The next time you attend a practical workshop at OLCI, take a look around: you may be training alongside a professional footballer! One such player who knows the importance of getting a trade is midfi elder Simon Whaley. Simon has so far made 275 league appearances for teams such as Bury, Preston North End and Norwich, in a professional football career spanning eight seasons. Read more »

If you’re training to be a plumber, electrician or gas engineer we’re sure you have aims and ambitions, and know where you see yourself in 5 years’ time. Maybe you’d like to be working for yourself running your own business, working for a company in the domestic or commercial sectors, dealing with emergency callouts or working on-site at one of the many major construction projects going on around the UK?

We’d love to know where you want to be, so vote below and let us know! Read more »