GEN Y RAIL
The winners
• ‘On the train of thought’, from Framwell Gate • ‘Bright Sparks’, from Oxclose Community Academy • ‘Wild Cats’, from Queen Elizabeth College • ‘Trainiacs’, from Stockton Sixth Form College • ‘HMS Junior Engineers’, from Heaton Manor School, also received a commendation from the judges.
effectively starting that procedure, to get people into the right career paths so that we can meet the skills shortages. There’s a huge amount of work to be done.”
On whether a younger age group should be targeted, he added: “There is no harm in sowing a seed. It’s good to see those slightly younger secondary school children here today, because to present the opportunity to them at that age will inevitably get them thinking about something more unconventional than what they would consider a normal career looks like.”
Donovan concluded: “The business needs to get better at advertising its successes.
Over the last few weeks with the fl ooding we’ve seen just how challenging it is to maintain and operate the infrastructure, so we need to get better as an industry at promoting what we’re good at.”
Turning the corner
SigAssure UK managing director, Richard Merrills, told RTM: “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed today, it’s been a long time coming. I think the industry has been asking for something like this for a long time now and I have always been keen to engage with the youth of tomorrow in terms of the future apprentices and leaders. The whole thing has
been fantastic.”
The industry was beginning to work together to get more young people on board, he said, and added that more involvement from local authorities and education providers would be very welcome.
He said: “I think we’re at a crossroads now. The reality is if we don’t keep this going, we’re going to have an industry with no people in it. It’s not a choice.”
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The judges: Dan Rodgers, Amanda White, Rob Hulson and Jim Hubbard.
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