[C]arlisle based digital agency, Hydrant has welcomed talented newcomers to its 1 year apprenticeship scheme and junior developer roles.
This week saw a trio of new Carlisle based web developers start a year long apprenticeship course that combines technical training as part of a national peer group, alongside on-the-job learning and support from the experienced Hydrant team. They are joined by Matthew Proudman who started on the same day as a Junior Developer.
This year’s group have a wide range of backgrounds and experience, and will work both as a team and individually on projects to establish core development skills, before starting to work on client projects under the close supervision of their Hydrant team mentors.
Apprentice Andrea Cuneo, 27, who lives in Scotland and joins the scheme following a degree in Clinical Psychology and working abroad, said: “I’ve always been very interested in technology and its applications. After some research about coding and programming I decided to try a career in web development and thanks to the Hydrant apprenticeship, I’m having a great opportunity to learn and have a future in this industry.”
Andrea is joined by Carlisle resident 18-year-old Jake Milburn who has started the scheme following studying Maths and Physics at Caldew School, and Rebecca Kirby, 19, who joins from a computing course at Carlisle College having been inspired to learn to program online.
Hydrant have successfully run the apprentice scheme previously resulting in a full time position for one of the trainees. Alan Saunders who lives in Carlisle, progressed through the scheme and was offered a full time job as Junior Web Developer with Hydrant after completing his apprenticeship. He also won ‘apprentice of the year 2016’ awarded by the external training body that managed the scheme.
Alan says; “The great thing about the apprenticeship is that it’s not just learning about the theory in the classroom, you actually get to implement what you learn on day-to-day projects. Working alongside others also helps develop those other important life skills such as communication and time management, as well as learning more about Drupal.“
