Feature Article
Apprentice Scheme
Andrew Hendry, Apprentice Carpenter
© BAM Nuttall
Charlie Rice, Apprentice Bricklayer
© BAM Nuttall
King’s Cross Central is working with the London Borough of Camden to support a local Apprentice Scheme through work based learning in construction training, and will employ a number of Apprentices on its site.
One of the first Apprentices from the King’s Cross Construction Skills Centre, Charlie Rice, joined BAM Nuttall on 20th January to gain work experience on the Eastern Goods Yard contract. As part of his NVQ qualification he will spend the next fourteen weeks on site learning about the construction industry first hand. He will then return to the classroom for further training. Charlie is sixteen years old, lives in Islington and has taken up the Apprentice Scheme to train as a bricklayer.
Charlie has undergone special Health & Safety briefings designed for people under the age of 18. A Young Person’s Risk Assessment has been carried out to acknowledge that there are certain risks on a building site.
Charlie will be accompanied by an experienced operative or “mentor” at all times on site, and be exempt from certain activities which are considered too risky for a young and inexperienced operative.Charlie was joined by another Apprentice, Andrew Hendry, on the 9th February 2009 who is training to be a carpenter and will gain site experience with BAM Nuttall over the next few months.
