News: Koyo enters new era with Brinsworth Academy of Engineering
The Brinsworth Academy of Engineering in Rotherham has helped the first three new trainee engineers complete their new "ERA" apprenticeship programme at Barnsley employer Koyo Bearings Europe.
The new ERA apprenticeship programme was developed in South Yorkshire and is designed to create a highly skilled breed of young engineers. The Templeborough training company took matters into its own hands, after local manufacturing and engineering employers advised that they were finding it extremely difficult to recruit skilled staff of the right calibre.
Mark Scanlan, training officer and apprenticeship project leader at Koyo Bearings Europe said: "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 future development of the organisation.
"With the ERA programme, Apprentices spend longer at the Academy of Engineering developing the required skills to make them more effective in their roles. 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 of their employment."
Paul Reeves, business development director at Brinsworth Academy of Engineering, added: "This programme is modelled on the traditional EITB model that was successful many years ago, but of course we have added a modern slant by including disciplines such as CAD/CAM and CNC Machining and maintenance techniques.
"More and more employers are looking at the ERA programme as a worthwhile investment in their future workforce and we are seeing some excellent young people progress from the Academy into a successful career in engineering."
Bearing manufacturer, Koyo has already committed to have a further three ERA apprentices to join the company in 2013.
Koyo Bearings Europe website
Brinsworth Academy of Engineering website
Images: Koyo / Brinsworth Academy of Engineering
The new ERA apprenticeship programme was developed in South Yorkshire and is designed to create a highly skilled breed of young engineers. The Templeborough training company took matters into its own hands, after local manufacturing and engineering employers advised that they were finding it extremely difficult to recruit skilled staff of the right calibre.
Mark Scanlan, training officer and apprenticeship project leader at Koyo Bearings Europe said: "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 future development of the organisation.
"With the ERA programme, Apprentices spend longer at the Academy of Engineering developing the required skills to make them more effective in their roles. 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 of their employment."
Paul Reeves, business development director at Brinsworth Academy of Engineering, added: "This programme is modelled on the traditional EITB model that was successful many years ago, but of course we have added a modern slant by including disciplines such as CAD/CAM and CNC Machining and maintenance techniques.
"More and more employers are looking at the ERA programme as a worthwhile investment in their future workforce and we are seeing some excellent young people progress from the Academy into a successful career in engineering."
Bearing manufacturer, Koyo has already committed to have a further three ERA apprentices to join the company in 2013.
Koyo Bearings Europe website
Brinsworth Academy of Engineering website
Images: Koyo / Brinsworth Academy of Engineering
0 comments:
Post a Comment