What is Apprentice Town?
Apprentice Town is a partnership that seeks to develop Chesterfield as a leading apprenticeship destination. A town where young people, parents and businesses think apprenticeship first.
We want to grow individuals’ careers and futures alongside successful businesses and a growing local economy.
Apprentice Town aims to increase the number, levels and quality of apprenticeships available by raising awareness of apprenticeship opportunities in Chesterfield and align these with opportunities emerging in the local economy.
“Chesterfield has been a vital part of the process. There are opportunities at Chesterfield College, but also just one station away is Sheffield Hallam so it’s a case of where I go now. It’s helpful for finding your way forward.” – Mihai Ivano, Level 6 Workshop engineer apprentice, Graphoidal Developments.
Why apprenticeships?
With investment in Chesterfield buoyant and unemployment low, more and more businesses in the town are taking on apprentices as a positive way of addressing their workforce needs. Benefits include:
- Solving recruitment challenges and growing your business
- Increasing productivity
- A tried and tested way to recruit new staff, re-train or upskill existing staff
- Flexible training that meets needs of your business
