Sentence examples for service apprentices from inspiring English sources

"Talent is not defined solely by the letters BA" By their mid-20s, civil service apprentices will have enviable work experience.

A key difference between the government scheme and private sector equivalents is that civil service apprentices, as long as they pass their qualifications, are guaranteed a permanent role at the end of two years.

Thomas Wilson (pictured) began as a customer service apprentice five years ago and is now a neighbourhood co-ordinator.

While an engineering apprentice enjoys an average of 10 hours a week in off-the-job learning, for a retail or customer service apprentice the average in 2008 was just one hour a week.

Making purchases worth £15,000 on behalf of the Cabinet Office, organising the head of the civil service Sir Bob Kerslake's diary and giving advice in the House of Lords – these were some of the tasks given to one 20-year-old civil service apprentice.

He's the seventh son of a seventh son and, as such, pressed into service as apprentice to the local "spook" Master Gregory Jeff Bridgess).

At that time, phenacetin-containing analgesics were freely available in bulk to all workers in the Swiss watch industry [ 1], and sachets of phenacetin-containing analgesic powders were even given as a tip for small services to apprentices in the Huskvarna factory in Sweden [ 2].

In any case, sustained commitment to genuine merit-based promotion is needed throughout the civil service, to ensure apprentices – and also direct entrants without degrees – meet no glass ceilings on their way up.

At that time, young Tocqueville moved easily into government service as an apprentice magistrate.

The civil service must ensure that apprentices have the right skills – and qualifications – to equip them to keep moving on, and moving up, even outside Whitehall.

There is significant change in policing: a code of ethics, direct entry to inspector and superintendent ranks, a project to reward officers based on expertise rather than hierarchy and time served, and a plan for all officers to enter the service as a higher-level apprentice or graduate.