Label Apeel opens L-School Print Academy to generate in-house talent pool

The in-house training center, L-School Print Academy, has been set up by Label Apeel managing director Amy Chambers (pictured), who said: ‘We are now recognized as being the best label printer in the country and that honor has been hard fought for and has been equally hard defended. Finding people who are as good as us is not easy.

‘We have therefore taken the decision that from here on in we will in the main only be training our own people. We will be looking for people from a range of different backgrounds that may not have the right skills, but do have the right attitude. That attitude being one which reflects the quality we all strive for and achieve on a daily basis. We need people that recognize that processes and procedures are essential and that put customer satisfaction at the heart of what they do.

‘To help us deliver this we will be opening L-School Print Academy, where we will take people in and help them to get the necessary skills to meet the exacting standards that allows them to call themselves Label Apeel.’

The two apprentice positions currently being filled are for two trainee printers. The first year will be spent rotating around the whole business, working on reception, accounts, being a Mac operator, on the printer presses and in the warehouse. Once the induction year is over, they will then choose a specialism from those available and will be registered as an apprentice with Leicester College. The apprentices will receive both hands on work training and classroom training at the college. On completing three years of training the individuals will engage in an array of different training, further honing skills with opportunities to move in to supervisory management, sales, planning and production management.

Individuals interested in applying need to be hardworking, reliable, conscientious and driven to succeed, Label Apeel detailed, and must have a minimum of GCSEs in English and Maths (grade C or above), and preferably a design GCSE. A reasonable A level, AS level or BTEC Dip. result would be beneficial.

Label Apeel will be attending Leicester College's Apprenticeship Careers Fair on August 19 at its Freemen's Park campus.