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news NATIONAL APPRENTICEHIP WEEK National Apprenticeship Week will take place between the 3rd and 7th of March 2014. It’s co-ordinated by the National Apprenticeship Service with the aim of increasing awareness of apprenticeships, celebrating them and fuelling demand for them. This year the NAS will also be focusing on Traineeships, designed for young people who aren’t quite ready for an apprenticeship, but would be with a bit more knowledge, experience and support. JTL has developed its own Traineeship programme in the West Midlands. For National Apprenticeship Week we have invited students from all secondary schools in Birmingham for twohour visits at our new National Centre of Excellence throughout the week to talk about career prospects. The students will get given a tour of the electrical and plumbing workshops, take part in supervised hands-on activities and meet with an employer. We’ll be promoting our school events for National Apprenticeship Week on Facebook and Twitter, so look out for that. Secondary school students will visit our National Centre of Excellence for career advice during National Apprenticeship Week 6