{"id":527,"date":"2022-02-11T12:48:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T12:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/?p=527"},"modified":"2022-02-11T12:48:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T12:48:09","slug":"national-apprenticeship-week-2022-meet-one-of-our-apprentices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/?p=527","title":{"rendered":"National Apprenticeship Week 2022: Meet one of our apprentices!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I\u2019m Jack Mellor and I\u2019ve been part of HSE\u2019s Science Division \u2013 Health Capability Group for almost seven years. Our group provides scientific expertise and an analytical service to not only HSE but also our external customers with the extensive laboratory and world experts we have based in Buxton.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m currently studying towards a BSc in Chemical Science at Manchester Metropolitan University, which is being fully funded by HSE through the\u00a0apprenticeships scheme. Not only is this a degree in itself but also a Laboratory Scientist Degree\u00a0Apprenticeship, which means it additionally involves the practical laboratory skills\/training element necessary for working within the chemical sciences sector. I\u2019m able to put what I have learnt during my degree\u00a0apprenticeship\u00a0into practice at HSE during my typical working day, which is so rewarding. My course is heavily chemistry based and has given me the ability to now answer some of the questions that I have always wondered, such as, \u2018so why does that\u00a0actually\u00a0happen?\u2019\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The degree course is informative and can be extremely challenging at times, which is just how I like it. I currently spend twenty percent (one day) of my working\u00a0week\u00a0studying as part of the apprenticeship agreement with HSE and now, in my final year, I feel as though I know exactly how to blend it in with my work-life balance. From my experience over the last few years I believe this is one of the keys to\u00a0success\u00a0when undertaking a course such as this.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m Jack Mellor and I\u2019ve been part of HSE\u2019s Science Division \u2013 Health Capability Group for almost seven years. Our group provides scientific expertise and an analytical service to not only HSE but also our external customers with the extensive laboratory and world experts we have based in Buxton.\u00a0 I\u2019m currently studying towards a BSc&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}