Author: Katie George

Work-based learning provider Cambrian Training is working closely with the largest meat processing plant and abattoir in Wales to deliver apprenticeships tailored to the company’s need to develop skilled butchers. Kepak, which has 830 employees at the company’s flagship facilities at St Merryn Merthyr, has already signed up 50 staff on the Welsh Government’s Apprenticeship Programme… Read more »

A high quality restaurant with rooms which is developing its own staff team in a historic Mid Wales market town has reported a busy first month. Chartists 1770 at The Trewythen, located at the former Trewythen Hotel in Llanidloes, has created 16 full and part-time jobs, including six apprenticeships, as part of a £250,000 investment… Read more »

Cambrian Training are delighted to announce we’re now a fully Autism Aware Organisation as awarded by Autism Wales! The national award recognises businesses & organisations who have undertaken training & other steps to ensure their staff understand the needs of autistic people and how to improve awareness across the business. “We’re so excited to be improving… Read more »

Cambrian has been delighted to work with the amazing charity Hospitality Action throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. As bars, clubs & restaurants have been closed for most of the last year, Hospitality Action have been there to provide assistance for those people & businesses who’ve needed it. That includes cooking up the brilliant Chefs at Home… Read more »

Working & living the last year almost completely locally, one of the things we’ve learned even more in lockdown, is how much we appreciate the amazing environment we’re lucky to be surrounded by at Cambrian training – at our Welshpool home, and across Wales. So, as we hopefully make our steps towards working with apprentices… Read more »

Welsh companies that want to boost their business through hiring new apprentices may be eligible for up to £4000, it has been announced. A further £18.7 million will be invested to extend the successful Employer Incentive Scheme to support businesses to recruit apprentices in Wales. The Employer Incentive Scheme, which has run since August 2020,… Read more »

Bilingual apprenticeships have been key to the growth of a successful North Wales independent skip and waste management company over the past eight years. Because Thomas Skip and Plant Hire is located in Caernarfon, a predominantly Welsh speaking region, the company says it’s important that staff learn through the medium of Welsh. The company, which… Read more »

You’ve taken the time to pack your CV or job application with your achievements, skills and education. Your personal statement is the final flourish that can give your application the personality to make you stand out. But it’s not merely an add-on or bonus to your skills – it’s often the 1st thing employers will… Read more »

Photo caption: Cambrian Training Directors (l to r) – Faith O’Brien, Arwyn Watkins, Anne Jones, Elen Rees. January 2020.   This week, we celebrate 25 years in the work-based learning industry. A journey that has seen us deliver a huge range of skills & qualifications, to help support businesses & individuals grow and flourish, throughout… Read more »

Did you know food waste is a major contributor to climate change? When we waste food, we also waste the resources that went into growing, transporting, packaging and cooking it. According to Love Food Hate Waste, in the UK alone we waste 4.5 tonnes of edible food each year! As its Zero Waste Week, we… Read more »