Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week with Scotts Bakery and CAFRE’s Loughry Campus

March 5, 2018

The week of the 5 to 9 March 2018 is a time to celebrate apprenticeships and how they benefit people, businesses, communities and our economy.

The week is designed to bring together everyone passionate about apprenticeships to encourage more people to choose apprenticeships as a fast-track to a great career and business growth.

Sweet Success for Scotts – Bakery Apprentices Steven Forward, Jolita Levisauskiene, Dina Ertmane and Mark Ellis graduate at Loughry Awards Ceremony

The theme of National Apprenticeship Week 2018 is Apprenticeships Work to showcase how apprenticeships work for all.

One local business is helping future proof its skills needs through Level 2 and Level 3 Apprenticeships in Bakery Skills in conjunction with the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE).

Scotts Bakery in Fivemiletown is now helping their second cohort of staff complete their apprenticeships.

Project Manager Deborah Irvine relates Scott’s positive experience – “there is no doubt Apprenticeships work for us as they help deliver improved productivity, employee retention and bring new ideas and ways of working into the workplace. They underscore our commitment to unlocking opportunities for people in this business.”

Commenting on Scott’s success, CAFRE’s Food Apprenticeship Manager Peter Simpson says “we hope that Scotts and other employers can inspire more businesses to feel the positive impact of growing their own talent, secure skills for the future, and offer life-changing opportunities, through apprenticeships”.