RECRUITMENT
Apprentices will ‘up-skill future generations’ – Transport for London
TfL and its suppliers have taken on over 4,000 apprentices since 2009, the organisation announced at an apprentices networking event.
With its supply chain, TfL is working to address skills shortages by training its own workforce. The Supplier Skills Team is also working with suppliers to generate apprentice and employment opportunities aligned to TfL’s
skills requirements.
London’s Transport Commis- sioner, Sir Peter Hendy CBE, said: “Apprenticeships are a fantastic way for us to up-skill the future generation of transport workers to keep London moving and to support jobs and growth across the UK. Our transport networks are carrying more people, more efficiently and more reliably than ever and to continue to do so, we need to recruit, train and
retain highly skilled people to keep them running and upgrade them. “I recently met apprentices from TfL and from our supply chain and it is great to see how enthusiastic they are about London’s transport. They are the future, and I’m extremely proud of all the work they do.”
Mike Brown MVO, managing director of London Underground, said: “Our own apprentices and those in our supply chain are
supporting the delivery of the biggest ever modernisation programme on the London Underground network. As we continue to put in new signalling on the network, provide more trains and increase capacity, the apprentices will continue to play a key role as we equip the next generation of transport workers with the skills they will need to provide London with a world class transport network.”
Crossrail calls for more women to work in construction
The construction industry has a responsibility to do more about gender diversity, Crossrail says.
Speaking at Gender Diver- sity in UK Engineering and Construction Industry,
Ailie
MacAdam, Crossrail Central Section delivery director, called for companies to work to attract and retain more women into engineering and construction.
Currently, 19% of the construc- tion workforce is female, with the
MacAdam said: “As a country we are short of engineers, so if we ignore 50% of the potential work- force we’re shooting ourselves in the foot. We have a responsibility to do more to address the issues, find out why women don’t pur- sue this line of work and provide
majority working in administrative roles. But engineering compa- nies are projected to have 2.74 million job openings between 2010 and 2020, including 1.86 million needing engineering skills.
the opportunities for them to be successful.
“It is also vitally important to reach out to young girls before they choose their path through education, to dispel myths, show girls that engineering is a viable option and how rewarding it can be.
“There is strong evidence that shows diverse teams get bet- ter results. At Crossrail we have the chance to make a differ-
Apprentices programme open at Nexus Gateshead College.
Nexus is recruiting ten new apprentices to its rail engineering section, to begin work from autumn 2014.
The drive is part of a three- year programme, designed and delivered in partnership with
Applications are open until the end of March.
Apprentices will achieve an NVQ Level 2 Performing Engineering Operations, as well
as a BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Electrical / Electronic Engineering. Bernard Garner, Nexus director general, said: “We are investing £389m to modernise Metro but it is just as important we maintain and reinvigorate our workforce with new talent.”
ence and provide women with an opportunity to explore this inspirational career path. Wouldn’t it be great if one of the things Crossrail was remembered for was making a real difference to diversity in the industry.”
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