News: Assessment starts at AMRC Training Centre
Assessment centres for prospective apprentices and students at the state of the art AMRC Training Centre get underway this week.
The apprenticeships will be delivered from this Autumn at the £20.5m centre on the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham where the focus will be on 250 students aged from 16 upwards, taken on paid apprenticeships with opportunities to progress on to postgraduate courses.
The centre will focus on high-level training, concentrating on sectors such as aerospace, energy and Formula One.
New apprenticeship pathways to equip the new generation entering the advanced engineering sector have been designed by The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing with support from the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA).
At a recent launch event, the pathways received praise from the Deputy Prime Minister and Sheffield MP, Nick Clegg. He said: "We are consistently as a government looking, as we expand apprenticeships, to make sure that quality goes with quantity. That's not always been the case. One of the most pernicious brakes on our prosperity is the assumption that the only good thing for a young person at the end of their time at school is to go on and do a degree at university.
"We need to give strategic long-term support to those sectors which have for far too long have been overlooked or taken for granted in the boom years of the City of London, through strategic support and partnerships. What's so uplifting about this sector is the way partnership lies at its very heart. Partnership between politicians, academia and industry."
The first year of the Pathway would focus on engineering skills (performing engineering operations and engineering extension classes) but would also introduce elements of business awareness and a foreign language. It would be delivered largely on site at the AMRC Training Centre.
The second and third years would build on the engineering skills with a Level 3 Technical Certificate but also include a Level 3 NVQ in one of a range of business disciplines (such as sales), further language study, and topics such as Import and Export Law, Regulations and International Business Culture.
Graham Dewhurst, Director General of the MTA said: "The Association has been working with the AMRC Training Centre to develop and secure accreditation for an apprenticeship framework aimed at helping young people progress in advanced manufacturing careers where they will need both engineering skills and commercial acumen.
"The trend over the last decade or so for manufacturers to broaden their offering to embrace customer support solutions has created new opportunities that could benefit the UK's advanced manufacturing sector. In this context the apprenticeship framework that is being developed will seek to equip the new generation entering advanced engineering with the skills that they will require."
The assessment centres days are taking place over the coming months and are by invitation only. To apply visit the AMRC Training Centre website.
AMRC Training Centre website
Images: amrctraining.co.uk
The apprenticeships will be delivered from this Autumn at the £20.5m centre on the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham where the focus will be on 250 students aged from 16 upwards, taken on paid apprenticeships with opportunities to progress on to postgraduate courses.
The centre will focus on high-level training, concentrating on sectors such as aerospace, energy and Formula One.
New apprenticeship pathways to equip the new generation entering the advanced engineering sector have been designed by The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing with support from the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA).
At a recent launch event, the pathways received praise from the Deputy Prime Minister and Sheffield MP, Nick Clegg. He said: "We are consistently as a government looking, as we expand apprenticeships, to make sure that quality goes with quantity. That's not always been the case. One of the most pernicious brakes on our prosperity is the assumption that the only good thing for a young person at the end of their time at school is to go on and do a degree at university.
"We need to give strategic long-term support to those sectors which have for far too long have been overlooked or taken for granted in the boom years of the City of London, through strategic support and partnerships. What's so uplifting about this sector is the way partnership lies at its very heart. Partnership between politicians, academia and industry."
The first year of the Pathway would focus on engineering skills (performing engineering operations and engineering extension classes) but would also introduce elements of business awareness and a foreign language. It would be delivered largely on site at the AMRC Training Centre.
The second and third years would build on the engineering skills with a Level 3 Technical Certificate but also include a Level 3 NVQ in one of a range of business disciplines (such as sales), further language study, and topics such as Import and Export Law, Regulations and International Business Culture.
Graham Dewhurst, Director General of the MTA said: "The Association has been working with the AMRC Training Centre to develop and secure accreditation for an apprenticeship framework aimed at helping young people progress in advanced manufacturing careers where they will need both engineering skills and commercial acumen.
"The trend over the last decade or so for manufacturers to broaden their offering to embrace customer support solutions has created new opportunities that could benefit the UK's advanced manufacturing sector. In this context the apprenticeship framework that is being developed will seek to equip the new generation entering advanced engineering with the skills that they will require."
The assessment centres days are taking place over the coming months and are by invitation only. To apply visit the AMRC Training Centre website.
AMRC Training Centre website
Images: amrctraining.co.uk
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