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Creative and media
Fine artists create original works of art using methods like painting, drawing and sculpture.
You'll need a high level of skill and talent in your chosen art form. To develop these skills, you could train by doing a degree or postgraduate award in art and design, art history, fine art, visual arts or graphic arts.
You'll usually need:
You can do a Level 4 Higher National Certificate or Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Art and Design or Art Practice.You'll usually need 1 or 2 A-Levels, or equivalent.
Volunteering
Volunteering with community arts projects can open up possibilities and extend your network of contacts, which could be useful for finding work.
You'll need:
Your day-to-day tasks will be:
You could move into areas like art therapy or art conservation.
Dance teachers train and develop their pupils in all types of dance.
Signwriters produce signs by hand and with machines for display on shops, businesses and company vehicles.
Assistant directors support directors by organising and planning everything on TV or film sets.
Production managers take care of the business, financial and recruitment side of film and television productions.
Sample machinists make samples of garments to show designers or customers how finished items will look.
Interior designers plan and supervise the layout and decoration of the inside of buildings.
Not only will your organisation (or the Government) pay for all of your training, but you’ll be paid to do it. That means you could actually get paid to get your degree and have no debt!
There are over 625 different apprenticeships to choose from, in a range of industries. Whether you’re interested in law, marketing, construction, or engineering, you’ll find something up your street!
As an apprentice, the minimum you’ll earn is £6.20 an hour, but we’ve seen apprentices earn a starting salary of up to £30,000 a year! You could also get other employee benefits like gym memberships, paid holiday, and sick pay.
Employers think apprentices are 15% more employable than those with other qualifications. In fact, many large employers train their graduates and apprentices together!
There’s only so much you can learn when you just do a qualification. As an apprentice, you’ll also get to learn on the job – whether that’s designing amazing graphics, chopping vegetables, or building engines!
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