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Celebrating 100 years of apprenticeships
HMS St Albans has celebrated the contribution that apprentices have made to the nation and to employers over the last century.
The Type 23 Frigate, currently docked alongside HMS Belfast on the Thames, hosted an event to recognise the variety of apprenticeships that exist in the UK and the employers that have been providing them since World War 1.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the single largest provider of apprenticeships in the UK with more than 18,000 available every year.
The armed forces and the civil service offer a viable alternative to higher and further education – providing quality apprenticeships allowing students to work and get paid to learn.
One of the apprentices aboard HMS St Albans is engineering technician Dominic Proctor.
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