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Assessor lands dream role after completing four qualifications
For one of ACT’s newest tutors learning has gone full circle. Childcare assessor, Christie Davies, began her learning journey when she enrolled with Jobs Growth Wales aged eighteen, she is now celebrating her appointment as a tutor within the same department. Christie left school to...
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How businesses can beat the UK’s hiring lull
Managing Director at ACT, Richard Spear, explains how businesses can beat the UK’s hiring lull by investing in their existing staff Upskilling is a hot topic for any business leader at the moment. Anyone in a hiring position will know the current struggle of finding the right talent in an...
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Course offers solid start for learner with a passion for hair
If you’re looking for a career that offers the chance to flex your creative flair as well as have a lasting positive impact on your clients’ confidence and wellbeing, then you may want to look at hairdressing. Hairdressing offers many transferable skills and is consistently ranked as...
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Life as a refugee one year on:
How one Ukrainian refugee has spent the 12 months since war broke out in her home country helping others like her to make the most of their new life in the UK. A Ukrainian refugee living in Wales has marked the first anniversary of war breaking out in her home...
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“They’ll learn new things and get the chance to work with animals!”
Dog lover Gareth Jones is helping others learn canine care, by working with ACT – the organisation that put him on the path to opening a celebrated pet salon. The 29-year-old Caerphilly native learned his skills at the leading training provider, which has a centre on the town’s Market Street,...
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Life on the front-line as an NHS apprentice
An apprentice theatre assistant from Brynmawr says his apprenticeship has made a real difference as he has worked on the front line during the coronavirus pandemic. Dylan Williams, 24, had always wanted to work in the health care sector and although he was interested in nursing, he wasn’t sure...
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‘I’m a 24-year-old team manager thanks to my apprenticeship’
A 24-year-old health and social support worker is encouraging pupils at her former secondary school to consider apprenticeships as a route to their chosen career. Megan Hession, from Cardiff, attended Whitchurch High School in the city before going to university in Coventry to study business and event management. When she...
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Hire Darren
Apprenticeship Award Cymru 2016 finalist Darren Watts is now sadly out of work since his employers Appletree Nurseries closed last week. Not only is Darren only 18 years old and unemployed, he also can’t complete his Apprenticeship that he worked so hard to get on to. It’s now become our mission...
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Second time lucky as inspirational Chris wins national award
It was second time lucky at this year’s Apprenticeship Awards Cymru for inspirational Chris Hughes, as he was named Work-based Learning Tutor of the Year. Chris, 55, from Maesycwmmer, Caerphilly, who works for ACT Training, collected the accolade at the annual awards ceremony held at Venue Cymru, Llandudno on...