Hilary Bacon, Shearline’s HR Manager, comments, “We are extremely proud of Michelle, she has put a lot of time, effort and enthusiasm into this scheme and we’re delighted with her achievement.

“Ensuring that our young employees have the necessary skills, knowledge and experience is of paramount importance to us so to see another apprentice receive an award is further testament to the benefits that can come from choosing the modern apprenticeship route into employment.”

In June this year, two third year apprentices, Daniel Walker and Liam Peters, set the precedent for the company’s apprentice scheme by picking up three highly prestigious awards at the 2007 Engineering Employers Federation (EEF) Apprentice of the Year competition.  

For the past 13 years Shearline has been running an extensive internal training programme that has been designed to help bridge the gap of skills shortages within the UK’s engineering and manufacturing industries. Twenty two per cent of the engineers employed at Shearline have come through the company’s apprenticeship scheme; some from the original intake 13 years ago.