PROMOTION a ord accurd Evolut accord Nurturing new talent Accord Healthcare celebrates 12 years empowering apprentices ccord UK, Barnstaple, has been supporting people to start their careers within the pharmaceutical industy r developing both their skills and and with their strong expertise for nurturing talent, they understand the value of appeentices within a basiness, confidence to help them progress in their careers the past twelve years. The industry offers a diverse range of careers from manufacturing and engincering ofinance, quality control and quality assuranee Pete Coet, from Barnstaple, has worked for Accord UK(peviously Actavis) at its factory since 2002. After starting as a Packing Technician in the factory. five years later Pete was Accord believes that it has a commitment to 'inspiring' the next generation to work in healthcare and king to expand his skill set and the deliver more for the benefit of patients mpany offered him the opportunity worldwide. Their approach to developing to undertake a two year apprenticeship the talents of high performing teams has which also included undertaking a helped to deliver their goal of providing BTEC course at Exeter College. a number of jobs for apprentices within He said: "lwould recommend an the business. Sophie Harvey, believes apprenticeships are a great route for young people starting out: After finishing my apprenticeship in 2015, I was offered a full- time role at Accord in the Pharmaceutical Technology department Then in Soptember 2017, I was able to start a Higher Apprenticeshig which will give me a Foundation Degree from Plymouth University in Project Management taught at the Petroc North campus. Accord is now supporting me to do the three-year degree appeenticeship to anyone. It opens doors Mark Hill, Manufacturing Engineering for you, enables you to change your Shift Leader at Accord UK, talks about how appeentices have brought passion kills all while being paid to do so.I now and energy to their teams: "Weempower train apprentices and I thinki's great for our apprentices so that they have the best on-the-job' learning esperience as path of your career. possible and we have open discussions about how we can achieve their goals. The place every March,celebrating the scheme is one of the best ways to develop impact of apprenticeships for individuals engineers for our basiness and we have he economy and employers. This seen many make the full transition fromyears campaign tagline is BlazeATrail apprentice to multi-skilled engineers.(Benefit, Learn, Aspire, Zest and career direction and equip you with moee them to see how it can help to change the National Apprenticeship Week takes To date, Accord has successfully retained 80% of their apprentices Energize)and supports organisations encouraging apprenticeships. Devon Whiddon Valley. Barnstaple, Devon x32 BNS 01271 385 200 www.accord-healthcare.com/uk www.scord-healthcean.ord