Guest post – Business owner Wendy Pring on why would you want to develop a young person?

Wendy Pring is a Chartered Civil Engineer by trade. Before forming KCP in 2003, which she runs with her husband Karl, Wendy was an engineering manager for FCC Environment with experience in programming and logistics of their waste management activities. Wendy is heavily involved the promotion of STEM subjects in education, taking an active role …

Re-visit the apprentice – Emma Tait, Cecchini’s restaurant

Over the course of Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2016, as well as introducing new apprentices to our blog, we have been re-publishing a selection of interviews produced last year to showcase the talents of Ayrshire apprentices in a variety of sectors. We will be catching up with the apprentices to see how they have progressed. Today …

Meet the apprentice – Kirsty Harvey, Woodward

We have been catching up with a number of our apprentices to celebrate Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2016. Four apprentices working in different companies in Ayrshire agreed to be filmed in their workplace to share what attracted them down the apprenticeship route and how they are finding the balance between working on site and studying at …

Meet the apprentice – Chloe Greig, GSK

We have been catching up with a number of our apprentices to celebrate Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2016. Four apprentices working in different companies in Ayrshire agreed to be filmed in their workplace to share what attracted them down the apprenticeship route and how they are finding the balance between working on site and studying at …

Re-visit the apprentice – Jack Lynes, Billy Bowie Tankers

For Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2015, we dropped into Billy Bowie Tankers in Kilmarnock to catch up with apprentice, Jack Lynes and Fleet Operations Manager, Douglas Bowie. Jack’s interview was part of a series of video case studies that we produced to showcase the talents of Ayrshire College apprentices in a range of sectors. Over the …