It's a project that doesn't look like a project

Working Rite is based around the concept of a 'deal' that both the youngsters and tradesmen agree to and understand. It's a brokered 6 month work placement - a working partnership between the Trainee and Tradesman. Both regard it as real work - not a 'project' or a course.

The Deal - for the Trainee
•  It looks, feels, and pays like a real job
•  You gain real practical skills
•  You gain real on-site experience
•  You are treated as one of the workforce
•  It's a great route onto an apprenticeship

The Deal - for the Tradesman
•  It's a hassle free recruitment process with no obligation
•  There's no paperwork mountain
•  You get an extra pair of hands for minimal cost
•  No expenditure on tools or PPE
•  If things don't go according to plan, there's always backup  

For both parties - it's real

How the project is managed

Local employers are carefully recruited by an area-based Working Rite Project Manager (based in the local host organisation - usually a housing association). This Project Manager shields the employers from the paperwork and bureaucracy, thus making the deal very attractive for busy small firms.

Working Rite is a hightly cost-effective method for placing non-academic school leavers on the path to maturity and sustainable employment. Classroom-based training has a major cost component and this cost is reduced in Working Rite projects with resources focussed instead on delivering an effective support framework for the youngsters and employers.

Working Rite's main focus is the skilled manual trades of construction, textiles and garments trades, printing, food preparation, metal forming, welding, vehicle trades, electrical trades, farming, hoticulture and forestry.