Ambassadors - South West
The National Training Awards 2010 campaign has finally opened! Please encourage any businesses and individuals you know to give it a go and direct them to the website www.nationaltrainingawards.com/enter.cfm where they can enter online. All entries must be received by 23rd April - so in about 12 weeks. Information sessions for entrants start in the SW on the 25th February in Taunton, more info below.
On the 26th January there was a 2 page spread all about the awards in The Times, this article officially launched this year's awards and celebrates last year's winners. It was also handed out at the NTA Parliamentary Engagement Reception on the same day held at the House of Commons to launch NTA 2010, and attended by MPs, NTA winners and representatives from industry.
The article reports that independent research shows positive results on the benefits of entering.
Click on this link for free information sessions for entrants in the SW are all from 12.30pm to 2pm with lunch.
NTA Winner of the Year, Large Employer; Pendennis Shipyard
Developing World-class Superyacht Builders
Falmouth superyacht builder Pendennis Shipyard's apprenticeship scheme has helped build a workforce to steer it into the future.
The scheme was launched in 1998 to help the business develop the skills it would need in the years to come - and managing director Henk Wiekens says it has been a great success.
He says: "The impact over the last 10 years that the apprentices have had on Pendennis has been outstanding. The scheme has achieved and often exceeded all of its original aims - from bringing down the average age of our workforce by a number of years to providing us with leaders of the future."
In 1998, Pendennis faced the twin challenges of a shortage of skilled recruits and an ageing workforce. In consultation, the workforce asked for a more traditional apprenticeship scheme, and together with training provider Cornwall College the shipyard set about designing one.
