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Why Bobby chose an apprenticeship

by Cathy Sheel

Young people in Year 11 will be considering their next step when they leave school.

There’s an array of opportunities for post-16 education in Knowsley and Knowsley’s young people have a successful track record of achieving their goals.

For the academic year 2024/2025, 97.4% of Knowsley young people secured an opportunity in education, employment or training.

Bobby Roche is an Apprentice Assets Surveyor with Livv Housing Group.

Bobby said “I’ve been doing my apprenticeship for a year now and wanted to do an apprenticeship so that I could earn money whilst I continued to learn.

“I enjoy my apprenticeship because I like the people I work with and I enjoy the job role.

“I’d definitely recommend doing an apprenticeship when you leave school as it gives you practical work experience on site in the role and you’re also earning a wage too.

“My long-term career aspirations are to become a fully qualified quantity surveyor by hopefully doing a degree apprenticeship to get me through university after my surveying apprenticeship at Livv Housing Group.”

You can keep up-to-date with the latest news and vacancies from the Knowsley Apprentice Programme by registering here or follow @knowsleycouncil on social media where apprenticeship opportunities are shared when available.