Congratulations to Jamie Slack of Mansfield Pollard for recently completing his Advanced Apprenticeship in Electrotechnical Engineering.

September cohort now fully booked.  So due to high demand, we have released another cohort of dates for the Team Leading/Supervising Advanced Apprenticeship in October, incorporating the ILM Level 3 Diploma for Managers and End Point Assessment. The interactive workshops will be delivered in our training suite at Bradford. A number of different assessment methods will
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Congratulations to Ben Heseltine for completing his Advanced Apprenticeship in Engineering Manufacture, Technical Support Pathway. Ben, was presented with his certificate by his in-company mentor Haj Sahota (left) at Rycroft, part of the Ormandy Group.

Every year, we allow the full-time year 1 engineering apprentices to choose an activity to celebrate the hard work and commitment of completing their PEO Level 2 and BTEC Level 3 qualification in 10 months. This year, the students all agreed to paintballing.  Unfortunately they just had the wettest day of the year. If the
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On Tuesday 27th June, Appris’ Dean Coleman-Walker and Howard Bentham were involved in supporting Pudsey Grangefield School’s careers staff and year 10 student body. Interviews were conducted all day with the students to provide them with current employability skills as well as giving them an opportunity to experience real life interview resulting in gaining essential
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Institute of Leadership and Management Certificate in Team Leading The interactive workshops are delivered in our training suite at Bradford.  For those who wish to achieve an ILM qualification and gain essential knowledge and skills to lead and manage a team. To achieve the qualification there will be a number of assessment methods including: Knowledge
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Congratulations to Leland Heslop for completing his Intermediate Apprenticeship, receiving his certificates from his Engineering Manager, Paul Thomas. Leland is progressing onto the Advanced Apprenticeship, stating that “he enjoyed his experience at Appris and is looking forward to the new challenge.’ Paul and all the management team at Pennine Pneumatics Services are committed to giving their employees
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The 3rd Annual Appris Engineering Training Centre Awards took place on Monday 19th June 2017.  Shortlisting winners was as challenging as ever for the Tutors considering the high quality of students, but we are delighted to announce the following winners... Joint Mechanical Learner of the Year Luke Brown, Sulzer Pump Through persistence, hard work and
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Congratulation to Matthew Dearden at YSS, completing his Advanced Apprenticeship in Engineering Manufacture with NVQ L3 Engineering Technical Support. Above, His mentor (Rob George) handing over his certificates to Matthew. Matthew will be progressing to the HNC in September 2017.

On Thursday 15th June, Dean Coleman-Walker (Appris Business Development), Tyra Jones (Sulzer UK Ltd Engineering Apprentice) and Thomas Crossland (Logoplaste Engineering Apprentice) attended an apprenticeship awareness event at Tong High School, Bradford. The event, hosted by Ahead Partnership, was for the whole of the school’s year 9 student body and involved Q&A in a ‘press
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David Buckley, Works Engineering Manager (right) presenting Lewis McKenzie with his EAL level 2 technical certificate in Industrial and environmental Awareness. This forms part of his Intermediate Apprenticeship, which he is currently working towards.

Congratulations to adult learners at Dobson Gaskets, based in Keighley, who have all completed relevant NVQ’s in their specific area of the business. (L- R) Dave Capstick (Level 3 Team Leader), Nigel Firth, Appris Advisor, Daniel O’Neil (Level 2 Mechanical Manufacture Fabrication/welding), Mark Bingham (Level 2 Technical Services Inspection). (L- R) Liam Whitaker (Level 2
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It is always fantastic to receive feedback about our apprentices once they complete their framework.  Thomas completed his Advanced Apprenticeship at Tech Centre, Normanton and took time to drop us a line with the following words of thanks... From all at Appris, we wish you the best in your engineering career. Dear Appris, I successfully
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Changes to GCSE Qualification Grades Significant changes are being introduced to the education system that will have a bearing on how young people are graded for their GCSEs this year. These changes will create a confusing landscape for employers who, when seeking to select young people for apprenticeship opportunities, will be presented with a two
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