can anyone help me out?

[Old Mill Tree Care]

I'm with Skyhuck on this. I recently took on an apprentice. He contacted me looking for work experience to support a full time course at Plumpton College. I suggested an apprenticeship so he did the research and visited the college in less than two weeks, then I offered him the position as he'd shown such good initiative and commitment.

 

The transition from that point to him starting a 4 day working week and 1 day at Plumpton was smooth and easy.

At the end of his two years he'll have necessary certs, loads of real experience and a job, instead of loads of certs, college experience and no job!

He's been with us for two months now and it's working well (but that's all down to the candidate really isn't it).

[Hhunter]

okay well thanks for the info

i am 17 in November so if i cant find anything by then i will go to college to do the course because you have to be 17 to do the course anyway at the college closest to me and that is still 30ish miles away from where i live.

[Andy Collins]

I can think of 3 or 4 lads who got their saw tickets at 16, no hassles, and they listened and learned very quickly. IME the full-time college route does no favours for the students, they adopt a very relaxed approach to work, ingrained with 2 years of dossing about doing mountain biking and suchlike with 1 day a week actually learning the appropriate skills we need. An apprenticeship, with block courses every so many weeks, follow-up from the tutors in the workplace , a real work environment with real problems and issues to address makes them think, keeps them fired up, and makes them part of a team quickly. Good luck HHunter, hope you get sorted.

[eggsarascal]

I can think of 3 or 4 lads who got their saw tickets at 16, no hassles, and they listened and learned very quickly. IME the full-time college route does no favours for the students, they adopt a very relaxed approach to work, ingrained with 2 years of dossing about doing mountain biking and suchlike with 1 day a week actually learning the appropriate skills we need. An apprenticeship, with block courses every so many weeks, follow-up from the tutors in the workplace , a real work environment with real problems and issues to address makes them think, keeps them fired up, and makes them part of a team quickly. Good luck HHunter, hope you get sorted.

 

What he said, i'm not in your industry, but you will learn more in one day in the field than a week sat in a class room, i too hope you get sorted.