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“I had slight reservations about being an an adult apprentice” – Here’s what changed!
“I Had Slight Reservations About Being an Adult Apprentice” - Here’s What Changed! Rob Cummings' Case study Level 3 Health, Safety & Environment Technician Apprentice Why did you choose to do an apprenticeship? I liked that I could continue to work and fit the work needed for the apprenticeship in my working day. I wanted [...]
“I had just finished my Masters degree” – How Apprenticeships Can Benefit Academics
“I had Just Finished My Masters Degree” - How Apprenticeships Can Benefit Academics Amy Macphie's Case study Level 4 Fire Safety Inspector Follow Why did you choose to do an apprenticeship? It was a chance to develop my learning after university and to keep my knowledge growing whilst earning a wage. When enrolling on [...]
Chloe Peters Case Study
“Apprenticeships Make it Possible” - How One Apprentice Developed Confidence Chloe Peter's Case study Level 4 Fire Safety Inspector Why did you choose to do an apprenticeship? For a chance that not everyone is given, to learn whilst I am doing, and to better my future within the NHS. This is my second apprenticeship with [...]
5 Signs Your Company Prioritises Wellbeing
Do you think it is important for your company to prioritise wellbeing, particularly if you are a business owner or HR manager? Research shows that companies that prioritise wellbeing have happier staff who are more productive, and who stay with the company for longer. In fact, wellbeing has becomes a such an important factor in [...]
Compass’ Quick Start Guide to Occupational Health
Are you the business owner of an SME? For some, occupational health support can feel less like support and more like the big bad wolf coming to stop any employee coming into work that isn't at 100%. However, there are not many people who are functioning at 100% all of the time. If an employee [...]
Is Occupational Health a Costly Tick Box Exercise?
Is Occupational Health Just a Costly Tick Box Exercise? With prices rising, investing in occupational health may be the last thing you as a business owner may want to do, especially as an SME. However, not investing in it may cost you more money long term. Let's look at few reasons why. Higher chance [...]
Q+A With an Occupational Health Technician
Q+A with Compass' Resident Occupational Health Technician With the news about the newly regulated qualification for occupational health technicians, find out what Compass OHT, James Davies, has to say about his role as an occupational health technician. What do you enjoy most about being an occupational health technician? Meeting and working with a wide variety [...]
Supporting Neurodivergent Learners and Those With Learning Difficulties
Supporting Neurodivergent Learners and Those With Learning Difficulties During learning disability week in June, Compass collaborated with learning disability nurse, Jess Lea, to discuss how learning difficulties and neurodivergences can affect “high functioning”, or “high masking”, adults when in education. Jess relates her experience. “As a person who was diagnosed with autism at 32, I’ve [...]
HSE stats 21 – 22 blog
Looking at the latest health & safety statistics from the HSE, we can see a slight rise since last year in work related ill health, with stress depression, and anxiety still making up around half of that figure. The number of workers killed in this period from work related accidents (123) has decreased from 142 [...]
5 ways to tell your team is stressed
5 Ways to Tell Your Team is Stressed Lets talk tell-tale signs, why it matters, and what you can do. At Compass, we believe that employee mental health and wellbeing needs to be part of any successful business’ health and safety plan. Firstly because it is morally right to care about [...]
Apprentice Achievements 2023
Achievements to be Proud of for our Apprentice Learners We asked three of our apprentice learners from three different industries if there was anything they had achieved during the apprenticeship they were particularly proud of. Read on to find out what they had to say… Gary M (aged 60), Level 4 Fire Safety [...]
A day in the life of three adult apprentices
A Day in the Life of Three Adult Apprentices As an apprenticeship training provider, we wanted to show what a typical day might look like for some of our apprentices and how they fit their apprenticeship around their day to day role. Keep reading to see what they have to say… Gary [...]