Here in a insite to a recent Apprentice Development programme with Ford. Our approach recognises that apprentices learn best in a blended learning environment.  We combine indoor training with outdoor problem solving & activities to maximise learning on these apprentice programmes.

On the development programme the apprentices will stay at our residential outdoor centre, ensuring they have maximum exposure to our experienced tutors and trainers.

Our programme includes:

• On-site problems and challenges at the delivery venue, both indoors and outdoors
• Problem solving throughout the programme, using both physical and paperwork based problems
• Orienteering and Navigation based tasks for clue finding on-site and off-site
• Outdoor Adventurous Activities to provide challenge, personal development, new experiences and to build team skills, as well as contributing to the overall build-up of complexity for the week
• Review of problem solving exercises and the event as a whole to capture learning using an Experiential Learning approach
• Some elements of learning, development and team theory, delivered in a practical and usable way
• Preparation of a formal learning presentation by the Apprentices for visiting Managers from the workplace
• Action planning for the future, building on the learning from the event