voestalpine Metsec plc has announced its plans to offer five more apprenticeships, with applications now open until the end of June.<\/p>\n
Having employed nearly 50 engineering apprentices over the last two decades, the Black Country-based firm is continuing its commitment to bridging the skills gap and developing the next generation of engineers with its renewal of the award-winning training scheme.<\/p>\n
Steve Giles, environmental, safety and training manager at Metsec, said: \u201cAs an organization, we heavily focus on skills and best practice. We\u2019re actively working towards ensuring 20% of our workforce comes from apprenticeships, and this year\u2019s applications are a further commitment to that figure.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a leading specialist in cold roll forming, we believe the way to maintain our position of strength in the market is by passing our knowledge down and what better way than to continue our focus on nurturing young talent with a new round of apprenticeships.\u201d<\/p>\n
The apprenticeship scheme has seen success for both Metsec and its staff since its inception in 1998, with employees now at managerial and even director level within the business having started their careers on the scheme. Successful apprentices will learn basic metal working skills in the first year, with the opportunity to continue onto an advanced apprenticeship and obtain an NVQ Level 3.<\/p>\n
Metsec is one of the few engineering companies to run an in-house apprenticeship scheme without external support and has previously been named Express & Star\u2019s \u2018Apprentice Employer of the Year\u2019 and \u2018Business of the Year\u2019 at the Business is Good for the Black Country Awards.<\/p>\n
Applications for the Metsec apprenticeship scheme are open now until the end of June, for apprentices to start in September.<\/p>\n