Humber Seafood Institute launches food job apprenticeship programme
The Humber Seafood Institute (HSI), located at Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education, has launched a brand new apprenticeship programme for food job hopefuls. The aim of introducing the 20-week course is help address the skills gap in the industry previously identified by local employers.
Initially, the course will be run on a trial basis for 20 weeks. If successful, the HSI eventually plans to develop into a full apprenticeship programme lasting two or even three years.
The programme will be taught at the HIS's new, state-of-the-art centre at Europarc in Grimsby and will be accredited by the Sea Food Training Academy if turned into a full course. Successful applicants for the apprenticeship will be referred via Job Centre plus.
Apprentices will also get the chance to experience real food jobs, as the course promises them a number of work placements with local seafood merchants.
In order to fund their pilot programme, the HSI have called on the Change Programme. This is a government-backed initiative designed to get people who have been unemployed for a long time back into work, and what better starting point that the food industry?
Initially, the course will be run on a trial basis for 20 weeks. If successful, the HSI eventually plans to develop into a full apprenticeship programme lasting two or even three years.
The programme will be taught at the HIS's new, state-of-the-art centre at Europarc in Grimsby and will be accredited by the Sea Food Training Academy if turned into a full course. Successful applicants for the apprenticeship will be referred via Job Centre plus.
Apprentices will also get the chance to experience real food jobs, as the course promises them a number of work placements with local seafood merchants.
In order to fund their pilot programme, the HSI have called on the Change Programme. This is a government-backed initiative designed to get people who have been unemployed for a long time back into work, and what better starting point that the food industry?
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