs 50,000 additional construction…
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CIOB Apprentice of the Month: ‘construction’s carbon footprint is a big issue’
Abbie Griffiths is an apprentice engineer and Level 4 construction site supervisor, at Tilbury Douglas. Abbie Griffiths, Tilbury Douglas What is one piece of advice you would give to someone enrolling onto a construction apprenticeship? To try and do a placement and not necessarily pick an industry category. If, say, you have chosen QS, also…
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Top apprentices compete for Screwfix prize
Screwfix has announced the 10 finalists in this year’s Trade Apprentice competition. The apprentices from across the UK and Ireland will compete in a two-day final, held in London on 7 and 8 May. The winner will receive a prize bundle of tools, training and technology worth £10,000, as well as £2,000 worth of Screwfix…
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HS2 apprentices awarded four-year job contract
Two standout HS2 apprentices have received a four-year extension to their employment contracts with Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra (BBVS). Tyler Pearce-Scott and Charlotte Thomas, both from Ealing in London, successfully completed their two-year apprenticeships working on the Old Oak Common Station scheme. Thomas joined BBVS to study a Level 4 civil engineering apprenticeship and, since…