FEATURE: APPRENTICESHIPS & TRAINING
The latest cohorts of female apprentices at Sisna Park Plymouth
Female engineering apprentices on the rise
In September 2014, the Plymouth Engineering Skills Centre at Sisna Park Plymouth opened a new practical and classroom facility, and a local training provider has welcomed the year-on-year increase in the amount of female engineering apprentices. Business Development Manager at Cornwall College
Business (CCB), Jane Wickett, said: “The female apprentices at Sisna Park started in September 2015 with the MOD and Mars Wrigley Confectionery. “Since then female recruitment has continued to grow
year on year with our highest ever intake of female engineers in September 2018.” In September 2014 the Plymouth Engineering Skills
Centre at Sisna Park Plymouth opened a new practical and classroom facility. Cornwall College now works in partnership with a
number of local businesses, including Advanced Medical Solutions, BD Plymouth, Interlube, Kawasaki, MARS Wrigley Confectionery, MOD, NHS, Wales & West and Yeo Valley with the majority of these employing female apprentices. “All of our apprentices are STEM ambassadors and
attend school career fairs to promote apprenticeships as an option to young people, representing their individual organisations and the Engineering Careers Centre,” Jane explained.
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www.ccbtraining.co.uk Spring 2019 Chamber Profile 27 WHAT THE APPRENTICES SAID:
HNC Level 4 Engineering Apprentice at Sisna Park, Danielle Scott said: “I had to work really hard to get into the Level 4, I was up against lots of males, that’s what drove me to be chosen to do the HNC. I am really proud of myself, being the first female, I’ve got to prove to everyone that I can do it. Just because you are a female doesn’t mean you can’t achieve this. “In the next five years I would like to be a valued associate of MARS Wrigley
Confectionery with some authority who members of the team can rely on. I want to be the best I can be and complete my HNC to the highest grade possible. You learn so much while you are here at Sisna Park, and the lecturers have a wealth of knowledge and are always happy to help you. The equipment here is what you see in your company’s workshop, it’s nice to have that insight before you actually go to the company.”
Engineering apprentice at BD Plymouth, Sharlene Pascoe, said she is “really enjoying the apprenticeship”. She said: “I’m pleased to see an increase of female apprentices, it makes it less
daunting. I feel proud to be helping raising awareness of opportunities for females in this industry. The facilities at Sisna Park are fantastic.”
Abbie West, also an engineering apprentice at BD Plymouth, agreed that the “apprenticeship is really good fun.” “I wanted to do something a bit different, I quite like being a female in a male
environment. I hope in five years there will be as many women as there are men in the industry,” she said.
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