why an advanced apprenticeship with waterside training
why an advanced apprenticeship with waterside training
why an advanced apprenticeship with waterside training
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WHY AN ADVANCED APPRENTICESHIP WITH WATERSIDE<br />
TRAINING<br />
At Waterside we have one of the best Training Programmes in the business – providing high<br />
quality <strong>training</strong> for M<strong>an</strong>ufacturing <strong>an</strong>d Processing Industries. It is for this reason that<br />
Pilkington <strong>an</strong>d other local leading multi-national m<strong>an</strong>ufacturing comp<strong>an</strong>ies use Waterside<br />
Training Limited to recruit <strong>an</strong>d train their Adv<strong>an</strong>ced Apprentices.<br />
We look for young people <strong>with</strong> initiative, the right attitude towards work, flexibility, motivation<br />
<strong>an</strong>d technical aptitude. You may not have heard of Waterside before, but we are well known<br />
by all of the secondary schools <strong>with</strong>in a twenty mile radius of St Helens. Hundreds of young<br />
people who are interested in a career in industry apply every year. For every place there are<br />
approximately twelve c<strong>an</strong>didates so competition to become a Waterside apprentice is fierce.<br />
Our Sponsoring Comp<strong>an</strong>ies<br />
• Autoscrew<br />
• Bodycoat Heat Treatment Limited<br />
• ContiTech UK Limited<br />
• Essex International<br />
• Hutchinson Engineering Limited<br />
• Goodrich Actuation Systems<br />
• Knauf Insulation<br />
• Linde Sterling<br />
• NGF Europe Limited<br />
• Pilkington Europe<strong>an</strong> Technical Centre<br />
• Pilkington Group Limited - M<strong>an</strong>ufacturing Operations, Cowley Hill, Greengate & Watson Street Works<br />
• Pilkington Group Limited - Refractory Services<br />
• Rockwood Additives<br />
• Spooner Vicars<br />
• Vivalis<br />
• Unifrax Limited<br />
• United Utilities<br />
To make the right products you need the right raw materials <strong>an</strong>d the right people. For the<br />
right c<strong>an</strong>didates, <strong>an</strong> apprentice programme is the best <strong>an</strong>d most reliable way to ensure that a<br />
comp<strong>an</strong>y has the skills it needs to support <strong>an</strong>d protect its m<strong>an</strong>ufacturing output. As <strong>an</strong><br />
apprentice, you will develop as <strong>an</strong> individual, gain a salary <strong>an</strong>d achieve further <strong>an</strong>d higher<br />
education qualifications along <strong>with</strong> vocational experience, it is second to none.<br />
Our completion rate is over twice the national average around 87 %.<br />
First we identify <strong>an</strong>d agree <strong>with</strong> a sponsoring comp<strong>an</strong>y the precise needs they require for their<br />
future workforce. Apprentice programmes c<strong>an</strong> vary in length, but are typically three or four<br />
years long. As well as providing the m<strong>an</strong>datory <strong>training</strong>, education <strong>an</strong>d assessments, we add<br />
all of the soft skills <strong>training</strong> including personal development, outdoor development courses,<br />
leadership skills <strong>an</strong>d presentation skills to name a few giving you a well rounded <strong>an</strong>d highly<br />
trained programme.<br />
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