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Case study: how Trailblazer Apprenticeships are meeting current employers’ skills challenges

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  • Session
  • Tuesday, 17 May 2016
  • 14:17 - 14:17
  • Duration: 11 mins
  • Publication date: 06 Jun 2016
  • Location: Gas theatre, Hall 12, NEC, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Utility Week Live

About the session

Utility companies are only as good as the people who work for them, so recruiting and retaining the right staff is imperative.  208,000 new employees will be required in the UK utilities sector within ten years. Fifty per cent of current employees will have retired by 2023. A chronic skills shortage is looming

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  • apprentice
  • apprenticeship
  • employer
  • energy
  • gas
  • recruitment
  • skills
  • standards
  • training

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  • Mick  Palmer

    Mick Palmer

    Gateshead College

    Mick gained 26 years industry experience at British Gas before moving into the private training sector, then continued into Further Education. During this time in the training sector he progressed into External Verification with City and Guilds and BPEC (British Plumbing Employers Council). The opportunities he saw during his experiences in Further Education led me to form my own company providing consultancy, training and assessment which has progressed and developed over a 10 year period
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    Mick Brophy

    Gatehead College

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    Mick Brophy

    Gatehead College

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    Mick Palmer

    Gateshead College

    Mick gained 26 years industry experience at British Gas before moving into the private training sector, then continued into Further Education. During this time in the training sector he progressed into External Verification with City and Guilds and BPEC (British Plumbing Employers Council). The opportunities he saw during his experiences in Further Education led me to form my own company providing consultancy, training and assessment which has progressed and developed over a 10 year period
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