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Our award-winning apprenticeship scheme is currently underway. As well as a range of trade positions, we’re on the hunt for the next IT apprentice.

Today, WDH launches the 2022 apprenticeship recruitment campaign to find and nurture the best talent in the Wakefield district and encourage more people to consider an apprenticeship role at WDH.

WDH is marking the 15th year of its apprenticeship scheme during National Apprenticeship Week by celebrating the achievements of its apprentices, who have had to face the challenge of entering the world of work during a global pandemic.

Five apprentices who started their learning journey with WDH in September 2021 are off to a flying start as apprentice electricians and joiners.

Today, WDH has launched new apprenticeship opportunities to find and nurture the best talent in the Wakefield district and encourage more people to consider a trainee role in housing.

As part of our support for National Apprenticeship Week we caught up with our Apprentice Review Officer, Claire Wilby to find out a bit more about the role of apprentices and what the future looks like.

WDH is marking National Apprenticeship Week by celebrating the achievements of its apprentices, who have had to face the challenge of entering the world of work during a global pandemic.

This year, we are offering taster sessions at Trident Park, Normanton to show what a career in construction involves.

We have been supporting National Apprenticeship Week with our ‘Break the Mould’ campaign which aims to attract nine new apprentices to the business and show women that they can have a career in the trades.

Six new apprentices, aged between 16 and 19, started their journey with us in 2019. We appointed: • three Apprentice Gas Engineers; • two Apprentice Joiners; and • one Apprentice Bricklayer.