Training and apprenticeships

Recruitment of apprentices

The council advertised 30 vacancies for apprentices in February 2012. The closing date for these vacancies has now passed.

Education and training after 16

A full list of the learning options for young people aged 16 to 18 in Bristol is on the education and training after 16 page.

Training in construction

On-Site Bristol provides training in many of the important trades in construction, both for skilled workers looking for work and people with no skills or experience.

Find out more on the On-Site website.

Getting back into learning or work

The Learning Communities Team run free short courses in communities across Bristol. Courses are designed to support people who have few or no qualifications back into learning and work.

Find out what courses are running on the Learning Communities website.

Graduate opportunities

Recruitment to our graduate opportunities scheme typically takes place in June / July each year.

What the council is doing

Bristol City Council is changing to meet the challenges of the 21st Century and to lead its citizens out of recession in a number of new and innovative ways. As part of the Recession Action Plan which was launched by the Leader of the Council, Barbara Janke, an undertaking was given to take on 100 apprentices within a year.

It has been widely reported that the 16-24 year olds have been the most adversely affected age group through the recession as employment opportunities for the age group are severly limited.

It was in response to this that Bristol City Council introduced the Bristol Apprenticeship Training Programme working in partnership with the City of Bristol College, Filton College and the National Apprenticeship Service.

In June 2009 we advertised for a number of apprentices and had a huge response from a high calibre of candidates. All applicants went through a skills assessment and then had an interview for the apprenticeship they were interested in.

Since then, over 180 apprenticeship opportunities have been created and many of our original apprentices have already gone on to higher graded permanent or longer-term contracts.