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Latest News
New Employment Law Short Courses now available click here for details.
For Apprenticeship Vacancies please click here.
New Training Salon now open see the news page for details.
New Short Courses for Summer 2010 available see the downloads page for details.
New College Summer 2010 newsletter now available in the downloads area.
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11th June 2010
BUSINESS BRUNCH AND INFORMATION EVENT
Catten College invites you to a
BUSINESS BRUNCH AND INFORMATION EVENT
Is the skills gap impacting your business?
Is the downturn making it difficult for your business to invest in training?
Free advice on employment law and insurance information
Short courses available for staff with CPD
Thursday 8 July 2010, 09.00 to 11.00 am
The Arena Leisure Centre, Circular Road East
Colchester CO2 7SZ
01206 549325
For more details please contact: anneroberts@cattencollege.co.uk
This event is brought to you by bct Consortium, Birkett Long Solicitors LLP, Catten College, Essex County Council and Towergate Patrick
16th May 2010
NEW TRAINING SALON OPENS
The college is excited to announce that we have opened our new training salon. This new facility is in addition to our original salon and has 19 new workstations. The salon was opened by Essex Apprentice of the Year, Zoe Gant.
The evening was attended by a lot of our colleagues from the BCT Consortium and also our friends from Feathers Hairdressing Group, Hairways and Sally's.
We would also like to thank Steve Mc Gavin from Colchester United and Reggie Lloyd from Birkett Long for attending and for both companies contiunal support with the college.
19th March 2010
MATRIX ACCREDITATION ACHIEVED
15th March 2010
SHORT COURSE AVAILABILITY
The following short courses currently have limited vacancies available if you are interested please contact the main office for further details on 01206 366199 or info@cattencollege.co.uk
- 29th April - Fire Safety
- 29th April - Health and Safety
Our full range of short courses are available to view by downloading the Short Course Brochure from the Downloads page, you may also request any further details by calling the above number.
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26th February 2010
ESSEX BUSINESS AWARDS 2010
After Anne Catten's recent success of being named Business Woman of the Year 2009 for Colchester and District, we are extremely pleased to announce that Anne has been named as
Finalist for Business Woman of the Year 2010 for Essex.
We at the College wish her all the best for the Finals.
We are also pleased to announce that Catten College has been chosen as
Finalist in the Essex Business Awards 2010 "Business 2 Business" category.
Well done to all the Team who together make us a forward-thinking, dynamic and responsive organisation.
We are also very proud to announce that Zöe Gant has been chosen as a
Finalist for Apprentice of the Year in the Essex Business Awards 2010.
Congratulations Zöe and good luck for the Awards evening.
The Essex Business 2010 Awards Evening is being held on Friday 23rd April 2010 in Southend.
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6th February 2010
APPRENTICESHIPS IN ACTIVITY LEADERSHIP WITH ESSEX OUTDOORS
Essex Outdoors are looking for 10 Apprentices to start on February 22nd 2010. The successful applicants would be 16 - 18 years of age, with the apprenticeship lasting around a year. There is also the opportunity of moving on to the Advanced Apprenticeship in Year 2.
The Apprenticeship consists of the NVQ 2 in Activity Leadership, Functional Skills in English & Maths, the Certificate in Employment Awareness in the Leisure Industry, and two industry related Technical Certificates. The pay will be £95 per week.
If you'd like to see what you could be involved with, just follow this linkhttp://www.essexoutdoors.org/
For further details, please email louisepeters@cattencollege.co.uk or amandadrew@cattencollege.co.uk
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5th September 2009
WE ARE NOW OFFERING NVQs IN CHILDCARE
As of January 2009 we are recruiting learners for our new Childcare programme. We can offer Apprenticeships to 16 - 24 year olds, with those of 19-plus also being eligible for Train to Gain funding.
(The Apprenticeship consists of the NVQ Level 2, which involves some written work and some practical assessments, the Technical Certificate, which involves written work, plus Key Skills in Communication and Application of Number; with the Train to Gain course consisting of the NVQ Level 2 only.)
So, if you're working within the childcare industry, but with no formal qualifications, we should be able to help you, and it shouldn't cost you a penny. Alternatively, if you own or manage a nursery and have unqualified staff, we should be able to offer them free training.
And, if you would like to work in the childcare industry, but don't know how to go about starting, we should also be able to help.
Just call us on 01206 366199 or email mick@cattencollege.co.uk for further details or help.
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20th June 2009
APPRENTICE WAGES RISING TO £95.00 PER WEEK AUGUST 2009
Workplace owners/managers, please be aware that, as of August 2009, you will be required to pay your apprentices a minimum of £95.00 per week, rather than the £80.00 you could have been paying them for the past few years.
The increase was announced in December 2008 by Skills Secretary John Denham and Children's Secretary Ed Balls, and followed a review of apprentices' pay carried out by the Department of Innovation, Universities & Skills and the Department for Children, Schools & Families.
The new pay rate will benefit an estimated 26,000 apprentices - around 10% of those currently in Apprenticeships, most of whom work in the traditionally less well paid sectors such as Hairdressing and Health & Social Care.
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