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BUILD THE FUTURE – Peter secures his future with a Degree Apprenticeship

09/02/2021

“An Apprenticeship is a great thing to celebrate because essentially you’re learning and working at the same time and bringing together the best of both worlds.”

Peter Catherall, 22 from Hanley Castle in Worcestershire, is securing his future in the construction industry by studying for a Chartered Quantity Surveying Degree Apprenticeship at the University of Wolverhampton, with his employer, Speller Metcalfe, funding his studies through the Apprenticeship Levy.

Peter is an Assistant Quantity Surveyor and has recently worked on the University’s partnership building project – the Cyber Quarter – Midlands Centre for Cyber Security based on Skylon Park in Herefordshire.

After completing his GCSEs and A Levels, Peter was unsure about which career path to take and was advised to talk to Speller Metcalfe who offered him the opportunity of taking the Degree Apprenticeship route where he could work full-time as well as studying for a degree qualification.

He said: “I would wholeheartedly recommend Apprenticeships to other people.  They are a great way to start your career and enhance both your university and working experience.

“I knew I wanted to start work when I left Sixth Form but I did want to pursue some kind of academic pathway but didn’t really want to go straight to university.

“Studying at University is a two-way information exchange. Working on the Cyber Centre project I’ve taken things that I’ve learned at work and applied them to a University module and then had a look at that, not only from an operations level, but from a more strategic level and I’ve had the opportunity to analyse things in more depth.

“An Apprenticeship is a great thing to celebrate because essentially you’re learning and working at the same time and bringing together the best of both worlds. On this Degree Apprenticeship you also get the chance to work towards Chartership with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) so at the end of the day you walk away with success.”

Peter is in the fourth year of the five-year course and studies one day a week at University.

Find out more about how Degree Apprenticeships can benefit you or your business: www.wlv.ac.uk/naw2021

 

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