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City and Islington showcases Apprentices
2 February 2010
City and Islington College is marking Apprenticeship Week 2010
by showcasing the success of its current cohort of
apprentices.
City and Islington has a number of apprentices working with
local, regional and national companies and organisations. One such
organisation is the National Theatre, which recently took on its
first ever creative and cultural apprentice, Nick McCarron, who is
working towards becoming qualified in Live Events and
Promotions.
Prior to taking on an apprentice, the National Theatre worked
closely with City and Islington to ensure the apprenticeship role
would be beneficial to both the company and the apprentice himself.
They were also keen to work with an established college to ensure
his work-based training would dovetail with the academic work he
would undertake one day per week at the college.
Nick works within the Discover Programme and gets involved in
the preparation and delivery of live events. His role is,
therefore, varied taking aspects of project management, technical
support, logistics and many other skills.
Alice King-Far low, director of the Discover Programme comments,
“Having an apprentice in the team contributes to the development of
staff skills in supervision and management, and helps us to think
in a more structured way about training and development.”
Teresa Esan, Director of Employability and Employer Engagement
at City and Islington College adds, “Apprenticeships are a
wonderful way of benefitting both employers and employees. I am
sure that Nick’s experience at the National Theatre along with the
academic grounding he is receiving from City and Islington will
ensure he goes far in his chosen career.”
Apprenticeships are practical work-based learning courses, which
enables apprentices to earn and learn at the same
time. Apprentices work towards work-based qualifications such
as National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ), technical certificates
and other nationally recognised qualifications. Skills are learnt
on-the-job to ensure they fit the needs of business and industry,
off the job training is completed through training delivered at
college. This can be on either day release, or in blocks, depending
on the employer’s requirements.
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