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Proskills launches its Apprenticeship Awards 2008 to coincide with Apprenticeship Week  Proskills is celebrating the launch of the first Apprenticeship Week (25 to 29 February 2008) with the promotion of the 2008 Apprenticeship Awards for the process and manufacturing industries. Apprenticeship Week is an initiative backed by the government that has been designed to celebrate the ongoing success of apprenticeships whilst rallying more employers to take on apprentices. Jackie Bazeley, Furniture, Furnishings and Interiors Industry Champion for Proskills (the Sector Skills Council for process and manufacturing), said: “The development of a specific week is an ideal way of marking the success of apprenticeships: an opportunity for us to highlight the benefits of apprenticeships for individuals and companies alike. “Apprenticeships are a winning formula: they use qualifications which are developed to fit the occupation, they enable knowledge and skills to be passed down through the country's workforce to future generations and they allow an employee to quickly contribute to an employer's bottom line.” In total, there are about 350 apprenticeship learners doing Furniture, Furnishings and Interiors apprenticeships at any one time. Jackie added: “Apprenticeships are giving the UK's skills base a make-over: they mean that apprentices are gaining skills highly relevant to today's technology driven businesses, the apprentices enjoy the training and are earning money at the same time. We believe that apprenticeships are the training of the future. “We introduced Proskills Apprenticeship Awards for process and manufacturing in 2007 as a means of demonstrating the value that apprentices can bring to a business. Apprenticeship Week – from 25 to 29 February is an ideal time to encourage employers and apprentices within the footprint to apply for the 2008 apprenticeship awards. The awards present a great opportunity for companies to obtain industry-wide recognition for their commitment to developing their staff and for outstanding apprentices to have their achievements acknowledged.” An entry form for the 2008 Apprenticeship Awards can be found on the Proskills website at: http://www.proskills.co.uk/proskills_news_stry97.asp |
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