The UK’s leading environmental education charity is trumpeting the success of its bespoke training programme this Apprenticeship Week.

Each year, the Field Studies Council recruits a new cohort of outdoor education apprentices and equips them with the skills and knowledge they need to deliver courses at one of the charity’s field centres around the country.

This includes Emily Boswell, 24, who is undertaking her apprenticeship at the charity’s Amersham field centre.

She recently studied biological science at the University of Liverpool and worked as a trainee botanical ecologist for a year before joining the Field Studies Council’s apprenticeship programme.

She said: “Learning by doing the job has meant I can develop skills and gain confidence at the same time.”

The apprenticeships are delivered in collaboration with Channel Training and Kayleigh Hunter, senior tutor and apprentice co-ordinator for the charity, says the programme provides an effective route for those looking for a career in the environmental sector.

They are delivered in collaboration with Channel Training and Kayleigh Hunter, senior tutor, and apprentice co-ordinator for the charity, says the programme provides an effective route for those looking for a career in the environmental sector.

She said: “Training our staff through the apprenticeship scheme means we have a steady pool of well-qualified potential instructors coming through each year, and the apprentices have the skills they need to either stay with the Field Studies Council, progress into further or higher education or move into a different part of the sector."