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Aerospace Machinist Trains to Gain
01 Mar 2007
Specialist aerospace component machinist, Burcas, is investing in staff training – nearly 50 employees have already achieved NVQ qualifications in various engineering disciplines with the assistance of assessors and verifiers from Matthew Boulton College in Birmingham.
At Burcas, the aerospace machining section specialises in the manufacture and subcontract machining of highly complex critical components and precision tooling used in the aerospace sector. The section runs on 24- hour shifts, with the throughput of many complex parts being less than three weeks. Burcas has enjoyed much success in this industry, recently securing a significant order from a Japanese aerospace company to provide machining for landing gear parts.
The National Vocational Qualifications are being delivered entirely in the workplace, removing the need for substantial ‘off the job’ time to attend college. The assessor and verifier for the awards make regular visits to Burcas to carry out workplace observation and assessment, deliver additional knowledge (such as updates on changes to health and safety legislation) and understanding, and guide and advise employees on identification and presentation of evidence of their competence.
Burcas is aware that much of its aerospace success is due to the expertise of its staff. To this end the company commenced an intensive and ongoing programme of staff training in 2004 in partnership with Matthew Boulton College of Further and Higher Education.
To date 30 Burcas staff have achieved NVQ Level 2 in Performing Manufacturing Operations (PMO), and a further 18 have attained NVQ Level 3 in Engineering Production. A percentage of the courses undertaken by Burcas have been completed with the assistance of Train to Gain – new funding support for Level 2 learners introduced recently by the Learning and Skills Council.
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