Army Personnel Have Their Hard Work Rewarded At Apprenticeship Awards

The first ever British Army Apprenticeship Awards have taken place today at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst.

The twenty-three nominees from across all fifteen cap badge apprenticeship programmes have been recognised for their achievements.

Today, twenty-three nominees from across all fifteen apprenticeship programmes were recognised for their achievements.

Lance Corporal Kendal Wiltshire was one of them:

“I left school with just GCSEs, and through the five years that I’ve been in the Army I’ve gained five qualifications, and I just want to keep going with that.”

The Army is recognised as one of the top one hundred employers offering apprenticeships with 95% of soldiers taking part and seven thousand completing their apprenticeship training every year.

Major General Robert Nitsch, Army Director of Personnel said:

“It strengthens their training, but also it means that they get a qualification that’s recognised beyond the army.”

The apprenticeship programmes give the soldiers the chance of paid employment while studying for a work-based qualification, increasing their employability when they transition into civilian life.