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THERE ARE CLEAR ADVANTAGES IN BEING ABLE TO TRAIN PEOPLE FROM SCRATCH – BUT IT ALSO REQUIRES A HUGE COMMITMENT FROM THE EMPLOYER. ARTEMIS TREE SERVICES IS ONE BUSINESS WHICH HAS SHOWN JUST WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED
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rtemis Tree Services, based in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, is bringing on the next generation of arborists through its in-house apprenticeship training programme, which o ers both ractical e erience and technical college learning The Artemis Academy was set up by managing director, Simon N’Jie, in 2019 who fo nd there was a lac of available trained arborists e adds ta ing on a rentices eant they co ld be trained to o r high standards, rather than otentially e loying those with e erience who had bad habits e also fo nd we d ore nowledge and experience within our business than any college co ld o er rte is rovides a two-year co rse that incl des on-theob e erience and classroo st dy n co letion, the a rentices are alified to the nter ediate i lo a in rboric lt re evel rte is for erly o ered the acade ic side of the a renticeshi e ternally via a local college i on says he fo nd the e erience too long, detailed and slow in rod cing o r a rentices certificates e has now switched to yersco gh ollege which,
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altho gh based in the north west, o ers an online evel , one-year co rse his r ns fro September to June and provides around 0 ho rs a onth he online learning in the rte is on-site classroo is every other wee and is ta ght by the fir s evel 6 alified t tor he c rrent a renticeshi inta e incl des five who oined in the a t n, aged 18 to years old, with varying bac gro nds i on co ents ree wor is not always on school leavers radars it s not often
So, what are the pros and cons of running your own apprenticeship programme? i on sees it as a necessity s the co any grows, we ll always loo to ta e on ore sta and the only way we can see this ha ening is thro gh the rte is cade y t is also a atter of ality control e can train a rentices to o r in-ho se style and to the high standards we re nown for Even so, running an in-house apprenticeship sche e is a lot of wor for the e loyer artic larly as, in the case of any arborists,
As the company grows, we’ll always look to take on more staff and the only way we can see this happening is through the Artemis Academy s ggested as a career, so a lot only co e to realise arboric lt re ight be for the later on in life, after wor ing in co letely di erent environ ents hat s a good thing, as older a rentices bring di erent s ills and experience, which we can make good use of e only ta e on a rentices aged 18 or over beca se of ins rance in this otentially dangero s line of wor
there is a li ited reso rce t he says while there is ore a erwor , the res lts are worth it t what are his tho ghts abo t his a rentices resilience etaining yo ng e loyees has been an ind stry-wide str ggle, after all i on co ents e tend to lose abo t 0 a year once an a rentice realises a career in arboric lt re ay not be for the t s tric ier at the o ent as there are a lot of eo le loo ing to change careers, bro ght on by the pandemic, and who may be just l gging a hole ntil their artic lar ind stry ic s again ven so, the c rrent inta e is doing well e wanted to recr it locally to hel s ort the co nity ve high ho es for this ost recent inta e who are for the challenge and a ear to have what it ta es y ta ing so eone fro a rentice to tea leader over ro ghly three years and beyond, yo b ild a relationshi fo nded on tr st and deep understanding of how Artemis works, which eans that erson is ore li ely to stay long ter WWW.PROARBMAGAZINE.COM
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