Apprentice Funding of up to £8500 available for marine businesses
Courtesy of The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, a City Livery Charity dating back before 1299, there is up to £8500 of funding available for first year marine apprentice wages.
Berthon Boat Co Ltd, based in Lymington, Hampshire, administers the scheme on behalf of the charity and is looking for SMEs in the South East that are prepared to train apprentices as a first step to either replace an aging workforce and/or to complement skills in their search for growth.
Applicants are asked to apply directly to tricia.kelly@berthon.co.uk and are encouraged to do so even if they are only seeking information for future years since funding is on-going.
All applicants will receive the benefit of free advice about apprentice training, local colleges, appropriate wage rates, contracts, mentoring and pre-apprentice courses on COSHH and HSE, tool use and names etc.
Berthon currently have 25 apprentices and have committed to take on a further 11 this year, all funded internally, and have been awarded a number of national training awards for their success in recent years. Furthermore, they have a list of the top 50 (out of 400) applicants already interviewed, willing and able to start immediately. The aim is to provide the marine industry with hassle-free training. Apply now.
Links:
http://shipwrights.dev.co.uk/education/apprentice-scheme-initiative
http://www.berthon.co.uk/about-berthon/berthon-apprenticeships.html
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