

BLACK HISTORY MONTH - Opportunities for All: Apprenticeships, Graduates and Future Talent
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Leads: Thames Water & Skewb
Contributions from: Affinity Water & WaterTrain
Discover practical routes into water industry careers and how mentoring accelerates progression. This session spotlights real apprenticeship and graduate pathways, with insights from Thames Water’s apprenticeship scheme and Affinity Water’s graduate and apprenticeship programme, supported by WaterTrain.
What you’ll learn
How Thames Water structures apprenticeships: entry routes, on-the-job learning, and progression.
How Affinity Water’s graduate and apprenticeship programmes work, with training support from WaterTrain.
Making mentoring effective: pairing, goal-setting, and measuring impact.
Tips for applicants: applications, interviews, and building experience.
Actions employers can take to widen access and support early-career talent.
Who should attend
Students and career-changers, current apprentices and graduates, mentors and line managers, HR/People teams, and partners across the supply chain.