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Developing young talent through apprenticeships…no added sugar required!

Apprenticeships are a great way to get young people into the workplace, helping them develop meaningful skills and gain valuable hands on experience. That’s why at Armour Comms we implemented an apprenticeship scheme almost 3 years ago that has yielded a fully-fledged Support Engineer. We continue to invest in new apprentices and currently have two bright and enthusiastic people, one of which has recently completed her course and works within marketing, and the other working on the support desk, should complete her course in three months.

We’ve been working with Tech City Stars who, over 13 months, deliver courses via a mix of in-work training and teacher-led classes that are designed to teach apprentices how to deliver value across a range of platforms and technologies relevant to business. The Learning & Development Specialists worked with us to identify our requirements before tailoring the programme to meet our specific needs.

Apprenticeships continue to work very well for us and while for some job functions a degree will always be required, for many roles, apprenticeships are ideal. They provide on the job training with off-site/college based learning and a formal qualification, giving apprentices a solid platform to launch their career.

As James O’Donnell, Director of Employer Partnerships at Tech City Stars, explains;

 “When we recruit apprentices we are looking for energy, enthusiasm, a willingness to learn, ability to take feedback and a propensity to take action. If a young person can demonstrate this to us we know, that with our awesome employers we can help mould and shape some of the stars of the future.”

The final word goes to Kyle, who went through the apprenticeship program and is now a full time Support Engineer at Armour Comms; “The benefit of being an apprentice is learning on the job from extremely knowledgeable people who are experts in their field. I was overjoyed to be offered a full time role at the end of my apprenticeship. I love my job, no two days are ever the same and there is so much flexibility to learn new technologies and expand my skills.“