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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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Carly Dowding
Having been diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition shortly after becoming one of the first ever apprentices to join Newport City Council, Carley Dowding knows more than most just how much Apprenticeships can change a person’s life for the better. “Prior to my Apprenticeship I was working in a coffee...
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Kevin Hughes
Council employee finds opportunities through apprenticeship There are many common misconceptions when it comes to apprenticeships, from the age and experience of people who undertake them to the subjects on offer, but in short apprenticeships can be a great option for anyone no matter what your job role. ...
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Council employee finds opportunities through apprenticeship
There are many common misconceptions when it comes to apprenticeships, from the age and experience of people who undertake them to the subjects on offer, but in short apprenticeships can be a great option for anyone no matter what your job role. A perfect example of this...
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Energy & Carbon Management
Our Agored Cymru Level 3 Energy & Carbon Management Apprenticeship looks at the skills and knowledge required for the management of energy consumption and carbon emissions within an organisation.
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ACT welcomes Economy Minister to our Cardiff Skills Centre
ACT welcomed Vaughan Gething MS to its Hadfield Road Skills Centre to meet with staff and, most importantly, hear from the young people who continue to benefit from Jobs Growth Wales+ (JGW+) since it launched just over a year ago. First introduced in November 2021, the Young Person’s Guarantee provides under...
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An Apprenticeship offered both qualifications and experience!
Having been diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition shortly after becoming one of the first ever apprentices to join Newport City Council, Carley Dowding knows more than most just how much Apprenticeships can change a person’s life for the better. “Prior to my Apprenticeship I was working in a coffee...
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My qualification gave me the edge and made me stand out from others
After gaining her Level 5 ILM qualification with ACT, Nicola Turner, 58, from Newport, is now Head Orthoptist and Head of Department of Orthoptic Services at the Royal Gwent Hospital. “If I hadn’t undertaken the management qualification ahead of me applying for the management role, I wouldn’t...
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ACT and WJEC launch wellbeing qualification for young people
ACT, Wales’ leading training provider has collaborated with WJEC, Wales’ largest awarding organisation to create a Self-Development and Wellbeing qualification targeted at young people. This sector leading qualification is the first of its kind for ACT and WJEC and directly addresses the issues and barriers to learning...