Employers
Bridgwater & Taunton College has strategically placed itself as the region's leading provider for technical and professional training, with our recent Ofsted inspection awarding the College Outstanding in Apprenticeships. We work in collaboration with a large number of local and national employers to identify industry skills gaps and to train the next generation of professionals, combining leading edge practice with a wealth of opportunity and development.
Working together with employers, industry specialists, community organisations and awarding bodies to identify industry skills gaps, BTC develops and delivers innovative, accredited and bespoke training programmes required by business. The College has led the way in this field, creating and developing an exemplary model of employer engagement. Its reputation for excellence has ensured that the College has now recruited, selected and trained entire new workforces for major companies both regionally and nationally.
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NEW Skills Bootcamps
A Skills Bootcamp is a flexible course, lasting up to 16 weeks, for adults aged 19 and over who are either employed or self-employed and looking to upskill, or returning to work. These courses are tailored to develop sector-specific skills that align with local employer needs.
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The BTC Apprenticeship and Placement Awards is an opportunity to celebrate the remarkable achievements of Bridgwater & Taunton College's apprentices, T Level students, work experience students, supported employment students, and their employers. *Candidates are only eligible if they are a student or employer partner at BTC*
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Agriculture, Horticulture & Grounds
The Land and Agricultural sector continues to remain a high focus in the UK's environmental agenda, with scientific research and development into new technologies, sustainability and environmental conservation posing opportunities for industry growth and economic output.
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Animal Care & Management
The diverse range of employment pathways in the industry amidst the rural Somerset landscape is why our Animal Care, Equine and Vet Nursing Apprenticeship programmes are highly sought after amongst the regional population.
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Automotive
Over 820,000 people are currently employed within the UK Automotive industry, and with technological innovation at the forefront of the sector, 20.000 new jobs are forecast to be created by 2030. This rapidly expanding marketplace demands a multi-skilled workforce that is reactive to an ever-changing, prosperous future of the automotive world.
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Conferencing at BTC
Our conference facilities offer a range of conference rooms with flexible spaces and technology available to help deliver your meeting, training or conference event. This means that you can transform the meeting space to meet your requirements.
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Core Business Skills
The world of business encompasses a broad range of roles and responsibilities that support the demands of all businesses operating in a variety of different industry sectors, sizes and work streams.
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Construction and Civil engineering
The Construction Skills and Innovation Centre (CSIC), located in Cannington, Somerset was built in partnership between Bridgwater & Taunton College and EDF Energy, and is a unique and vast training facility in close proximity to Hinkley Point C.
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Countryside & Environment
BTC are pioneering the future education of Countryside and Environment Apprenticeships in both the regional and national landscape. We are incredibly proud to work with The Environment Agency, the National Trust, The Canal & River Trust and Somerset Drainage Board (with support from LANTRA) to support and deliver brand new trailblazer Apprenticeships.
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Councils & Local Authorities
BTC offer over 20 suitable courses for councils and local authorities. Many of these have flexible start dates and delivery models.
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Design & Creative Media
Our Creative Arts apprenticeship programmes proudly boast significant links with industry and built upon the rich foundations of arts education, where innovation, experimentation and ideas flourish. We work together with a diverse range of businesses to understand your model in order to develop a training programme that combines niche hands-on skills and industry knowledge within a professional context.
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Digital & Computing
With businesses now looking for new skills in the workplace to respond to this cultural shift, BTC are here to support with digital transformation.
Engineering
The engineering sector employs 19% of the UK workforce, with every new engineering role creating an additional two jobs in the economy. Estimates suggest that between now and 2022 engineering companies will need 182,000 engineers per year, but we are currently seeing an annual shortfall of 55,000. Filling this gap would generate an additional £27 billion per year for the UK economy - the equivalent of building 1,800 schools or 110 hospitals.
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Fashion & Textiles
BTC have worked with some significant names in the Fashion and Textiles sector to support with workforce training and development
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Food & Drink Manufacturing
The food & drink industry contributes £31bn to the UK economy each year, and is the biggest manufacturing sector in the country - larger than automotive & aerospace combined! By 2024 the UK will need 140,000 new food and drink recruits to meet anticipated demand from an estimated 70m population, and yet 97% of food and drink businesses are small and medium-sized companies for whom recruitment on a massive scale is not viable.
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Gravity
Bridgwater & Taunton College has been named as the education and skills lead for Gravity and will be playing a pivotal role in developing a skilled workforce at the Gravity Smart Campus, to support the UK's Clean Growth agenda.
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Health & Fitness
The wide breadth of training opportunities in the domain of sport is a reflection of popularity and industry demand for 21st century sports coaches, scientists, managers, teachers, fitness instructors and sports professionals.
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Nursing, Health & Social Care
Healthcare continues to be a key focus nationwide and is the second largest sector in the South West economy. Although outcomes are generally good and life expectancy high, too many people develop avoidable long-term multiple conditions which affect both the quality of their lives and their ability to work.
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Hospitality & Tourism
The UK hospitality industry is, at its core, an industry that caters to guests' needs in order to achieve a return on investment for its shareholders. This industry includes several kinds of facilities: hotels, restaurants or any recreational facility. Most of these buildings provide an intangible product: a welcoming environment.
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Nuclear
National College for Nuclear (NCfN) is one of five National Colleges, delivering high-level technical training to thousands of learners across England. Set across two hubs (one in Somerset and one in Cumbria), NCfN Southern Hub is a state-of-the-art, award-winning nuclear training facility.
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Protective Services
BTC have a wealth of experience in delivering apprenticeships and training to the emergency services. We understand your specific needs and can be adaptable with delivery.
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Schools and Early Years
Apprenticeships are a cost effective route to supporting new job opportunities within schools and early years settings. Over 25 relevant apprenticeship programmes and many free distance learning courses to support members of staff at all stages of their career.
Our Employers
Bridgwater & Taunton College has created and developed a world class, innovative and exemplary model of employer engagement. It is totally committed to working with national and international partners to find training solutions that will address their business needs and skills gaps and contribute towards the education, job-readiness and welfare of current and future generations. It has a wealth of expertise and an excellent reputation that is not only substantiated by nationally-recognised awards and accolades, but is also evidenced by the strong partnerships it has been able to forge with multi-national companies. Within these partnerships it has worked in unique and innovative ways to deliver the training and skills that industry needs.
A Twist of Somerset
A Twist of Somerset was founded in 2017 and is run from Lisa, the owner's, home in the village of Nether Stowey, at the foot of the Quantock Hills, Somerset.
Lisa has exhibited, demonstrated and been part of the 'Ask An Expert' panel at Grand Designs Live and her work has been recognised by many, including; the press, Dragon's Den Theo Paphitis and Jacqueline Gold.
Lisa understands that your home is an extension of your personal taste. That's why she offers expertly hand painted finishes that add character and beauty to your living space.
Lisa White, Owner of A Twist of Somerset, said: "Students will come to me and work in my home workshop, alongside the shop in Wellington. It's exiting to be able to work with somebody in the workshop because I'm self-employed and am on my own predominantly. The work experience students come with new, fresh ideas and a younger catchment area for my client base. They also really help with my social media as they are much more savvy with that side of the business than I am."
Berry & Escott
Berry & Escott prides itself on delivering excellence in design, precision machining and ‘turn key' ferrous and non-ferrous fabricated solutions. As a highly responsive and creative engineering company, we offer our customers unrivalled levels of customer service, technical expertise, and operational support.
We continually invest in and adopt leading-edge technologies across our design facilities and production processes and offer comprehensive sub-contracting support across a range of skills.
We recognise the importance of developing future engineering talent to help address the skills gap shortage in our industry. Having a close working relationship with Bridgwater & Taunton College allows us to develop enthusiastic and skilled young people to support business development.
“We're always looking to engage with school leavers and regularly attend college open days and events to discuss opportunities with them. Our apprenticeship programme is a great opportunity for young people to become skilled in engineering and we ensure the experience they receive is relevant, engaging, and enjoyable.”
- Lisa Young, Berry & Escott Engineering Services
Bristol Website Design
Bristol Website Design was founded from a lifelong passion for technology and creating websites. The founder, Paul Titmuss, first discovered coding back in 1987, since then he has taught himself 6502 assembler language and BASIC, spending hours creating simple computer applications and games - sparking a passion for the craft.
Today, Paul leads a small but very capable team of designers, developers and writers - servicing clients across the UK as well as internationally in the US, Middle East and Australia.
Paul Titmuss, founder of Bristol Website Design, said: "Having the T Level students has been invaluable to me, they have been working on their own projects as well as client projects, they have managed to see the whole progression start to finish of a project. Through taking on work placement students, they have managed to bridge the gaps in my own skills, whilst learning themselves."
British Gymnastics
In the wake of phenomenal success on the world stage, British Gymnastics is lining up the next generation of club coaches, managers and owners via a unique and innovative apprenticeship programme with Bridgwater & Taunton College that enables aspiring gymnasts, as well as those nearing the end of their career, to be redeployed as coaches and instructors. Designed by and for employers in the industry, the programme is further raising the profile of gymnastics right across the UK and creating increased opportunities for young people to participate in the sport. This is the very first time that a college has partnered with a national sporting governing body to provide apprenticeship training.
Bridgwater & Taunton College was shortlisted by TES (Times Educational Supplement) in the 2018 ‘Apprenticeship Programme of the Year' category for its ground-breaking partnership with British Gymnastics.
The TES award recognises innovative approaches to delivering apprenticeships, and their positive impact on industry workforce needs. Bridgwater & Taunton College Principal, Andy Berry, said: “We are proud of the achievements of all our apprentices, and delighted to have been shortlisted for this award. The partnership with British Gymnastics is hugely exciting, and it would be fantastic recognition for our students and for the College as a whole if we were to win.”
Bylor
BYLOR, the primary Tier 1 contractor at Hinkley Point C, was and is continuing to recruit the right operatives to join their Apprenticeship workforce. BYLOR is a joint venture between Laing O'Rourke and Bouygues TP. Laing O'Rouke is the largest UK privately owned engineering enterprise and Bouygues TP is the main civils contractor at the Flamanville nuclear power station development in France.
Bridgwater & Taunton College has been working extensively with BYLOR to not only provide the Apprenticeship training, but supports the application, recruitment and assessment process to find the right apprentices for work at Hinkley.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue is responsible for ensuring that the communities of Somerset and Devon are protected and supported by an effective and efficient fire and rescue service. They work with their communities and partners to prevent emergencies, to make people safe in their homes, their places of work and where they visit.
Laura Hutchings, Apprenticeship Learning and Development Lead for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue, said: "We have had over 60 Operational Firefighter Apprentices, many of which have gone on to become managers and leaders within our organisation whilst continuing their apprenticeship journey."
Digital Somerset
Digital Somerset is an exiting movement made up of passionate individuals and businesses who want to ensure that Somerset evolves into a hub for digital innovation and collaboration.
Digital Somerset (DS) started in 2019 as Digital Taunton. Very quickly it needed to expand to include the raft of businesses using and investing in digital and tech across the whole county. The networking events were a huge success and the impact DS made was positive and long-lasting.
Lizzie Tottle, Director of Digital Somerset, said: "This is the first time we have had a T Level student, they come in twice a week and help us with various things, such as, our website, producing posters, videos and social media posts. He is also helping us put together the strategy for the Digital Somerset Youth Committee."
EDF
The College's early engagement with EDF Energy on the Hinkley C nuclear new build has led to partnership working alongside key Government departments to articulate and support the delivery of the qualification standards for the nuclear new build roll-out nationwide.
Evo Agency
Evo Agency have been developing ecommerce solutions for over 25 years. At the heart of it is a team of passionate technical innovators. They work with organisations to dig deeper into their challenged and processes to uncover hidden complexities. They then use their technical, commercial and creative expertise to craft innovative solutions that deliver.
James Shakespeare, Founder of Evo Agency, said: "We have been working with apprentices for over 8 years now. They've been a fantastic addition to the team, throughout their journey they make huge progress. The apprenticeship programmes are such an inspiration, to young people's lives as well as us as owners of the business. We really believe young people can do incredible things so it's fantastic to be able to support them on their journey."
Hinkley Point C
Hinkley Point C (HPC) is the biggest environmental project in Britain - it's needed to help Britain achieve net zero. Not only is a new power station being built, but careers are being developed, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of areas.
Once the project is completed, 6 million homes will be powered by HPC, over 22,000 people would have worked on it, over 8,000 people will be trained in Centre's of Excellence and 9 million tones of C02 will be avoided each year.
Donna Brown, EDF Skills Development Specialist, said: "Our Supported Employment programme is a year into the making and we pour our heart and soul into it to make it a success. We have achieved outcomes that have blown us away"
Historic Helicopters
Historic Helicopters was established in 2013 with the aim to preserve, restore to airworthy status and operate a select fleet of vintage Military Helicopters.
A small and dedicated team of Aircraft Engineers are employed to preserve and maintain the Historic Helicopters fleet. Most of these Engineers are former members of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. They bring with them a wealth of knowledge and experience, a few of them have previously worked in the very aircraft which now occupy our hangar.
Dave Wells, Chief Engineer at Historic Helicopters, said: "For us having Work Experience students is quite the accolade. They help us get work done, whilst we are able to teach them intricate things about Aerospace Engineering."
Kilnbridge Construction Services
Since its formation, Kilnbridge had developed into a construction and engineering business operating as a turnkey specialist structures contractor. Today, it provides its clients engineered solutions to complex projects across a wide range of industry sectors, drawing on its full range of knowledge, experience, expertise and skills.
Darrel Jones, Lead Development Manager for Kilnbridge Construction Services, said: "Here at Kilnbridge, we look at apprentices as future leaders of the business. We make it our passion to promote our apprentices, get people into apprenticeships and hire them."
Magnox
In 2006 Magnox (who holds the contracts and licences to defuel and decommission five of the UK's nuclear reactor sites on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority), found themselves with a fleet of plants scheduled for shutdown and requiring dismantling. Although their workforces were highly skilled nuclear plant operators, they needed to re-skill in front-line decontamination and dismantling skills. Magnox approached what was then Bridgwater College, for help.
"We wanted our training programmes to link with national standards and deliver real qualifications. We recognised that we could achieve this most effectively working in collaboration with a partner in the educational sector, so we turned to the College.” - Brendan Daly (then Training Manager of Magnox).
A programme was developed in partnership with the employer and College teams spending time assessing the needs of the company and its operational procedures and culture. The programme was designed to allow Magnox employees to train in the skills of decommissioning, whilst simultaneously being able to assess and validate this training, to award the candidates the NVQ Level 2 in Nuclear Decommissioning.
"Talks produced an enthusiastic response and a framework for an exciting way forward. The College's flexible approach to what we wanted has given me confidence for the future and it was their staff's input into our needs that has resulted in true partnership working. I was particularly impressed by the College's commitment to what we are trying to achieve.” - Ken Powers (then Managing Director Reactor Sites South).
Following the success of the Nuclear Decommissioning NVQs, Magnox subsequently requested new NVQ programmes in Radiation Protection. Once again, the College's teams collaborated with staff from Magnox to produce a streamlined and effective programme to meet the company's needs, and within three years of the first contact between the company and the College, over 100 candidates had achieved their NVQs in either Nuclear Decommissioning or Radiation Protection.
Ministry of Defence
Since 2014 Bridgwater & Taunton College has been the training provider of choice for MoD engineering apprentices. Based at Abbey Wood and Devonport there are over 200 people currently enrolled as apprentices.
Apprentices gain exceptional achievement rates and many have progressed to senior roles upon completing their training.
As a result of this contract, the College recognised the need to provide higher level skills training and invested £8 million in a new Advanced Engineering Centre where apprentices learn the skills they need in exceptional facilities.
Mulberry
Reputation and quality mean everything in the world of luxury leather goods—so handbags and accessories manufacturer Mulberry has to be just as discerning as its A-list clients when it comes to employing and training the right craftspeople to make its fine range of products.
Through its work in the creative arts sector, the College is having a highly positive impact on local employment and local enterprise. A long association with luxury leather goods manufacturer, Mulberry was instrumental in the company's decision to invest in a second UK factory locally, the largest single UK investment by the fashion industry in 20 years.
In previous years, an ageing workforce, a shortage of local skilled labour and a lack of specialist training facilities led Mulberry to take action to safeguard its UK production by co-developing with the College the UK's only apprenticeship framework in leather goods manufacturing.
‘It is so important that we are continuing to develop our craft skills, which is why we wanted to start an apprenticeship scheme to introduce young people into the company and build up skills – and we are using our experienced skilled workforce to train the younger employees.
Bridgwater & Taunton College are brilliant to us and really flexible and do everything they can to help us. We're really delighted with them and would recommend them to anyone.
The enthusiasm and vision of Mulberry, and the responsiveness of the College, meant that this partnership moved from the concept stage to fruition in just a few months – delivering a unique Apprenticeship programme which incorporates an NVQ in Leather Goods Manufacture'.
– Ian Scott, Mulberry Supply Director.
Mulberry undertook to provide employment and training opportunities for disadvantaged local people, including the unemployed, single parents, the over 50s and people with low academic achievement, and worked with the College to devise and implement the entire workforce recruitment, selection and training process – the number of applicants exceeded 3500, against a required workforce of 320.
The College's pre-employment programme resulted in Mulberry jobs for 83 people from the target groups, with a further 38 securing employment elsewhere as a direct result of their training. For those individuals it was life-changing and for the company it has led to a 100% increase in UK production; the College's contribution to the project was recognised with the Times Educational Supplement Award for Employer Engagement in 2014.
The Apprenticeship team in Creative Arts have recently – by invitation – been directly involved as consultants and facilitators in the development of a new Level 2 Leather Manufacturing Apprenticeship Standard. Working in collaboration with colleagues from the UK Fashion & Textiles Council, Mulberry and the Royal Opera House, the College also became the first to deliver this Standard, enrolling a Mulberry cohort in January 2019.
Polden Bower School
Our children, young people and school community are always our priority and are at the core of everything we do.
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We believe everyone, staff, children, and young people can be the best they can be and achieve what they set out to achieve with the right support, encouragement and opportunities to thrive.
Ryan Parker-Binns, Head of School at Polden Bower, said: "We have been working with apprentices for a number of years now, they provide a real value to our staff team, really helping facilitating the learning of our young people."
Sassi Holford
"The team at BTC are genuinely interested in our business and work hard to find us the best suited applicants. Together we have developed our Apprenticeships to address the varying requirements of the business and now offer a range of roles specific to each department. The support they give the apprentices fits in with the way we work and keeps them on track to gain their qualification."
Mark Jenkins
Managing Director at Sassi Holford
Somerset County Council
Somerset County Council are pleased to be working closely with Bridgwater & Taunton College on Apprenticeships and T-Level Placements – the level of service provided by the team to both us as an employer and our apprentices/students is second to none and fully supported and inclusive.
We would not hesitate to recommend the team at Bridgwater and Taunton College to other employers within the South West and look forward to continuing our work, in partnership, with the college, going forward.
Somerset Larder
Ben Knight Apprentice @ Somerset Larder
"Once I had finished my Level 2 Apprenticeship, I worked in my role as a Chef for a year and then got asked if I would like to do the Level 3 Senior Production Chef Apprenticeship.
The knowledge from my Level 2 Commis chef apprenticeship really helped as a starting point for my progression to the L3 Senior Production Chef Apprenticeship, I got invited to attend college once a week to learn more advanced dishes, as with the Level 2 apprenticeship the assessor would come to work to see how the skills are being applied, this course had a slightly different direction it was more of a supervisory role helped me to run the bakery at work and how to deal with any problems that arise with confidence.
From the help of the college and work I have been able to build a career, I didn't necessarily expect to have this career when I started with Somerset Larder. But with the help of the college, assessors and also work building my knowledge of not just cooking but how to work with systems and to lead teams I managed to get a Distinction for my Level 3 Senior Production Chef Apprenticeship!"
Sue Stoodley, Head of HR @ Somerset Larder
"Somerset Larder apprentices have been supported, nurtured and guided by the trainer/assessors from BTC for several years within our catering and hospitality business and associated professions.
We have been impressed with the industry knowledge, level of occupational and pastoral support and the feedback they provide to HR, Training, and Management teams.
In fact, the trainer/assessors are valued as ‘extended members of our Larder team' as they have built such credible and responsive relationships with all within the business."
Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Since 2014 the College has worked closely with the Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SOMPAR), to design, develop and deliver an innovative community healthcare apprenticeship programme, focused on the NHS Level 5 Assistant Practitioner role. This role bridges the gap between healthcare assistants and registered practitioners, and its benefits include freeing up nursing staff to deliver more complex skills, increasing workforce flexibility and improving access and continuity of care for patients. The apprenticeship programme offers Assistant Practitioners an opportunity to gain a nationally-recognised qualification that enhances their performance in their current role, leads to improved career progression opportunities and increases their overall levels of motivation, job satisfaction and confidence.
By adopting the apprenticeship model for both new and existing employees, SOMPAR is growing its own talent from grass roots level, providing enhanced progression routes across the Trust, encouraging lifelong learning and removing barriers to advancement – all of which establishes clear career development pathways, and encourages employee loyalty and motivation.
Kim Hosking, Educational Facilitator for T Levels at Somerset Foundation Trust, said: "Working in healthcare can be very challenging, with a lot of demands on all the staff and they love the fact that they get the opportunity to work with students, inspiring our future workforce and people who want to go into healthcare."
SW Motors
SW Motors is a local, well established garage dealing with all mechanical repairs and servicing. Founded in 1989 by Steve and Wendy Webber, the business has grown into a highly respected and reliable family business who cover all makes and models of cars.
Wendy Webber, Partner at SW Motors, said: "Through attending College, when the students are back here in the workshop, they bring more knowledge of new vehicles and how things have progressed back in to us. This is a real asset to us as we have older people, people of all different ages and different experience levels working here. Apprentices help us all work together and each share knowledge."
Thatchers
BTC has been more than just a partner through the process of our Apprenticeship programme. The team that we have worked with have spent time work shadowing in our business to understand what we need and our challenges. They have then been able to go away and adapt our Apprenticeship programme to meet these needs and offer bespoke delivery options.
We have also been able to add additional training units into the Apprenticeship standards to adapt it to our business, allowing the college to work with our experienced staff to review the appropriate training and delivery for specialist areas.
UKHO
Bridgwater & Taunton College won a tender to work with UKHO, in 2017. The long-term partnership has resulted in a variety of Apprenticeship programmes being developed and delivered by the College, for apprentices who are Line Managers, Team Leaders and Operational Managers, from Level 3 through to Degree Level.
The programmes range significantly, with Digital, IT, Cyber Security, Data Analytics and Human Resources, to name a few.
Wessex Water Group
In 2014 Wessex Water teamed up with what was then Bridgwater College to provide a purpose-built educational facility that gives young apprentices the skills required to work in the water industry.
The new water utilities facilities at the College's Construction Skills and Innovation Centre (CSIC), enables apprentices to learn about repairing and maintaining typical pipework used to supply water to people throughout the west, giving them the hands-on skills required to gain an NVQ Level 2 in the water industry.
The course, developed by Wessex Water in partnership with the College, offers the potential for a full-time role in the company's main laying and repair and maintenance teams, as well as achieving their NVQ qualification. Ali Hobbs, of Wessex Water's human resource team said: “We're very excited to be working in partnership with Bridgwater College with this new scheme which provides a great opportunity to learn the skills required for a successful career. The importance of Apprenticeships is ever-growing these days and it's very rewarding to see young people grow and develop into the world of work.”
Yeo Valley
The college, welcomed the first cohort of Yeo Valley Engineering apprentices to an induction day at the College's Energy Skills Centre back in 2013.
The six apprentices were the first recruits on a long-term Apprenticeship programme being implemented by Yeo Valley, initially made available to existing Yeo Valley staff members, where over 40 applied!
Maxine Ford, previously a Production Night Hygiene Operative at the Isleport Distribution Centre, said: “This Apprenticeship opportunity is incredible; I've wanted to go into engineering for a long time and couldn't believe my luck when this role came up. I am pleased to have got this job and can't wait to get going. I hope that I can continue to progress through the different roles at Yeo Valley and end up in a management position.”
Matt Tudor, Head of Business Development & Marketing at Bridgwater & Taunton College, said: “The College had been working with Yeo Valley for several years on the development and delivery of a specialist dairy science programme as well as wider business and management training. We were delighted to have launched the Engineering Apprenticeship programme, which will form the basis of Yeo Valley's recruitment pipeline for years to come.”
Young Somerset
Young Somerset is the primary voluntary and community sector youth work organisation in Somerset and our mission is to put young people first. Delivering a range of services that are aligned to statutory provision and support young people's personal, social, economic and also educational development.
To help do this, Young Somerset form strategic relationships with a joint and shared dialogue to influence national decision making, which supports and promoted young people and their needs.
Jo Sale, Lead Youth worker at Young Somerset, Said: "Our apprentices bring vital energy and creativity, valuable insight and experience to our organisation and we wouldn't be able to run the cafe without them. They are an exceptionally vital part of our organisation."
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Our dedicated Business & Relationship Managers will consult on your training needs and requirements based upon an understanding of your business. Helping you to make an informed decision by conducting a training needs analysis that focuses on building the skillset required to grow the knowledge base in your workforce. Our collaborative relationships with employers, seeks to understand workplace cultures, expectations and challenges by delivering OFSTED outstanding Apprenticeship programmes, work-based commercial courses and Distance Learning across the UK.
We have an extensive and highly experienced central team whose sole focus is to work with Employers. We support businesses of all sizes and across all key employment sectors to access the excellent apprenticeship opportunities offered by BTC. Our dedicated Business Relationship Managers and Apprenticeship Recruitment Advisers have in-depth knowledge of levy and Apprenticeship funding and how to manage an Apprenticeship programme from end to end leaving you, the employer, free to get on with the day-to-day running of your business.
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