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Shetland Islands

Where you will find us in the Shetland Islands

  • Lerwick Careers Centre

    Solarhus, 3 North Ness Business Park

    Lerwick

    Shetland

    ZE1 0LZ

    Tel: Open for appointments only, please call 01595 695791.

    Opening hours

Key data from the Shetland Islands

PACE is a demand led service responding to redundancies in the local area as such from 1 April to 31 December 2022 there was no requirement for PACE support for either employers or individuals

As of 30 December 2022 there were 355 Modern Apprentices in training.

From 1 April to 30 December 2022 we supported 126 Modern Apprenticeship starts. 55.6% of the starts in the local area were aged 16-24.

The Modern Apprenticeship achievement rate in Shetland Islands is 84.6%.

From 1 June to 31 December 2022 we delivered 1,304 Career Information, Advice and Guidance engagements for 888 school pupils through a mix of group and one-to-one sessions.

As of 31 December 2022 of the 1,478 maintained school pupils in the local authority, 89% were registered on myworldofwork.co.uk.

From 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 we funded 25 Employability Fund starts.

From 1 April to 31 December 2022 we delivered 142 Career Information, Advice and Guidance engagements for 95 post-school customers through a mix of group and one-to-one sessions.

The 2022 Annual Participation Measure showed that of the 965 16-19 year olds in Shetland Islands 96.0% were in education, employment or training and personal development.

In 2021-22 there were * registered Graduate Apprentices with a home address in the local authority and * registered with employers based in the area.

In 2020-21, 12 pupils started Foundation Apprenticeships in schools at SCQF Level 4-6 in this area.

In 2021-22 we invested over £1.3m in the local area.

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