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The government has introduced a new round of funding for higher apprenticeship schemes, according to National Apprenticeship Service London, UK (PRWEB) July 13, 2012 Leading learning management software provider Perspective has welcomed the introduction of a host of new apprenticeship funding programmes. Announced by business secretary Vince Cable, the new higher apprenticeship schemes will involve a number of sectors ranging from carbon engineering and aviation through to legal services....

Canada's only national, multi-trade and technology event puts the spotlight on skilled trade and technology students and apprentices OTTAWA, July 11, 2012 /CNW/ - Skills/Compétences Canada, a not-for-profit organization that actively promotes careers in skilled trades and technologies, today announced that the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry (UA Canada) has signed on as a Presenting Sponsor of the next three Skills...

HARRISBURG, Pa., June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of Union building trades apprentices, coordinators and instructors from 20 different building trades crafts today used the occasion of Apprentice Awareness Day in Pennsylvania to educate elected officials on the value of union-run apprentice training programs as a career path to stable, middle class jobs. Frank Sirianni, the President of the Pennsylvania Building and Construction Trades Council, noted that...

VANCOUVER and OTTAWA, May 10, 2012 /CNW/ - Apprenticeships and regulated occupations are vital to the continuing health and long-term success of the Canadian forest products sector says a new report from the Forest Products Sector Council released at the 25(th) PwC Annual Forest and Paper Industry Conference in Vancouver. The report, Linking Innovation with Skills: Apprenticeship, regulated occupations and workforce development in Canada's forest products sector suggests current...

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of approximately $1.8 million for up to six grants through the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations program. "These grants offer women the opportunity to gain skills in industries that will continue to grow and offer long-term career opportunities," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "Partnerships that include Registered Apprenticeship programs,...

Learning management software provider Perspective has welcomed planned reforms to the UK apprenticeship system. London, UK (PRWEB) January 11, 2012 Perspective, a leading provider of learning management software, has welcomed planned reforms to the apprenticeship system in the UK. Although apprenticeship figures grew by almost half a million over the previous year, the majority of uptake was from adults aged 25 and over. As such, Business secretary Vince Cable has announced plans to...

Employers can make a difference by taking on local apprentices Downers Grove, Ill. (PRWEB) November 14, 2011 A non-profit program that trains unemployed and underemployed workers and places them in six-month-long apprenticeships in the information technology (IT) field will launch in five metro locations in 2012, the Creating IT Futures Foundation announced today. The IT-Ready Apprentice Program will cover the costs of recruiting, training and certifying workers to provide help desk, call...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Concerned for the future of manufacturing jobs, more than 150 leaders of businesses, community colleges, and workforce development organizations joined with The White House, U.S. Army Reserves, the Gates Foundation and others in addressing models to improve the skills gap and the public perception of manufacturing at the fifth annual Manufacturing Summit, on October 27, 2011 in Washington, D.C. Manufacturers and training organizations from...

LONDON, November 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The rising number of UK unemployed youths are being advised by leading learner management [http://www.perspective-uk.com ] software providers Perspective to look towards vocational courses and apprenticeships to help increase their chances of gaining employment. Recently released figures illustrate that the number of 'neets' (16-24-year-olds not in education, employment or training) has risen to 18.4% during the first quarter of...

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Iron Workers International Union (www.ironworkers.org), teaming with the Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT), released a series of new architectural and ornamental training modules designed to replicate real-world assembly and installation challenges ironworkers face on jobsites. Currently, IMPACT Region VI has four new architectural and ornamental mockups in use at training locations in Houston, Arlington, San...