Information and Advice Drop-in Session

Posted on November 23, 2010 by admin

Future Centre

Thursday 25th November 2010
2.30pm to 4.30pm

ATG Training, Future Centre, Smeaton Close, Aylesbury, HP19 8SZ

Get free, objective and impartial career advice from our Learner Support Team.

For anyone who is interested in pursuing a career in one of the following industry sectors:

• Business and Administration
• Children’s Care, Learning and Development
• Customer Service and Retail
• Cycle Maintenance
• Electrical Installation
• Management (including Team Leading)
• Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
• IT User and IT Practitioner
• Warehousing and Storage Operations

Call us on 01296 737800 or e-mail: future@atg-training.co.uk.

Cycle Show

Posted on October 11, 2010 by admin

ATG Training Cycle Academy team field customer enquiries

The Cycle Show at Earls Court this year proved to be very busy for the ATG Training Cycle Academy team.

Four days of full on customer facing enquiries where fielded, helping trade, press and customers gain a better understanding of the high quality cycle maintenance training that is available throughout the UK.The Fastest Wrench competition proved to be very popular and highly competitive, with some of the contestants having their efforts captured on video. You can see some of these on the ATG Training Cytech Facebook page.

Posted on June 4, 2010 by admin

Mark Paxton IT Apprentice

Mark Paxton may only be 17 years old, but he’s already begun his career in IT. His secret? Obtaining a National Vocational Qualification (NQV) Level 2 for IT Practitioners from ATG Training.

When were you an apprentice at ATG?
I started my apprenticeship in September 2009, and it finished at the start of January 2010.

Which apprenticeship did you take?
ICT. I had been interested in ICT for quite a few years before I looked at ATG.

What made you want to take part in ATG’s program?
ATG offered to get me an interview and help get me a job during and after the course.

Is it safe to say the followed through on those offerings?
Yes, ATG helped me prepare for my interview and helped me write my CV. I was offered an interview with ABS Ltd in November 2009, approximately half way through my course, and following that they offered me a placement the week before Christmas. After my placement, (ABS) offered me the job and Level 3 course.

Did you attend an ATG Open Day prior to apprenticeship?
Yes, I was shown around and explained what ATG is and what they do. The most important thing I learned at the Open Day was what the ICT course was all about (what it consisted of and what was required). Based on the visit, I wanted to join ATG because of the short course and the offer of helping me get a job.

What certification did ATG help you obtain?
NVQ Level 2 for IT Practitioners

What was your favourite part about the ATG apprenticeship?
The course was short and expanded my knowledge a lot. I learned General ICT software, hardware troubleshooting and repairing, and customer support.

What did you like most about ATG in general?
I met a few new friends, and the tutors were always happy to help and have a laugh.

You’re now with ABS Ltd. When did you start working there?
I started at ABS Ltd on 4th January 2010, following my weeks placement in December.

What is your position, and what are your duties in this new role?
I’m a Support Technician. I provide software and hardware to support to customers and monitor servers.

Do you think you would have been able to obtain your current position without help from ATG?
No, I would not have known about the position without the help of ATG, as ABS recruits directly from ATG.

Would you recommend ATG to others?
Yep, it’s definitely worth the time, and you will meet new people whilst getting the qualification.

For further information about our apprenticeships, contact 01296 737800 or future@atg-training.co.uk.

ATG Announce New Training Courses or Apprenticeships

Posted on February 25, 2010 by admin

It’s been a while since I last blogged and much has happened.

Director of Commercial Development

Are we seeing an economic recovery, are we all getting pre-occupied by a new government or indeed the old one hanging on. What does it all say about the landscape for Skills. Well we can wait or we can be proactive, if we are not recovering as a country, we will (hopefully) at some point so let’s crack on and make sure we have the right types of things for young people to do so they can contribute to the community and the economy.

ATG training will be moving forward into a very new exciting area this summer, “Motorsports”. We have thought long and hard about this and what’s better than proving that high performance engineering of which we are known, has an exciting and challenging arena to be expressed. We are now taking interest from many young people who want to be the first to experience Motorsports at ATG, so don’t hang around come and see us, join our Facebook group or just give us a call. http://bit.ly/9W4f1G

Talking of Facebook and the world of social networking, we communicate more and more this way, with our twitter and Facebook pages. It’s really easy to get a feel for ATG training and its high quality provision and that we are a people business through the Internet, but all that said its so much better (showing my age here) to meet the great staff face to face to see how we can help.

So whoever wins the election and whatever the interest rate, not to high I hope, you can find us being proactive and developing new things and constantly improving our current offer but most all very friendly and always happy to explain how we can help with “Your Future”.

Record numbers of Apprentices

Posted on October 29, 2009 by admin

Director of Learning and Skills

Success rates for apprenticeships have been increasing each year as the LSC and Ofsted drive providers to raise standards. ATG Training’s success rates for 2008/9 are looking very good, particularly the number of apprentices completing their programmes within the specified time limit. This has been achieved by investment in technology for the assessor teams and a better approach to caseloads and visit frequencies.

I wonder whether the high numbers of completions was influenced by the lack of funding for 2009/10 – providers may have accelerated the programmes of many apprentices to ensure their completions were funded.

Whilst encouraging, the participation in skills for life courses needs to be considered alongside the numbers of Britons who are considered illiterate or innumerate, numbers which are far too high in some areas of the country. There is still a great deal of work to be done to ensure that students do not leave compulsory education with less than an acceptable level of literacy and numeracy. It should not be left to FE or work-based learning to develop what 11+ years of schooling has failed to address. Many employers are shocked at the levels of literacy and numeracy among prospective apprentices and the fundamental education that is required before skills-based training can begin.

The Directors Chair

Posted on October 23, 2009 by admin

Director of Commercial Development

I have been out and about recently and one of the conferences I attended was from LSIS (Learning and Skills Improvement Service) normally at conferences I am itching to go at lunch time conscious of the work I have back at the office, however this one I was gripped.

The title was “Embracing Innovation” and being a secret geek that got me all fired up. I realised very early on that even though we are pushing on with our e-strategy, we have still a very long way to go. I started asking myself a lot of questions.

What about students visiting ATG through 2nd Life?
What about letting prospective students ask tough questions about our quality through Facebook?
Why not question why we sit students down in a classroom, is this how they like learning?
Books, Google will have all books EVER printed on-line by next year, WOW.
Our learners have changed, so should we?

Anyway enough blogging, and back to my Blackberry for some bite sized learning experiences.

Matt

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