Cambridge City Council is celebrating the success of its apprenticeship scheme after eight young people achieved their qualifications.
The young people, aged between 17 and 23, have been awarded their NVQ Level 2 award in Cleansing and Support Services.
They were recruited in two phases under an apprenticeship scheme run by the city council in partnership with cutting edge training company, Nordic Pioneer.
Working with the council’s Street and Open Spaces service delivery team, the apprentice tackled jobs around the city such as removing graffiti, flytipping and flyposting and cleaning up commons and cemeteries.
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| Cllr Jean Swanson (LD, Queen Edith's Ward) |
The scheme was partly funded with £10,000 raised from Fixed Penalty Notices issued for environmental crime such as dropping littler, graffiti and fly-tipping.
The scheme ties in with the national drive to expand apprenticeships after the coalition government gave an extra £50,000 over four years to create 250,000 more apprenticeships.
Cambridge City Executive Councillor for Waste and Environmental Services, Jean Swanson said: We are very pleased with the success of the Cleansing Apprenticeship Scheme.
“We worked with Nordic Pioneer to shape the programme to include some basic grounds maintenance activities to bring some extra variety to the programme and introduce other useful skills.
“Two apprentices have continued to work with us, when required through an agency and they are keen to apply for positions should vacancies arise.”
The scheme is being evaluated it is anticipated there will be enough in the council’s budget to recruit another group of apprentices.
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