Engineering apprentices being trained at Deeside College recently excelled themselves at the Engineering Employers Federation (EEF) Awards, which aims to find the best engineering apprentices in Wales.

A group of learners have recently successfully achieved administration skills thanks to a course run by Deeside College at their Mold Learning Centre in Terrig House. Whilst undertaking the course, the group gained a wide range of office skills, from word processing to developing their telephone skills and running an office. The group then took part in a 'mock' interview to help prepare them for real interviews in the future. It is hoped that the course will inspire the learners to study further and/or give them the confidence to get a job.

Deeside College are part of a collaborative partnership between the Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies (semta) and other training providers, who are piloting a new shared apprenticeship programme.

Deeside College and the Photonics Academy held a launch presentation at the OpTIC Building in St Asaph on Friday April 18th 2008, to promote the new technician training programme for the Opto-electronic/Photonics sector, starting in September 2008.