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2 December 2016 - After my time in London After my time in London I've moved on to a job in Leeds' Central Square, with Phil Glover - a long standing Miller employee. The job was in the basement of a swanky new hi-tech building. The metal job in the boiler room had...

11 November 2016 - Moving on to Miller's John attended TICA's AGM at York in September. After my time with Western Thermal I went back to TICA House; completing more of my workbook and having my Tech Cert objectives left to complete. During this training block I...

22 July 2016 - Back at the National Training Centre John Francis is back at the National Training Centre for a two week stint – all part of his TICA Apprenticeship. Following placements at Linear Insulation Ltd in Nottingham and Gateshead’s Gads Insulation...

20 May 2016 - Practice makes perfect Throughout this week I have been doing the same things as usual in terms of lagging and metaling the pipework. I have been working with all of the team around the site, as well as working on my own. As the weeks have gone on the...

6 May 2016 - Steady Away for John It’s been a time of consolidation for TICA Apprentice, John Francis as he takes on tasks he’s now comfortable with completing. “I was assisting the supervisor on a stripping job where the vessel had to be stripped...

15 April 2016 – Wise words and Small spaces Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been doing a lot of metalwork.  It’s something I particularly enjoy, and want to do more of. I feel I’ve learnt a lot since joining the team at CGB and working...

8 April 2016 - Onward to Humbertherm! TICA Apprentice, John Francis is currently working on site with his latest placement company, CGB Humbertherm. Before joining them, he spent a couple of weeks in the familiar surroundings of the National Training Centre in...

14 March 2016 – Thinking back, moving forward. TICA apprentice, John Francis has now finished his first placement phase, telling us he’s ‘enjoyed almost every minute of it’. John’s visited many different building sites, and, whilst he has...

11 March 2016 - A week in the life … TICA apprentice, John Francis is nearing the end of his placement with Gads in Gateshead. Here's his latest blog... "I've been working in Newcastle, at part of the university. On this job I was completing pipework in the...

26 February 2016 – An Installer’s Dream? TICA’s Apprentice John Francis gives us an update on a working week at Gads Insulation Services in Gateshead… “I spent the first part of the week in the workshop, working with metal.  It was...

8 January 2016 - John's Apprentice Roundup As we have moved into the new year, our first ever TICA apprentice, John Francis, tells us how he's been getting on. Overall, I think my induction week went really well. We had an introduction to the course and what to...