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Thanks to Graeme we can grow our own staff
FURNESS Training assessor Graeme Oliver reckons everyone at Keith Wilson Electrical Contractors Ltd is a great encourager where workbased learning is concerned.
Last updated 25 February 2010
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Summer placements at BAE for uni students
A SCHEME to bring the best graduates back to Furness after university is paying off.
Last updated 28 August 2009
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Top chefs take time to refresh their skills
LONG-SERVING chefs are taking up the opportunity to refresh their qualifications and skills.
Last updated 25 June 2009
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Making a splash at work
FOUR young men – all out of work – gained jobs after a Flookburgh firm took an innovative approach to training.
Last updated 21 May 2009
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The best job in the world: ranger Andrew
FIELD ranger Andrew Wilkinson reckons he has “the best job in the National Park”.
Last updated 23 April 2009
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Free college course helps Shelley at zoo
FREE training from Furness College provided a wild animal park with a purpose-built spreadsheet which automatically monitors all of the medicines given to the animals.
Last updated 25 March 2009
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12 weeks with John
DECADES of shipbuilding expertise are being passed on to apprentices who are cutting their teeth in the industry.
Last updated 18 February 2009
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Staff gain awards for NVQs
A SUCCESSFUL decontamination training programme being run at Furness General and its sister hospitals is creating interest from other hospital trusts.
Last updated 22 January 2009
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Making sure safety is first
THINK Safe, Act Safe, Be Safe. It’s a simple message, but it has helped a Barrow defence company become the safest shipbuilding firm in the country, and one of the safest in the world.
Last updated 22 January 2009
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Walking the wild waters
POLICE community support officers and young people are working together to face their fears during tough outdoor challenges.
Last updated 24 November 2008
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Caitlin makes career change
DEFENCE giant BAE is growing its own local nuclear engineering talent.
Last updated 24 November 2008
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Green all go for Mike
DEALING with hazardous chemicals, saving lives from car crashes, inland water rescue, and delivering community education – these are just some of the jobs which today’s firefighters carry out.
Last updated 23 November 2008
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Gary back after 25 years
IT must be daunting returning to a job after a career change – imagine what it’s like going back to a trade after more than two decades.
Last updated 23 November 2008
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Workers win through
FACING exams is tough at any time of life – especially more than 20 years after leaving school.
Last updated 23 November 2008
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Natalie sparks
AS someone who always manages to burn myself on the oven, the prospect of an encounter with red hot molten metal was an eye watering one.
Last updated 23 November 2008
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Weld training is seamless
NEAR enough is not in the vocabulary of top welding trainers Joe Murphy and Malcy McCann.
Last updated 23 November 2008
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NVQ trainees save Acrastyle £72,000
AN engineering company has made a saving of more than £72,000 as a result of introducing new initiatives that staff learned through their NVQ training.
Last updated 23 November 2008
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Lauren in the deep end
ZOOLOGY and reproductive biology may seem unlikely degrees for a career in engineering.
Last updated 23 November 2008
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£23bn industry gets own national skills school
PROCESS industries in Cumbria could benefit from the launch in the North West of the National Skills Academy Process Industries.
Last updated 23 November 2008
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Kitchens cook up skills for hospital catering
A CULTURE of learning is being served up in a hospital’s catering department. Staff in the kitchens of Furness General Hospital in Barrow have been awarded a range of NVQ qualifications.
Last updated 23 November 2008
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