Seaglaze Apprenticeships Proving the Diveristy of Opportunity in Marine Industry

The Shipwrights Apprenticeship Scheme is encouraging and assisting a wide range of companies in the marine industry into apprenticeship training and Seaglaze are one of the more specialist. The SA Scheme assisted Seaglaze in establishing apprenticeships with advise and guidance and is providing first year wage funding for the first two apprentices the company has […]

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Institute for Apprenticeships Launch Event

                                            The Institute for Apprenticeships held an official launch event at Mansion House yesterday evening. The Shipwright’s were in attendance, represented by the Clerk and the Shipwrights’ Apprenticeship Scheme Administrator.   The Institute’s main role is to oversee the developments of the new apprenticeship standards ensuring quality is present […]

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Livery Schools Link Showcase 2017

  March 20 saw the 2017 Livery Schools Link Showcase event at the Guildhall with 30 very diverse livery companies attracting great interest from around 600 students (mainly 15/16 year olds) and 60+ teachers from over 30 schools. Each livery company was in attendance to showcase the industry they represent and the opportunities for careers […]

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National Apprenticeship Week! Apprentice Cove Eddy Shares His Experiences So Far.

During National Apprenticeship Week we will be hearing from a few of the apprentices that are being supported in the businesses funded by the Shipwrights’ Apprenticeship Scheme. Apprentice Marine Engineer Cove Eddy started his Apprenticeship at Falmouth Harbour Marine Services (FHMS) in September and has been making great progress so far. FHMS are supported by […]

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2011 QSM Bronze Medal Winner Update

Chris Schrieber of Sunseeker won the Bronze Medal in the 2011 Queen’s Silver Medal Competition.   Phil Lambert of Sunseeker has forwarded a report on Chris, who had been an Engineering apprentice with them before moving to the RNLI on completing his apprenticeship.  Chris is now making his own coastal rowing racing boats and began by […]

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2016 Queen’s Silver Medal and Prize Winners Announced!

Last week the top six apprentices from the week’s challenges in Kielder, Northumberland arrived at Ironmongers Hall for the final round of the competition. They had already faced sleep deprivation, hikes over hills of midges and the chilly waters of Kielder Water but now they faced a panel of Shipwrights. Following intensive interviews, where the […]

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Royal Yacht Squadron Foundation – Marine Careers Fair

The Shipwrights were honoured to attend a marine careers fair hosted in Cowes, Isle of Wight at the prestigious Royal Yacht Squadron (RYS). The event for young people on the island aimed to showcase the range of opportunities available to them in the marine and maritime sectors on the Island and in the surrounding Solent […]

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Shipwrights Lectures 2016

The number of apprentices and students increased again this year with the University of Southampton Turner Sims concert hall being very close to maximum on 19th October.

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Apprenticemakers Case Study of Krueger Ltd’s Apprenticeship Training

Apprenticemakers has been developed to help apprentice employers across the country make connections and ask each other questions about the benefits and challenges associated with recruiting apprentices. The community aims to support a greater take up of Apprenticeships amongst small and medium businesses (SMEs) and has been developed following a recommendation in the Holt Review […]

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