Bilingual Apprenticeship Ambassador Crafting a Carpentry Profession

Welsh talking Ben Pittaway is crafting a promising profession for himself within the development trade with an Apprenticeship in Carpentry.

Ben, 21, from Port Talbot, gained expertise as a plasterer after leaving faculty however quickly determined he was higher suited to carpentry and was taken on by D. C. Carpentry and Joinery within the city greater than two years in the past.

Welsh Apprenticeship Ambassador Ben Pittaway enjoys his job as an apprentice carpenter.

He’s now working in the direction of a bilingual Stage 3 Apprenticeship in Website Carpentry by way of Metropolis & Guilds, delivered by Pathways Coaching at NPTC Group of Faculties in Swansea.

Attributable to his ardour for apprenticeships and the Welsh language, he has been appointed an Apprenticeship Ambassador by Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and the Nationwide Coaching Federation of Wales (NTfW).

Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol leads the event of Welsh medium and bilingual training and coaching within the post-compulsory sector in Wales and the NTfW represents work-based studying suppliers throughout Wales.

Ben stated, 

“I like each minute of being an apprentice carpenter. I like the liberty of working someplace completely different daily, assembly completely different individuals and having the ability to put ardour into my work.

“I beforehand labored as a plasterer for 18 months and realised it wasn’t for me. I nonetheless have lots to be taught however I’m trying ahead to profession.”

Ben has handed a course to qualify to put in hearth doorways beneath supervision and hopes to proceed including new expertise.

Welsh Apprenticeship Ambassador Ben Pittaway with Darren Cockings, managing director of DC Carpentry.

Talking about his delight in turning into an Apprenticeship Ambassador, he stated:

“Talking Welsh is necessary to me as a result of it’s our nationwide language. I help learners having the chance to do bilingual and Welsh medium apprenticeships. Assessments with my assessor Wyn Williams are bilingual.

“My recommendation to anybody who’s contemplating a bilingual apprenticeship is to go for it as a result of it’s the easiest way to be taught all the things concerning the job that you may be doing and incomes on the similar time.”

Mr Williams, a carpentry lecturer at NPTC Group of Faculties in  Swansea, stated Ben had begun studying on a multi-trades course earlier than choosing carpentry as a profession.

He added,

“Ben is a tough employee, picks up expertise rapidly and is approaching leaps and bounds.”

Darren Cockings, managing director of D. C. Carpentry and Joinery, stated:

“Ben is younger, enthusiastic and progressing nicely in his commerce. He does a wide range of work ranging together with putting in hearth doorways, bogs and kitchens.

“He is without doubt one of the few Welsh audio system that we make use of however we’d welcome extra as it’s advantageous to the enterprise, with a lot of our shoppers encouraging bilingualism within the office.”

Lisa Mytton, the NTfW’s strategic director, stated,

“Many workplaces have gotten extra bilingual, so finishing an apprenticeship bilingually or in Welsh can enhance a person’s confidence to work in each languages and their employability.

“Our Apprenticeship Ambassadors are wonderful position fashions for apprenticeships, highlighting the advantages of studying and dealing bilingually within the office.”

Elin Williams, from the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, stated:

“That is the third 12 months working that now we have appointed ambassadors for the apprenticeship sector, and we predict this can be a important instrument in exhibiting folks that it’s attainable to proceed along with your bilingual studying by way of the apprenticeship route.

“With the Welsh Governments goal to achieve a million Welsh audio system by 2050, it has by no means been extra necessary to develop your bilingual expertise and enhance your employability prospects.”

The Apprenticeship Programme in Wales is funded by the Welsh Authorities with help from the European Social Fund.

To seek out out extra about apprenticeship alternatives go to Careers Wales https://careerswales.gov.wales/apprenticeships or phone 0800 028 4844.

Mae Ben Pittaway yn gwneud Prentisiaeth ddwyieithog mewn Gwaith Coed gyda’r nod o gael gyrfa yn y diwydiant adeiladu.

Cafodd Ben, 21, o Bort Talbot, brofiad fel plastrwr ar ôl gadael yr ysgol ond penderfynodd ar ôl ychydig y byddai gwaith coed yn ei siwtio’n nicely a dechreuodd weithio i gwmni D. C. Carpentry and Joinery yn y dref dros ddwy flynedd yn ôl.

Erbyn hyn, mae’n gweithio tuag at Brentisiaeth ddwyieithog Lefel 3 mewn Gwaith Coed ar Safle gyda Metropolis & Guilds, wedi’i chyflenwi gan Pathways Coaching, Grŵp Colegau NPTC yn Abertawe.

Gan ei fod mor frwd dros brentisiaethau a’r iaith Gymraeg, mae wedi’i benodi’n Llysgennad Prentisiaethau gan y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol a Ffederasiwn Hyfforddiant Cenedlaethol Cymru (NTfW).

Y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol sy’n arwain datblygiad addysg a hyfforddiant Cymraeg a dwyieithog yn y sector ôl-orfodol yng Nghymru ac mae’r NTfW yn cynrychioli darparwyr dysgu seiliedig ar waith ledled Cymru.

Dywedodd Ben,

“Rwy wrth fy modd yn y gwaith o fod yn brentis saer coed. Rwy’n hoffi’r rhyddid o weithio yn rhywle gwahanol bob dydd, cwrdd â phobl wahanol a chael y cyfle i roi angerdd yn fy ngwaith.

“Fues i’n gwneud gwaith plastrwr am 18 mis ond sylweddolais nad dyna ro’n i’m ei wneud. Mae gen i lawer i’w ddysgu o hyd ond rwy’n edrych ymlaen at yrfa dda.”

Mae Ben wedi pasio cwrs i fod yn gymwys i osod drysau tân o dan oruchwyliaeth ac mae’n gobeithio dal i ddysgu sgiliau newydd.

Mae’n ymfalchïo ei fod wedi’i ddewis yn Llysgennad Prentisiaethau ac meddai:

“Mae siarad Cymraeg yn bwysig i mi achos y Gymraeg yw’n hiaith genedlaethol ni. Rwy o blaid rhoi’r cyfle i ddysgwyr wneud prentisiaethau Cymraeg a dwyieithog. Mae fy asesydd, Wyn Williams, yn cynnal yr asesiadau yn ddwyieithog.

“Os oes rhywun yn ystyried gwneud prentisiaeth ddwyieithog, fy nghyngor i yw iddyn nhw fynd amdani. Dyna’r ffordd orau o ddysgu popeth am y gwaith y byddwch yn ei wneud ac ennill cyflog ar yr un pryd.”

Dywedodd Mr Williams, sy’n ddarlithydd gwaith coed yng Ngrŵp Colegau NPTC yn Abertawe, bod Ben wedi dechrau dysgu ar gwrs aml-grefft cyn dewis anelu am yrfa mewn gwaith coed.

Dywedodd,

“Mae Ben yn gweithio’n galed, mae’n dysgu sgiliau’n gyflym ac mae’n cymryd camau breision ymlaen.”

Dywedodd Darren Cockings, rheolwr gyfarwyddwr D. C. Carpentry and Joinery:

“Mae Ben yn ifanc, yn frwdfrydig ac mae’n symud ymlaen yn dda â’i grefft. Mae’n gwneud gwaith amrywiol yn cynnwys gosod drysau tân, ystafelloedd ymolchi a cheginau.

“Mae’n un o’r ychydig bobl sy’n siarad Cymraeg yn y busnes ond bydden ni’n croesawu rhagor achos mae’n lles i’r busnes ac mae llawer o’n cleientiaid yn awyddus i weithio’n ddwyieithog.”

Gwaith Ryan Evans, hyrwyddwr dwyieithrwydd NTfW, yw helpu darparwyr hyfforddiant ledled Cymru i gynnig rhagor o brentisiaethau trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg neu’n ddwyieithog.

Dywedodd,

“Mae llawer o weithleoedd yn dod yn fwy dwyieithog ac felly gall gwneud prentisiaeth trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg neu’n ddwyieithog roi hwb i hyder y prentis i weithio yn y ddwy iaith ac felly ei helpu i gael gwaith.”

“Mae ein Llysgenhadon Prentisiaethau yn esiampl dda i brentisiaid, gan ddangos manteision dysgu a gweithio’n ddwyieithog.”

Dywedodd Elin Williams, o’r Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol:

“Dyma’r drydedd flwyddyn o’r bron i ni benodi llysgenhadon ar gyfer y sector prentisiaethau. Credwn ei bod yn ffordd ardderchog o ddangos i bobl y gallwch barhau i ddysgu’n ddwyieithog trwy wneud prentisiaeth.

“Mae nod Llywodraeth Cymru o sicrhau miliwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg erbyn 2050 yn golygu na fu erioed yn bwysicach i chi ddatblygu sgiliau dwyieithog er mwyn gwella’ch cyfleoedd ym myd gwaith.”

Caiff y Rhaglen Brentisiaethau yng Nghymru ei hariannu gan Lywodraeth Cymru gyda chymorth Cronfa Gymdeithasol Ewrop (ESF).

Os hoffech wybod mwy am gyfleoedd ar gyfer prentisiaethau, ewch i Gyrfa Cymru https://gyrfacymru.llyw.cymru/prentisiaethau neu ffoniwch 0800 028 4844.