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Apprentice Scheme Bridges Skills Gap
01 Mar 2005
The Modern Apprentice scheme, adopted by Shearline Precision Engineering, based in Cambridgeshire, is successfully helping to bridge the gap of skills shortages in the UK's manufacturing and engineering sectors. Two apprentices have recently joined Shearline's four year training programme and two others have just completed their training and are now full-time employees.
Shearline has been running an extensive internal training programme for 11 years, with at least two new apprentices taken on each year. The majority of Shearline apprentices stay on as full-time employees after their formal training is completed. 22% of the engineers employed at Shearline have come through the company's apprenticeship scheme, some from the original intake.
The company also sponsors the technology department at Witchford Village College in Cambridgeshire with senior Shearline staff attending business seminars and careers nights.
An annual two-week work experience programme has seen male and female pupils come from nine schools and colleges in the local area.
Shearline adopted the Kaizen process five years ago, and now enjoys savings of over 25% on changeover times.
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