KEITS are offering an Employer Grant of £250 for companies who take on new learners aged 16-18 years old and are signed up in July or August. For more information please contact Anna or Courtney on 01923 854 586 or courtney.wood@keits.co.uk.
Interested in emplying someone to complete a Health and Social Care Apprenticeship?
Then come along to the events we are holding on the 29th march 2011. For more information please contact Courtney on courtney.wood@keits.co.uk
IOSH Courses
KEITS is holding an IOSH Course on the 28th April at our Head Office in Radlett, Herts. For more information please contact Carol or Courtney on 01923 854 586.
Last updated 23 February 2011
Apprenticeship Week
A big thank you to everyone who turned up to our Open Day during Apprenticeship Week.
Vacancies
To see what vacancies that KEITs and other Employers are advertising for please visit www.apprenticeships.org.uk
IOSH Courses
KEITS is holding an IOSH Course on the 28th April. For more information please contact Carol on 01923 854 586.
Last updated 25 January 2011
Apprenticeship Week
Come and join us on the 11th February 2011 for our Open Day. We will be holding 2 sessions which will talk about Apprenticeships, possible Grants for Employers, the Impactof the Equality Act 2010 and some Health and Safety Guidance. Our staff will be there to answer any questions you have. We also will be having refreshments throughout the day. for more information please email Courtney on courtney.wood@keits.co.uk
Last updated 22 December 2010
Season's Greetings and a Happy New Year
Winter Newsletter
We have now added our Winter Newsletter to our website. Please feel free to read it.
Working Hours
It is now anticipated that all employed Apprentices will be engaged in working and learning for a minimim of 30 hours per week. It is therefore KEITS expectation that all Apprentices will be in employment for at least 30 hours.
Last updated 8 November 2010
New Minimum Wage
The Minimun wage has now been raised as from the 1st October. Apprentices are to be paid a minimum of £2.50 an hour. For more information please visit: www.direct.gov.uk/en/employment/employees/pay/dg_10027201
IOSH Dates for 2011 now released
An IOSH Course is running at KEITS Head Office on the 3rd February 2011 and there are more through out the year. If you would like more information or you would like to book on an IOSH course please call Head Office on 01923 854 586 and speak to Courtney Wood. 1st Aid dates are to follow soon.
Last updated 5 July 2010
KEITS at RHS Hampton Court
KEITS will have a stand at this years RHS Hampton Court, please feel free to come along.
KEITS Ofsted Inspection
KEITS was inspected by OFSTED from 16 March to 19 March 2010 and we are pleased to confirm that KEITS achieved a Grade 2 overall - Good.
KEITS would like to thank all employers and learners who completed the OFSTED survey and participated in the inspection, it was fantastic to receive so much positive feedback and to find out what KEITS employers and learners felt about the service.
David Rose, KEITS Chief Executive said "This was an opportunity for KEITS, employers and learners to showcase the great joint work we are doing together to up skill our workforce and encourage new recruits into the labour market. KEITS and its employers have worked hard to ensure a quality provision is delivered and meet the expectations of employers, industry and learners".
The full report can be found:
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/119479/(as)/52838_343971.pdf
‘Apprentices can benefit your business’ – Regional Minister
Businesses across Surrey were today urged to find out more about how apprentices could provide their companies with a workforce for the future.
The call came from South East Regional Minister Jonathan Shaw as he met apprentices at Longacres Nursery in Bagshot, one of the largest garden centre outlets in the South East.
The nursery currently employs 17 apprentices, at all ages, who are working towards apprenticeships in floristry, horticulture and management.
The visit came during National Apprenticeship Week (February 1-5 2010) – a week which has seen the launch of the Golden Hello, a new grant, available until the end of March, for employers taking on an unemployed 16 or 17 year old straightaway.
The Minister said: “I have been delighted to meet apprentices at Longacres, to hear how the experience is helping them, and to see how Longacres is benefiting from their ambition, motivation and the role they play in helping to satisfy the current and future needs of the industry.
“Building jobs and skills is one of my priorities as Regional Minister. We need to harness the enthusiasm of young people and give them the opportunity to get on the job ladder. At the same time we must ensure our workforce is equipped with the skills South East businesses need for future growth and success.
"Apprenticeships are a key route to building the national skills base and at a time of economic downturn it is vital we continue to invest in people and their skills.
“The Government’s aim is that one in five of all young people will be undertaking an Apprenticeship within the next decade.”
The target number of South East apprenticeship 'starts' for 16-24-year-olds is 29,920 in 2009-10. This represents a 4,097 increase in starts from 08-09. Of these, 3,199 are in the 16-18 age group and 898 in the 19-24 age group.
The target number of 16-18-year-old apprenticeship starts August 2009-January 2010 in Surrey is 944. The total for the South East region is 11,601.
The apprenticeships at Longacres were arranged by KEITS (Keeping Excellence In Training Standards).
KEITS was one of the successful bidders to win a share of a £7million pot to create an Apprenticeship Training Association (ATA).
With KATO (Kent Association of Training Organisations) it has formed the South East Apprenticeship Company (SEAC), which will work in partnership with key training providers to offer apprenticeship places to be set up in Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
SEAC was officially launched at the ‘Good for Business’ breakfast seminar in Maidstone, Kent on Monday February 1. Jonathan Shaw gave a keynote speech at the event.
Apprentices
If you are aged 19 or over and have completed the first year of your apprenticeship you are entitled to the NMW. Apprentices for NMW purposes are either workers who have contracts of apprenticeship or workers taking part in training schemes who are treated as if they have a contract of apprenticeship. The schemes in England are the Apprenticeships or Advanced Apprenticeships.
Swine Flu - Everything you need to know
Published 23 July 2009
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March 2009 - Keits Launch New Website
We felt it was time to give you more information and make booking courses easier for you, so we have launched our new website.
You now have the ability to book your First Aid and Health & Safety courses on the website, you will find all the dates and locations listed on our website and can book free courses or paid courses using your credit cards.
Hope you like it.