East Lothian Skill Centre

Pre Vocational and Vocational Prospectus 2013/14

scalderhead — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:21:45 +0000

East Lothian Skill Centre works with schools and young people up to the age of 19 who live in East Lothian.

The prospectus details our pre vocational and vocational programmes for both school and post school provision.

We have a wide range of programmes offering the opportunity to learn and develop skills which will help our students to gain employment or either a training, university or college place.

This prospectus is split into three areas:

Opportunities for All Centre Programmes
School Based Programmes
Next Steps

Each designed to offer as much opportunities as we can to all students.

http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/828/activities_and_support_for_young_people/1518/east_lothian_skills_centre

Taking the plunge

scalderhead — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:22:34 +0000

East Lothian’s WOSSTA boys prepare for life at sea!

West of Scotland Seafish Training Association is working with five youngsters from East Lothian Skills Centre to get them ready for a life in the seafishing industry. They are undertaking a three-week course (one week in January, one in February and one in March) that will equip them to work in one of East Lothian’s traditional industries. By the end of the course the boys will have all the mandatory qualifications required for this profession, plus some additional ones.

The course covers a wide range of skills, including:

Sea Survival, Basic H&S, First Aid and Fire Fighting (these are all certificated and mandatory for anyone working in boat based industries1 day Stability course (Intermediate level and certificated)
Navigation and Watch Keeping (certificated)
Engineering
Introduction to ropes, knots and fishing gear
Net mending and Gear construction
Morning Care of the catch, afternoon Food hygiene in the fishing industry.

On completion of the course, the boys will also be awarded an overall certificate from WOSSTA. They will also get an introduction to local employers in the fishing industry to open up potential employment opportunities.

Last Friday (8th March) the boys were in the pool at North Berwick, practising their sea survival skills. They had to complete a four-hour theory test before they ever got into the water!

Casey Brunton (aged 15) says:

I am really looking forward to this as it will give me the basic tickets I need to be a fisherman. Quite a lot of my family are fishermen, fishing out of Dunbar. It runs in the family. My uncle and my cousins are fishermen and so were my great granddad and his five bothers. My uncle has his own boat, fishing for lobster and crab. It’s what I really want to do. In the long run, I’d really like to have my own boat.

A WOSSTA spokesperson adds:

It’s been great working with these young lads because it means that they will be competent fishermen and ready for life at sea and all the things that can happen out there. We also show them how to look after their catch and get it ready for sale. East Lothian has a long heritage in the fishing industry and it’s good to be working with young men who are committed to making a life as sea-fishermen and continuing with the tradition.

WOSSTA

scalderhead — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:52:43 +0000

A group of 5 boys from North Berwick High School, Dunbar Grammar and Musselburgh Grammar started a course on Monday with West of Scotland Seafish Training Association. At the end of the course they will receive an Introduction to Fishing certificate and 4 safety certificates which are mandatory for fisherman. The course will run over 3 weeks, one in January, February and March. Funding for the course is provided through Marine Scotland, Seafish and European Fisheries fund.

Girls Allowed 2013

scalderhead — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:48:42 +0000

The 2013 Girls Allowed programme started at the Skill Centre on Tuesday 8^th January and will continue every Tuesday until 19^th March . The group consists of 14 girls from Musselburgh Grammar, Prestonlodge High, Ross High School and North Berwick High School. The girls have bonded very quickly and are working together well. In the afternoon session of dance at Musselburgh East Community Learning Centre the girls have started a dance routine with Cat Perry, from Dance Division and are picking it up really well. They have also started to choreograph their own dance in 3 groups.

Web Site Makeover

scalderhead — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:32:30 +0000

We’re about to start redesigning our web site to make it suit our needs better. If you’ve any ideas to suggest, why not leave a comment? Thanks!

Vocational and Pre-Vocational Prospectus 2012/2013

scalderhead — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:11:07 +0000

Please click on the link below to view East Lothian Council’s Pre-vocational and vocational prospectus for the session 2012/13.

Further details of how to apply and refer are available from Susan Calderhead (scalderhead@eastlothian.gov.uk)

Further information on each programme is available from Kathleen Renton (krenton@eastlothian.gov.uk)

Any other queries of a more broad nature should be directed to Jacqui McCrea (jmccrea@eastlothian.gov.uk)

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View / download Prospectus: Prospectus (PDF, 0.7MB)

APPRENTICE VACANCIES: ELC PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

scalderhead — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:15:42 +0000

East Lothian Council are preparing to recruit 5 apprentices within Property Maintenance. The positions available are as follows:

Apprentice Plasterer x 2

Apprentice Roofer x 2

Apprentice Painter x 1

These vacancies will not be advertised in the local press but will be placed on ‘myjobscotland’ website as of Friday 24 February (www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/eastlothian). Closing date for applications will be Sunday 11 March.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to complete an application online, but paper applications will be accepted.

It should be noted that it is essential that applicants have attained standard grade Maths and English at General/Credit level (Grade 4 or above).

More information on these positions will be available on ‘myjobscotland’ website.

A Bright Future for Haddington Town Centre

scalderhead — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:24:14 +0000

Local groups and East Lothian Council have come together to prepare a vision and action plan for the future of Haddington town centre. The work is being done on their behalf by a team led by Urban Animation of Edinburgh.

The purpose is to help make the town centre a thriving and bustling place – for local people of all ages, and for visitors.

To help us do this, we would like to understand what you think about the town centre. We have just three simple questions.

Please click on the link below to help us out
tinyurl.com/haddington

Employer contact with schools crucial for employment, finds research

scalderhead — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:09:15 +0000

Research shows that Employer Contact makes a huge difference to helping young people into positive destinations.

Click here to read the article.

East Lothian engages with a huge number of local employers as Business Coaches; work experience providers; in Business Advisory Groups and for visits to careers days. Could we be doing more? Could there be a more co-ordinated approach to the mutual benefit of our partner employers and our young people?

East Lothian Council SLDR 2010/2011

scalderhead — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:10:03 +0000

I am pleased to say that this year East Lothian showed a further increase of 0.7% in positive destinations compared with last year.

Please click on the image below for a larger image and further breakdown including MCMC characteristics and comparison with national figures.