Young Apprentices Building a Great Future
Trainee bricklayers, carpenters and joiners are helping to build a great future for Wolverhampton’s youngsters, thanks to a new skills initiative.
Support services and construction company Carillion is working with City of Wolverhampton College to offer school leavers the chance to help build 26 new schools in the city.
The exciting job opportunities come after a Carillion-led Local Education Partnership (LEP) won the contract for the £370 million Wolverhampton Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.
The major investment will see 26 schools either rebuilt or refurbished through a phased process of activity up until September 2014.
As part of the project the college will train around 30 school leavers in the basic skills needed in the construction industry, before they start on site as apprenticeships.
Further students enrolled on a range of trade based courses will have the chance to gain a year’s work experience on the BSF project.
Director of the Faculty of Technology at the college Mike Hughes said: “This is a unique programme for school leavers, helping them gain real work experience alongside a qualification.
“The new initiative opens up a world of possibility for young people, giving them a crucial first step into the industry while also building up local skills for the future.”
Young people who are thinking of a career in construction found out more about the industry and how they could take part in the new training programme at an open day at the college’s Construction Innovation Centre in June.
Building Schools for the Future is a central government scheme to rebuild or refurbish every secondary school in England over the next 15 years.
