THE APPRENTICESHIP GUIDE
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NHS - Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust County-wide
APPRENTICES 2020 LOTS Currently 172
HEALTH “We offer apprenticeships in a range of roles from healthcare assistants working in our wards, to secretarial, reception, administration, portering, IT, procurement, finance, pathology and day nursery. Healthcare science is a growing area.We
currently employ five degree level apprentices with a view to recruit at lower levels too.We are always looking for Level 2 & 3 Healthcare Support workers and tend to advertise for this three times a year.” Shortlisted by Gloucestershire College l
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TheWhite Horse Federation Swindon SCHOOLS ACADEMY
GE Aviation Bishops Cleeve ENGINEERING A global advanced engineering business serving
APPRENTICES 2020 TBC Currently 85
APPRENTICES 2020 20 Currently 20
Based in Swindon, this academy’s portfolio of schools also includes Gloucester Academy and it uses Gloucestershire College for its apprenticeship training. “TheWhite Horse Federation has supported
aerospace and defence sectors. On both sites (GE Aviation and its sister business Dowty Propellors) it offers the embedded electronics degree and also the L3 Btec linked to the electronic manufacturing facilities.“Apprenticeships are
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36 people through the apprenticeship program. The majority of their apprenticeship levy is used on training for existing staff, but they are open to recruiting new apprentices. Career paths for apprentices include teaching assistants, IT, finance, leadership, business and admin. The White Horse Federation aims to support around 20 apprentices per year. “Getting the right people in the right place at the right time is an essential part of strategic business planning. Apprenticeships form part of TWHF strategic approach, as they offer us the ability to nurture and develop the skills and the workforce we need for the future, and to bring new talent into our organisation.” Steve Brimfield, director for people at theWhite Horse. Shortlisted by the University of Gloucestershire l
our future talent pipeline for the business where they receive on the job training… earning whilst learning.” Damon Ballinger, manufacturing training and apprentice manager at Dowty Propellers, said: "Apprentices are very much the lifeblood of our business.They give us the opportunity to grow production and repair operatives though a programme that immerses the apprentice in every part of our business.We consider them to be our future team leaders and beyond.The Dowty apprenticeship allows us to provide our operations team with very high quality team members, specifically skilled to our business needs." Singled out by Gloucestershire College l
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