More than 700 employers to design top quality apprenticeships

23 Oct 2014 03:13 PM

Top quality new apprenticeships are being designed by employers as part of the government’s successful apprenticeship trailblazers scheme.

• more than 700 employers are to design 76 new apprenticeships in professions ranging from TV production to welding
• employers including PwC, BAE Systems and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue are designing the new apprenticeships as part of the government’s trailblazer initiative
• more than 1,000 employers now involved in the trailblazers scheme

Job opportunities in policing, boatbuilding, TV production and surveying are among 76 top quality new apprenticeships being designed by more than 700 employers as part of the third phase of the government’s successful apprenticeship trailblazers scheme.

The employers from across 37 more trailblazing sectors are designing new apprenticeships to best meet the skills needs of their industries. They will develop apprenticeships in sectors ranging from nuclear to fashion and the armed forces, and will bring the total number of employers involved in designing apprenticeships as part of the trailblazers project to more than 1,000.

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