{"id":96322,"date":"2018-10-05T09:28:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T09:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=dfe27fca94a5daceefdb81fb41bdfef6"},"modified":"2018-10-05T09:28:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T09:28:01","slug":"news-story-cumbria-to-be-boosted-by-50-new-apprenticeships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=96322","title":{"rendered":"News story: Cumbria to be boosted by 50 new apprenticeships"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new \u2018North West Nuclear Community Apprenticeship Programme\u2019 will boost employment opportunities for local people, and help drive economic growth in the region.<\/p>\n

The courses offered will range from customer services, property maintenance and scaffolding to potentially more diverse professions like logistics and horticulture.<\/p>\n

Les Studholme, Head of Training for Sellafield Ltd said:<\/p>\n

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We are delighted to be using a community apprentice programme to not only boost nuclear capability, but also create a pipeline of skills that will help Cumbria achieve its unlimited potential.<\/p>\n

The mission at Sellafield is changing, and while we need new skills to drive forward our environmental clean-up, we are also helping to build a diverse and resilient supply chain and community.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Developed by Sellafield Ltd, the programme will be delivered and managed independently by the Cumbria Apprentice Training Agency (CATA), who will work with the employers, employment agencies and a range of local training providers.<\/p>\n

It is supported by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), Nuclear Skills Strategy Group (NSSG), Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and the Britain\u2019s Energy Coast Business Cluster (BECBC).<\/p>\n

Sellafield Ltd is the first in the UK to run the scheme, which will then be rolled out all over the country.<\/p>\n

Les added;<\/p>\n

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This apprenticeship programme has been designed to address the specific skills shortages faced by Cumbria.<\/p>\n

It will also provide more accessible paths to professional qualifications and job opportunities, for anyone over the age of 16, including additional support for those with barriers to education and employment.<\/p>\n

These schemes offer people the transferable skills that will be valuable to a thriving economy.<\/p>\n

This could be within the supply chain supporting the Sellafield mission, or working in business, tourism, healthcare or education, the opportunities are vast.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

With no upper age limit, it will provide local people with accessible paths to professional qualifications and employment, and enhance the skills of the broader Cumbrian workforce.<\/p>\n

A range of small companies will be identified as host employers in the coming months, and will be matched to apprentices once they are recruited next year.<\/p>\n

Jacq Longrigg, Head of Skills & Talent for the NDA said:<\/p>\n

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This scheme is a strategic investment from the NDA & Sellafield Ltd.<\/p>\n

Supporting access to careers in nuclear and enabling those smallest organisations within our supply chain and local communities to employ an apprentice is a priority for us, as the first phase of a wider north west project.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Craig Ivison, Head of Employment and Skills for the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership said:<\/p>\n

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Cumbria LEP fully supports this exciting and innovative initiative to increase apprenticeship opportunities in the county.<\/p>\n

It will also help smaller employers to fully engage in apprenticeships to create the future workforce for their organisation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Fiona Rayment chair of the Nuclear Skills Strategy Group said;<\/p>\n

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This scheme represents one of the first projects to begin to achieve the targets set in the recent Nuclear Sector Deal.<\/p>\n

We have to increase the number of apprenticeships to over 2000 within the next two years and this project will help support this challenge while generating a positive social impact.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sellafield Ltd will fund 50 new apprenticeships a year for small companies in Cumbria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}