The 5% Club Gold Membership confirmed
Our commitment to training and skills development and the advancement of industry career pathways has been recognised by The 5% Club , who have awarded Aptus Gold Membership for a second year running. With 9% of our employees engaged in ‘earn and learn’ positions, we have exceeded their 5% threshold.
Aptus has been awarded Cyber Essentials certification by IASME (Information Assurance for Small and Medium Enterprises). This certification evaluates our systems against an established framework, demonstrating our commitment to implementing critical cyber security measures.
The 5% Club - which represents more than 1,100 member organisations - recently added T Levels to the criteria for sponsored students. We are exploring options to integrate T Levels within our wider training programme, having recently welcomed our first finance student.
Green skills People director Natasha Clarke attended an Insider Media roundtable at The City of Liverpool College to discuss advances in green technologies and strategies for developing long- term, adaptable talent. Natasha observed that apprenticeships needed to be more adaptable: It would be better if apprenticeships were modular. For example, for some qualifications an apprentice might need a module on gas, but if an employer doesn’t work with gas, they could replace that with points from a different module that is more relevant to the business. The transition to no-gas was raised by one Academy member, concerned about how the move from gas would impact career prospects.
Adrian Cunningham , technical manager, gave reassurance, saying:
We amalgamated the gas and water engineers to form a new Connections team that covers both services, ensuring the team is well versed in both disciplines. Likewise, we are in the process of retraining our gas designers on other utilities to cover the gap in work and to give them security, whilst also providing further cover for Aptus. In a modern ICP business, we need versatility in our teams, which leads to a lot of in-house training and upskilling. Our trainee programme is our future, and we must enhance it and nurture it so it grows to give us a production line of top quality engineers.
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