apprenticeships

[Dean O]

any one know anything about the arb apprenticeships? anyone ever taken on someone on the scheme?

[David Humphries]

The City of London have just instigated an Apprentice scheme.

 

Epping Forest are creating three vacancies a year for the next five years.

The three for this year have already been filled.

 

Branching Out Project (HLF) Bid

 

 

 

I have just had a guy start with us also, he is on a years contract going to college one day a week.

 

 

http://www.capel.ac.uk/apprenticeships/pdf/Trees%20and%20Timber.pdf

 

 

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Edited September 24, 2009 by Monkey-D

[JaySmith]

any one know anything about the arb apprenticeships? anyone ever taken on someone on the scheme?

 

Hi Dean, I have just been accepted onto on of the one's that the City of London are offering - but at Epping Forest not at David's site. As David mentions in his post they have received funding from the National Lottery and as a result are taking on three apprentices at Epping for next five years as part of the 'branching out project'

 

It involves spending four days at work and one day at Capel as far as I am aware and you work towards the NVQ Level 2. You also get CS30, CS31, PA6 if I remember rightly but more importantly the experience of working in a great location that you wouldn't normally get.

[Dean O]

:thumbup:thanks for the links monkeyd.

 

We'll be taking someone on soon, i'd love to support somebody on an apprenticeship.

are the courses mainly practical (ie cs quals) or do they delve into the theory side of things with regard to tree health - fungi etc. or are these aspects that are covered at different levels of the apprenticeship:confused1:

[Stephen Blair]

does an apprenticeship come under the minimuim wage? or is it exempt, and come under a different employment law?

[andy goddard]

i know neath & portalbot council do an apprenticeship,my daughter went for it a few years ago but was unsucsessfull it may be worth your while phoning nick thomas up and having a chat with him if you want his number pm me..

[Dean O]

thanks Andy, will give him a call.

were the schemes run from a local college - pencoed or gelli aur?

[andy goddard]

i think it was neath portalbot council ,has he got any experience climbing ??

[Dean O]

there isa guy i have in mind at the moment, who has some 'experience'.

would like to get someone in with a bit of tree science behind them.

[jamesw]

I find that that is the hardest part about training in S.Wales there is no academic arb to pursue :thumbdown:apart from online and sometimes especially people like me, do really well when taught by someone.