National Apprenticeship Week

Angie discussing training opportunities with staff from the College

As part of National Apprenticeship Week Angie visited the Acton campus of the Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College, where she spent a morning with staff and students looking at the various training opportunites provided at the College. She spent time looking at a number of different skills including carpentry, plumbing, electrics and plastering. She was also asked to present awards to two young students who are learning about event management and had successfully laid on a full day of interviews for the College.

The one message that Angie came away with is that the College is in need of more companies to provide them with onsite training opportunities for the students, and she has undertaken to see if she can help on this. Afterwards she said, "I was very impressed with all the busy activity going on when I visited. What really struck me was the enthusiasm of the students and their confidence that their skills will provide them with good job opportunities. There is no doubt that the College provides some excellent training and what we need to do now is find more companies who can offer more chances for training on site."

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