The Technical Apprenticeship
Service (TAS) is a recruitment
service for employers, providers and
apprentices.

Launched by Cogent chairman,
Tom Crotty at Cogent SSC’s Annual
Skills Forum, it is a new subsidiary
of Cogent, initially funded from the
Department for Business,
Innovation and Skills (BIS) Growth
and Innovation Fund, but with a
longer term remit to be fully selfsustaining.

The employer-led organisation is
designed to attract, select and place
technical apprentices. It is aimed at
companies involved in the process
manufacturing industries: chemicals,
life sciences, pharmaceuticals,
polymers and associatedindustries.

The over-riding aim is finding
‘real jobs for real apprentices’ but
TAS will support employers who
might not be able to employ the
apprentice at the outset.It will also
encourage apprentices to progress to
higher levels of learning and
promote the Higher Level
Apprenticeships.