LONDON UNDERGROUND
Graduate places announced at TfL T
TfL is offering places for up to 100 graduates across a range of disciplines. Kate Ashley reports.
ransport for London (TfL) is set to recruit up to 100 graduate trainees in engineering,
project management, technical and corporate roles from October 8.
The graduates will spend up to three years as trainees, dependent on their role. The new roles have become available as part of the huge upgrade of the network, providing ‘hands-on’ opportunities for new recruits to take part in the upgrade programme.
Graduates will join projects such as the Victoria Station upgrade, Northern Line extension and London Overground.
TfL is working to address the industry skills shortage by training its own workforce – this September, 86 new graduates have joined the programme. TfL currently employs 24,000 people directly, with many more through their supply chain.
Within the last three financial years, TfL and
its supply chain have created over 2,500 apprenticeships. TfL’s suppliers are to create 650 apprenticeship roles this financial year, covering a variety of areas including civil engineering and building services, quantity surveying, vehicle maintenance and repair engineering.
Transport Commissioner, Peter Hendy
CBE said: “TfL, along with the Mayor and our suppliers, are all committed to offering fantastic opportunities both on our graduate and apprenticeship schemes. The transport industry needs highly motivated recruits and we can offer a long and fulfilling career with world class training. I know, as I started as a Graduate Trainee in 1975.
“The Tube upgrade and Crossrail are firmly on track, so this is a particularly exciting time to join TfL. We have been working closely with our supply chain to ensure the industry has the highly skilled workforce needed to deliver the huge upgrade of London’s transport network.”
Transport for London highways technician apprentice Gregory Thame said: “Like many young people today, it was my expectation that after school I would attend university.
“After my first year at university, I realised that it wasn’t the path for me. Looking for an alternative, my dad suggested an apprenticeship. Since finding the highways technician apprenticeship I haven’t looked back.
“I am thoroughly enjoying my job, while at the same time studying for management and civil engineering qualifications.
“It has been a steep learning curve but I have learnt a lot, gained invaluable experience, discovered new areas of interest, and I am very much looking forward to the future.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Visit
www.tfl.gov.uk/microsites/graduates/ default.aspx
Cooling the Tube with TfL
In
our capacity as control systems’ experts, we have been working in close
collaboration with Transport for London as part of the Cooling the Tube Project (CTP) initiatives, transforming commuter rail services in the capital.
Firstco Ltd was recently awarded subcontracts for the design and delivery of the control systems at Green Park and Oxford Circus – the first stations on the London Underground to use bespoke Platform Air Handling Units.
Working within highly accelerated and
demanding timeframes, station cooling was successfully delivered at both locations in time for the London 2012 Games.
The teamwork and dedication displayed by Firstco’s engineers during this process are testament to the level of excellence to which Firstco is committed. Joining forces with the contractors, M&E designers and the client LU, the whole team was able to deliver a remarkable project in the most challenging of environments.
With Firstco’s expertise and experience of the CTP project spanning three years, we are proud
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Bill Martin, managing director of Firstco, discusses its recent success in ‘Cooling the Tube’.
to have been engaged in several phases of its delivery to date. Keeping the Tube’s customers cool involves developing new technologies, as well as making best use of more traditional approaches and we are continually providing a variety of solutions such as mid-tunnel ventilation and cooling, as well as station cooling.
Our involvement has included a successful partnership between London Underground and Firstco for an early stage of the CTP programme, during which Firstco delivered one centralised SCADA network, providing control and monitoring to 13 mid-tunnel ventilation shafts along the Victoria Line.
The SCADA network has since been expanded to manage fan cooling systems at selected locations on both the Northern and Central Lines.
Firstco Ltd is a leading independent controls & communications systems specialist, providing control and monitoring solutions particularly within the rail and airport sectors.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
T: +44 207 034 0833 W:
www.firstco.uk.com
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