Building hope for youth.A YOUNG Birmingham apprentice is celebrating after becoming one of the first apprentices on the prestigious new Library of Birmingham project! Louis Inverary from Castle Vale Castle Vale is an area of the City of Birmingham, in England, originally created as an overspill housing estate in the 1960s. History Pre-Castle Vale The area was originally known as Berwood, from the Saxon ‘Bearu’ meaning 'the woods'. is one of the first youngsters to take up an apprenticeship, following an innovative partnership between Birmingham City Council's Employment Access Team (EAT) and construction partner Carillion plc
Carillion plc (LSE: CLLN) is a British-based construction-services business headquartered in Wolverhampton. Carillion was created in 1999 by a demerger from Tarmac, which was founded in 1903. . Thanks to the agreement, young local people are being given a great chance to access 250 new job opportunities and at least 25 apprenticeships on the exciting new project. Louis, who is currently in pre-employment training with Carillion, said: "The help and support I've had from Carillion and EAT has really helped me to develop my confidence - it's great experience and a great opportunity for me. Everyone here is really encouraging." Like Louis, all of the local people recruited through the apprenticeship process will take up preemployment training with Carillion Training Services, including 'taster' sessions in bricklaying, carpentry and joinery joinery, craft of assembling exposed woodwork in the interiors of buildings. Where carpentry refers to the rougher, simpler, and primarily structural elements of wood assembling, joinery has to do with difficult surfaces and curvatures, such as those of spiral . This month, a two-week pre-employment training course, run by The Prince's Trust, will further boost the number of apprenticeship starts achieved so far.A very important part of the agreement between EAT and Carillion is that local people who are most at disadvantage in the current labour market have access to these new job opportunities. The agreement is supported by a strong partnership including EAT, Carillion, Jobcentre Plus Jobcentre Plus (Welsh: Canolfan Byd Gwaith) is the government-funded employment agency facility and the social security office for working-age people in the United Kingdom. , Learning and Skills Council and other key organisations, and is being used by Carillion to ensure that their sub-contractors identify further employment opportunities for the council's priority clients. Carillion, supported by the city council, has applied to the industry awards body, Construction Skills, for 'National Skills Academy for Construction' status for the Library of Birmingham. This will make the Library of Birmingham construction project a model of excellence and good practise prac·tise v. & n. Chiefly British Variant of practice. prac  tis·er n. in the construction sector.
For further information *about the EAT/Carillion/Library of Birmingham apprenticeship scheme, send an email to EATeam@birmingham.gov.uk CAPTION(S): Career construction: Apprentice Louis Inverary with Sue Hall, of Employment Access Team, and Mark Griffin, of Carillion. |
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