Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat Business Secretary last week launched a new campaign to support apprenticeships. The ‘Get In. Go Far’ campaign is designed to encourage more young people into Apprenticeships by showcasing the huge variety of Apprenticeships available and the quality of the training and qualifications gained through vocational training. The campaign features real apprentices sharing their experiences. At the launch of this new ‘Get In. Go Far’ campaign, Cable stated that “For too long there has been a divide between university and vocational education which has been damaging for both employers and young people. Placing university degrees and apprenticeships […]
Focus on…Team Leader & Management Apprenticeships
Team Leader & Management apprenticeships are the perfect way to leading you into a career where you will need the vital skills in order to lead a successful and efficient team, as well as ensuring that customers and staff are kept happy and any issues dealt with care. With a Team Leader & Management apprenticeship you will be given the powerful opportunity to experience first-hand day-to-day roles and tasks to ensure that you will be confident from the very first day of your employment after completing your apprenticeship. The apprenticeship for Team Leader & Management that are offered at ATG […]
Boost for Engineering Apprenticeships
The UK government has committed to investing £30 million in the engineering sector, with particular focus on increasing the supply of engineers, inspiring women to join the sector and eliminating skills shortages in small engineering businesses. As we have discussed here in the ATG News pages before, there are several different types of Engineering Apprenticeships available, and lots of different job roles that you could go for. And engineering is changing from being such a male orientated profession, with more women now joining the sector – just look at ATG Apprenticeships Engineering Apprentice Fay Chicken, who was the only girl […]
Apprenticeship Vacancies Closing
If you’ve been considering your options for the future, you might have thought about applying for an Apprenticeship. If you’ve not yet applied, though, now is the time to browse the vacancies on ATG Apprenticeships and submit your application – we have around 50 vacancies available on the website at the moment, but the closing date for applications is the end of this month! Applying for a vacancy on the site is really straightforward, especially if you follow our guide to the application process and have your CV and covering letter ready. We’ve also provided some tips and hints of […]
Ready for your exam results?
Are you ready to receive your exam results soon? Have you made a decision about what you’re going to do next? If you’re not sure about going on to further education because you’re put off by the prospect of spending more time in the classroom, or you’re worried about the costs of going to university, why not consider an Apprenticeship? Apprenticeships offer you a great route to a nationally recognised qualification. And rather than getting in to debt, you will actually be earning as you learn in a full-time job role. This also means that you will be applying the […]
Encouraging more women into ‘male’ apprenticeships
New research by a leading think tank has suggested that it could help to close the gender pay gap by encouraging more women to carry out apprenticeships in industry sectors that are traditionally very male-dominated. The company compared the full-time pay of staff in industries with high percentages of male apprentices to that of staff in industries that have high proportions of females, and found there to be a large pay gap. They suggest that encouraging young women into apprenticeships in the ‘male industries’ would help to decrease the pay gap across all types of work. Whether you are male […]
Focus on…How to Write Your Covering Letter
We’ve talked before about preparing your CV and the Apprenticeship application process, and have mentioned that as part of applying for a vacancy you will also need a covering letter. A covering letter can be almost as tough as your CV if you’re not sure what you need to include in it, so we thought we’d help you out with a brief overview on how to write your covering letter. So what’s a covering letter for anyway? Well, it acts as an introduction to your CV and is a great place to highlight your qualities to a potential employer. It […]
Focus On…Electronics Engineering Apprenticeships
Electronics Engineering Apprenticeships are ideal if you’re looking for a career that involves maths, science and technology in a practical, hands-on way. There are many industry areas that you could work in as an Electronics Engineering Apprentice as there are electronic components in such a range of devices – everything from mobile phones, computers and radios to medical instruments such as laboratory apparatus, as well as a huge selection on control systems used in manufacturing and industrial machinery, cars, satellites and more. The tasks that you will undertake on an Electronics Engineering Apprenticeship will depend a lot on the company […]
National Apprenticeship Week 2015
Next year’s National Apprenticeship Week has now been announced, and will be taking place from Monday 9th March to Friday 13th March 2015. More and more young people are now starting apprenticeships, and National Apprenticeship Week will celebrate Apprenticeships and the success of these young people, and the positive impact that they have on businesses and the economy. National Apprenticeship Week is run and co-ordinated by the Skills Funding Agency and consists of a whole range of events and activities. This year’s National Apprenticeship Week was hugely successful and resulted in a pledge from employers across a range of industry […]
Focus On… Cycle Maintenance Apprenticeships
Cycle Maintenance Apprenticeships are ideal for anyone with a passion about cycles and cycling who have an interest in how bikes work. A Cycle Maintenance Apprenticeship offers you the opportunity to work as a cycle or bike mechanic building, repairing and servicing all kinds of bikes. Your training will include health and safety, customer service, how to correctly use tools and equipment and how to troubleshoot problems. Typical work as a Cycle Maintenance Apprentice includes: Building bikes from scratch to customer specifications Completing cycle servicing Advising customers on cycles and cycling Identifying problems with bikes and the potential solutions Completing […]
