What the youngsters say....

"I cannae wait tae get tae work in the mornin"  

"I've leaned how to communicate with older people. I didn't start speaking to older people until I got into this job. I've got a lot more confidence now than when I started."

"My time keeping's been good - but I was five minutes late one morning."

"My mates think it's great. I tell them you can get an apprenticeship out of it if you work hard. You'll learn a lot from it. "

"Am glad I'm not going to college. This is well different from college. You're actually on the job. You learn a lot more."

"I know all the different kinds of tools, the materials, how to solder a pipe, how to join stuff together. Everything I get told to do, I do. It gives the firm a good name. You learn respect."

What the tradesmen say....

"How come Stevie's got a laddie and I've no? Where do I find out about the scheme?"

"Havin' a laddie to work with us is like a breath of fresh air. It knocks the staleness out of us."

"Oh definitely it's worth the money I pay. Let's say he goes out to my van 5 times a day and comes back with the right tools, he's paid for his wages for the day."

"This is a good way of getting lads into the trades. The problem with the colleges is it's all paper work now. You can be brilliant at paper work but rubbish on site with the tools. The only thing we learned at college was how to go to the pub at dinnertime."

And what the Police say...

"What have you done to the laddie? We can't believe the difference. The change in him is amazing."