Tata Steel apprentices say placements are 'the best training you can get'
Apprentices at Scunthorpe's Tata Steel Works have emphasised the importance of creating placements.
One of the major aims of our Your Life, Your Future campaign is to create more training and job opportunities through apprenticeships.
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Learning and earning: Tata Steel apprentice Jessica Minnis in the workshop at the works
Tata Steel has taken on 66 apprentices onto their scheme this year thanks in part to financial backing from the state-run regional growth programme.
Among the first starters is Jessica Minnis, 17, of Scunthorpe, who has set her sights on becoming a laboratory technician with Tata Steel.
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She said: "The apprentice scheme is very interesting and I have learnt a lot already.
"We cover a lot of different areas and have both practical and classroom-based learning.
"I like being an apprentice and feel part of the team.
"I think it is a good thing for other companies to take on apprentices as it is the best training you can get. It is a lot better than going to college."
First year apprentice Elliott Bench, 19, also agreed that apprenticeships were a great way of getting training.
He said: "The scheme is great because it really gives you the knowledge for a future.
"I like the mixture of classroom and practical training. I think the apprentice scheme is a good thing because it brings fresh minds to Tata Steel."
Josh Burns, 20, is also on the apprenticeship programme and would recommend it for other business to try.
He said: "The Tata Steel apprentice scheme is a high standard and I know a lot more than somebody who just does a college course. It has made me more motivated and proves that I want to work at the steel works long term."
Karl Fenney, technical training delivery manager at Tata Steel said: "Fewer companies are taking on apprentices but we think it is a major part of sustaining a great work force.
"Tata feels it is going to be here for the next decade and beyond so we need new people to help us grown.
"There is currently a skills gap that these apprentices will fill. We see it as bringing fresh ideas and faces into the organisation.
"Tata Steel is committed to investing in the long-term sustainability of the business and for that we need to train the next generation of engineers and technicians."
Comments
by JohnJohn2011
Friday, November 16 2012, 4:49PM
“I am really glad that some of the youngsters are getting a chance to show what they can do. However when I did my apprenticeship the company that I was with trained me at their expense because they knew they would get their investment back over a number of years. You signed an agreement that if you left the company before a certain period you would be expected to pay some money back towards your training costs. It seems to me that big business and multinationals get rid of workers and dump them onto government books and expense and then are given tax payer funding to employ their next generation of employees that they will then gain from most. After said training is complete then it is most probable that sad worker will have to have some tax payer funded tax credit wage top up. Then said company will locate money / profits in other country with lowest tax requirement to avoid paying full UK tax thus ensuring plebs subsidize their business.”
by lincs88
Friday, November 16 2012, 2:11PM
“cus they cant afford tata ones? I asked for a Tata top before but apparently too expensive”
by mallyg1
Friday, November 16 2012, 12:19PM
“So why is she wearing "Corus" overalls?”