Apprenticeship

Free bite-sized courses available to electrical trade

Learn about Power Up – the FREE resource offering bite-sized digital courses for the industry. Courses are created to understand the continued professional training needs for the electrical industry. It is designed to enable JTL to support you throughout your career with relevant on-going guidance and information. In this session JTL Technical Trainer Ali Bullough talks about the importance of apprenticeships and the need for continued professional training and how…

JTL is urging learners and employers to build for a better future this National Apprenticeship Week

Now more than ever, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, there are thousands of jobseekers looking to upskill and employers looking to secure their businesses. This National Apprenticeship Week (8-14th February), leading national training provider, JTL, is encouraging both learners and employers to act now to build for a better future. JTL is promoting National Apprenticeship Week as an opportunity for learners to renew their aspirations and build skills in a…

Building back better with apprenticeships

National Apprenticeship Week 2021 celebrates the apprentices and employers that have gone above and beyond during the pandemic. Today (8 February) marks the start of National Apprenticeship Week 2021, which this year shines a light on the apprentices and employers who have gone above and beyond during the pandemic. To kick off the week, the government has announced brand new sector specific traineeship pilots in construction and rail to start…

Knipex StepCut up for grabs!

There’s a StepCut in limited edition packaging up for grabs, courtesy of Knipex and in support of National Apprenticeship Week 2021 (8-14 February). Features of the KNIPEX StepCut 95 16 160: · Cable cutting made easy: innovative step cutting separates wires one by one to save energy · Small, light, strong: comfortable cutting without crushing and just 160 mm in size · Noticeably less effort: the gradations cut wires one after the other;…

Affordable, apprentice safe isolation kits – win one today!

In support of National Apprenticeship Week (8-14 February), Test Instrument Solutions is giving away a TIS 851 SIKIT Voltage & Continuity Complete Safe Isolation Kit to one lucky apprentice. Read on to find out what two electrical professionals had to say about the kit. Test Instrument Solutions offer a variety of test equipment, including voltage testers and continuity testers. The company’s range of apprentice safe isolation kits are particularly useful – and affordable…

WIN! Get your hands on a Quickwire bundle

In support of this week’s National Apprenticeship Week 2021 (8-14 February), the kind folk at Quickwire are giving away a fantastic prize bundle to one lucky apprentice. Quickwire is an innovative, time-saving alternative to a traditional junction box, designed to help electricians save significant installation time on site. All 4 connections can be wired in 7 seconds. Simply strip your wire, then push it into the push fit connectors for…

“If you work hard, the sky really is the limit!”

In support of National Apprenticeship Week 2021 (8-14 February), we caught up with Joel Collins, a recently graduated JTL apprentice and now an Electrical Design Engineer for a building services consultancy. Here, he explains why he chose his apprenticeship, what he learnt and what advice he’d give to anyone considering a similar path. What made you decide to do an apprenticeship rather than take a different path?I wanted to gain skills and knowledge while…