Types of Apprenticeships
Their job is to make sure systems run as smoothly as possible, whether they’re overseeing billion-pound transactions or ordering stationery.
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The sector is worth more than £8.9 billion per year, but that’s only part of it. It improves our quality of life.
Bursting with ideas? Enjoy the buzz of helping to create something? Then a career in the creative sector could be inspiring, fun and rewarding.
Motor vehicles have changed life beyond recognition. Vehicle transport plays an essential role in our lives, so this is a vast and vital industry.
Broadcast media is about getting people’s attention, whether that’s through a documentary, a website, a radio show or a television advert.
Pretty much every object has been processed or manufactured somehow – which is why this industry is so important.
Nearly two million people work in construction in the UK. It’s a multi-billion pound industry responsible for putting up everything from a housing estate to the site of the Olympic Games.
A satisfied customer is a good advert for your business, and likely to buy from you again. An unhappy customer isn’t. A whole field has grown up devoted to keeping customers happy.
Water will come out of the tap. Our shower will be hot. The lights won’t suddenly go out. We take it for granted – but it’s an incredible feat.
It’s a wonder our civilization doesn’t descend into chaos. Think about all that electricity fizzing around, the gas and water pumping through pipes, the machines constantly in motion…
Money makes the world go round. Almost every business wants to make money, and that doesn’t happen automatically.
It’s easy to forget that food doesn’t start out sliced, diced, wrapped and waiting for you on the supermarket shelf. The food and drink sector is the single largest manufacturing industry in the UK.
Making people look and feel good is a hugely profitable industry. Hairdressing is one of the most popular areas with 340 million haircuts in the UK last year.
The hospitality and travel sector covers everything from hotels and clubs through to events, gambling and travel services.
The IT sector can be divided into two categories: companies that provide IT services and those that use IT within their business.
A product may travel thousands of miles to reach the customer. The process of making sure the right things reach the right place at the right time in the right quantities is called logistics.
Pretty much every object has been manufactured or processed in one way or another. From furniture making to plastics, there are many areas covered by these vital Apprenticeships.
About 95% of Britain’s international trade comes and goes by sea, while millions of passengers leave and arrive at our ports every year. Boats play a part in our leisure lives as well.
The most expensive thing that a person will ever buy is likely to be a house, and the process of buying one involves many people.
Whatever job you end up doing, a large slice of what you earn will be taken away again in tax. Unappealing as that sounds, those taxes pay for the public services we couldn’t cope without.
Roughly 620,000 people work in the sports and fitness industry – and with the 2012 Olympics on the horizon, it’s one of the fastest growing in the country.
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