IT Apprenticeship post opening

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Yeah, totally agree with Luddym. Nice to see an opportunity like this out there. Well done that school!

 

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May I recommend posting this on your local connexions job website ? I am sure there are various students at College etc that would thoroughly benefit from this, and whom can probably afford to take it on.

 

Have there been any takers yet for the role? (Just being nosey. )

 

it's better than the dole . .. o wait, actually it isn't because you have to start paying rent and the rest then haha.

 

That's exactly it. It's a lot cheaper than going to Uni and the lucky recipient will get a load of quals and even better a load of real world experience (with good guys) that they might not get in HE.

I would have thought 3 years was a stretch though - a year to 18 months would seem reasonable.

BTW what's wrong with Wellingborough? No - on reflection forget I asked that...

 

if only a position like this would come up here in the north east

 

Having run a job as part of a placement course for the last four years for a local Uni I can say that what is offered by ken is far better. A placement year on a sandwich course is very intense and a steep learning curve and not always suitable for a long term career in IT support or IT management. What is being offered by Ken's school is pretty spot on for what is needed for a long term career.

@Ken : have you offered it out to other local schools to see if they have any part-timers that might be interested? Happy to send it out to the list if you want.

 

That made me chuckle

 

That does actually depend on the apprentice to an extent, From when I did my apprenticeship and looked into it for that I found that if its a government approved apprenticeship then the minimum wage applies over 19 after a years service, so if you were 17 from your 19th birthday. If its not government approved then minimum wage applies.
I couldn't guarantee this to be the case as a couple of years have passed since then but I just thought I would point it out in case.

EDIT:
Forgot to comment on the position lol. It sounds like a very good position and is something that I would have snapped up in an instant when I left school, A great start for somebody young and commitment free, I have actually seen a few apprenticeships advertised a bit more local to me but havent applied as the drop in pay is too much.

 

Many people have already commented that this is a great opportunity for a school leaver and I have to agree. I did an apprenticeship and cannot recommend them enough. I am a new member on this forum and am already amazed at the amount of young people desperate to get on the ladder.

I did an apprenticeship (to Level 3) when I was 18 and managed to complete it in 2 years. I Also recieved MCSA training at New Horizons in Birmingham. I was on approx £200 a week.

 

I know. I would of snapped this up in an instant, even at my age! As a single person with no comitments in life it would have been perfect and im pretty sure that help can be got with housing benefit and/or working tax credits due to it being such a low income. could be wrong tho