A LITERATURE graduate who has just completed her four-year apprenticeship as an electrician with Shetland Islands Council has been named Scottish apprentice of the year.
Amy Garrick said she was “stunned and overwhelmed” when she was announced as the overall winner during an awards ceremony in Glasgow, on Friday night.
The 27-year-old started her apprenticeship after discovering there were few career opportunities for someone with a degree in literary studies.
She said she had always been a practical and creative person, attributes that helped her to get on well in her chosen career.
“For the future I am planning to do my ‘approved’, which I will be able to do in a year. It is another exam that would give me essentially a higher level of responsibility. READ MORE
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