News: Newburgh appoints New Era apprentices

Rotherham-based Newburgh Engineering is celebrating the success of the "New Era" apprenticeship programme, with the appointment of three new trainee engineers.

Samantha King, who is 17 and from Maltby and Aaron Stephenson, who is 17 and from Wickersley have joined Newburgh Engineering having both successfully completed their NVQ Level 2 qualifications at Brinsworth Training in Rotherham and Chloe Jones, who is aged 16 and from Thorpe Hesley, joins the company after achieving her NVQ Level 2 at Rotherham College of Arts and Technology (RCAT).

This number will shortly extend to five new trainee engineers on the New Era programme in November, when two further Apprentices complete their NVQ Level 2 at Brinsworth Training in November.

Newburgh Engineering worked with Brinsworth Training to pioneer a new approach to Apprenticeships, which is designed to create a highly skilled breed of young engineers. The company took matters into its own hands, after finding it extremely difficult to recruit skilled staff of the right calibre.

Vincent Middleton, managing director of Newburgh Engineering, said: "We are delighted to welcome these three young engineers to our business. We recognised some time ago how important it was to invest in training our own apprentices to ensure that they have the skills and abilities to enable us to contribute to this region's reputation for precision engineering on an international scale.

"With the New Era programme, Apprentices spend longer with the training provider learning the required skills to make them more effective in their roles, whilst removing the need for day release. The aim is that when they join a company like ours they are already well on the way to being productive and can make a difference from the start, for the benefit of everyone."

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