BAE to provide training for 50 engineering apprentices
In a pilot initiative with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), BAE is to train 50 apprentices for companies in its North West supply chain in September 2013.
The successful candidates will receive a three year apprenticeship in engineering from the defence firm before joining a company which supplies components or services to its military aircraft business in Lancashire or its submarine design and building facility in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
Nigel Whitehead, BAE's group managing director said: "'This pilot scheme is a win-win situation. Supplier companies with more limited resources can access first class training programmes and facilities whilst larger businesses take responsibility for developing the specific skills they need to grow and sustain their business, and with it their supply chains.
"I am confident that the pilot will be successful and in time, we can extend this scheme to other parts of the UK."
In September this year UKCES awarded BAE £1.4million to train the 50 apprentices, as part of a £165m Employer Ownership Pilot aimed at creating thousands of jobs for young people.
