Skills Group has been shortlisted as a national finalist in the FE Week & AELP AAC Apprenticeship Awards 2020 in the ‘Construction Apprenticeship Provider of the Year’ category. The awards are a celebration of excellence in apprenticeship delivery in the UK.
Sharon Chaffe, Managing Director at Skills Group, comments, “We are delighted to be selected as a national finalist in the prestigious AAC Awards. The shortlist is testament to our state-of-the-art facilities and excellence in teaching, as well as the fantastic apprenticeship opportunities we offer our learners through working with the region’s top employers. As a result, Skills Group’s construction programmes have an impressive overall success rate of 80.15% compared to the national average of 62.7%.
“Construction in the South West is a rapidly growing industry with a significant demand for workers, and therefore to be chosen as a finalist for ‘Construction Apprenticeship Provider of the Year’ is particularly exciting. We look forward to the award ceremony in March!”
Skills Group offers a wide variety of construction apprenticeships and full-time courses across Bricklaying, Carpentry, Flooring, Interior Systems, Painting and Decorating, Plastering, Tiling, Property Maintenance, Groundworks and Plant Operations, Occupational Work Supervision and Fenestration. Training is held in Skills Group’s purpose built, industry-standard construction centre in Plympton and led by experts in their field, with apprentices enjoying employment with some of the region’s most respected employers.
Skills Group is one of only forty-four organisations and individuals that have been shortlisted across the award categories, after more than 350 entries The AAC Apprenticeship Award winners will be announced on Tuesday 3rd March at the Annual Apprenticeship Conference Gala Dinner and Awards evening at the ICC in Birmingham.