Business Training Support Introduction Apprentices

Issue 7
July 2012
Focus
Business
Business
IMPROVEMENT
Introduction
Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly newsletter from the Business Improvement Team. This edition
features our ‘Apprentice of the month’, as well as an ongoing campaign to deliver the Supporting Teaching and
Learning Level 3 Apprenticeships from September 2012.
The College hosted an awareness event in May that was attended by over 50 members of staff from existing
schools across the borough, this was supported by the Rotherham Council’s Schools Effectiveness Service who
kindly circulated the information for the event.
All the schools that were involved, which ranged from Junior and Infants Schools to Senior Schools and
Academies, have been extremely supportive in working with their staff and their continuous professional
development. This is a great example of what can be achieved by following the apprenticeship pathway as a
career option.
As a college we provide a variety of support for employers that cover fully-funded apprenticeships to a range of
bespoke courses. I do hope that you find the article interesting as it highlights how the apprenticeship schemes
can support your business as well as staff development.
I would welcome any feedback and suggestions as regards to what you liked in this newsletter and what you
would like to see more of.
Kind regards,
Peter Ives,
Business Improvement Consultant
pives@rotherham.ac.uk
Focus on:
Apprentices
Well done to Katie Wood for being our latest Apprentice of the Month.
Not only has Katie, received this recognition but she has also secured herself a full-time position with
her employer on completion of her apprenticeship.
Katie is just finishing her NVQ Level 2 Apprenticeship in IT and has been acting as technical support
at Rotherham-based IT company, Pinnula.
Katie said: “I have always been interested in IT ever since turning on my
first computer and my apprenticeship has got me into the industry. I have
really enjoyed getting to know everyone here and I am really pleased they
have chosen to keep me as a full-time member of staff.”
Katie went down the apprenticeship route after deciding university
wasn’t for her and has excelled in her apprenticeship as Christine
Lant from Pinnula explained: “Katie has become such an important
member of our Support Team. She has learnt so much about our
products and our development processes and she discusses
problems and issues confidently with our customers.
“Her manner with both customers and staff is
professional she is always ready with a smile – even
when things get tough!”
Pinnula offers complete IT services, from management
consultancy to their own software products including
Uniplan, their integrated MRP package and Uplanit their
scheduler.
As part of her role at Pinnula, Katie has provided
technical help to customers actively problem solving
issues over the phone.
Katie was awarded with a certificate and Meadowhall vouchers.
Focus on:
The Job Shop and The Work Programme
As part of our services the College runs a Job Shop where we advertise vacancies to students for
part-time, temporary or permanent employment. It is completely free of charge to advertise your
vacancies and to ensure our students are job ready we will be offering employability skills training,
which means you will be employing exceptionally trained and well rounded individuals.
By advertising your vacancies with the College, you will be reaching over 12,000 educated and
eager students along with people from the local community who are aiming to get back into work. In
addition there are grants available to support recruitment through the apprenticeship route and we
would be happy to discuss this in greater detail.
Please contact Sharon Saunders for further information on the Job Shop and to start advertising
your vacancies with us – ssaunders@rotherham.ac.uk or 01909 559233
Focus on:
Training Support
Rotherham College is working with partner colleges
Calderdale and Barnsley to deliver Skills Support for
Redundancy and Workplace Learning Opportunities for
South Yorkshire and the Humber region.
Work Place Learning will promote ‘in work’
progression of employed individuals with low skills via
work-related skills training providing provision. This
will raise their level of attainment, enabling individuals
to improve their employment status and to move on to
undertake higher levels of training.
Who is eligible for support?
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Employed individuals aged 19+
Employees with low skills (prior attainment below level 2)
19-24 year olds within SMEs (prior attainment below level 3)
Focus on those most vulnerable to future
unemployment and barriers to achieving
sustainable employment (previous NEET)
Live in Yorkshire and Humber
Skills Support for Redundancy will promote high
quality education and training support for individuals,
who are under consultation or notice of redundancy, to
improve and increase their employment opportunities.
The training offered is flexible and tailored to support
individual needs.
Who is eligible for support?
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Under consultation of redundancy
Under notice of redundancy
Affected by downsizing or company closure
Newly unemployed including those not yet claiming
benefits
19+
Live in Yorkshire and Humber
Focus on:
Training
Course
Start Dates
Duration
Cost
Who for?
Benefits
NEBOSH
19 Sep
12 days
£995
Managers
Provides a dedicated health and safety
representative compliance
NEBOSH General Certificate accredited
qualification
12 Dec
20 Mar
All staff who need a broad understanding
of health and safety issues.
19 Jun
IOSH
11 Sep
20 Nov
Supervisors
4 days
£450
15 Jan
Managers
Supervisors
12 Mar
Understanding of Managers responsibilities
to Health & Safety compliance
IOSH accredited Managing Safely
qualification
14 May
9 Jul
TAQA
Sep
1 day in
college,
then
remote
learning
£720
Anyone working in - or hoping to take up
a role in - assessment and internal quality
assurance.
Provide people who carry out assessment
and internal quality assurance roles in
their organisation with the opportunity to
develop and improve their practice as well
as achieving a professional qualification for
their roles.
First Aid at Work
Qualified
8 Aug
3 days
£210
Anyone wanting to be a first aider
Support the wellbeing of staff and visitors
5 Dec
6 Feb
Valid for three years.
5 Jun
First Aid at Work
12 Sep
Online
13 Mar
(Re-qualifier)
Emergency First Aid
14 Nov
2 days
£170
Existing first aiders
28 Nov
Supports existing first aiders
Valid for a further three years
Cost & time effective
15 May
26 Sep
Fully endorsed by the HSE .
1 day
£90
Existing first aiders
Keep up-to-date on first aid
1 day
£85
All staff who handle food
Helps maintain professional hygiene
standards
30 Jan
Refresh existing knowledge.
27 Mar
29 May
31 Jul
Food Safety Level 2
24 Jul
19 Sep
Improved confidence and expertise to
deliver quality food.
21 Nov
23 Jan
20 Mar
22 May
Supervising Food
Safety Level 3
16,17 Jul
17,18 Oct
2 days
£190
Managers / Supervisors
Greater knowledge of hygiene procedures
and regulations.
Ability to support staff members to improve
their hygiene standards and knowledge.
20,21 Feb
19,20 Jun
Managing Stress within
the Workplace
24 Apr
1 day
£125
Managers / Supervisors / HR Teams
Helps managers and employees to manage
the levels of stress when individuals or
team members return to work after a period
of unemployment. ILM Certificate in first
Line management
17 Sep
4 days
£495
Practising or aspiring first line managers
Increased confidence
14 Jan
4 Mar
Better time management including
delegation
Greater understanding on how to
successfully manage staff members
For additional information on any of our courses or to arrange for one of our Business
Consultants to meet with you and carry out a training needs analysis then contact us on
business@rotherham.ac.uk or 08000 890909.
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