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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MTA James Selka, MTA, CEO


A big task I know, but I can assure you that the MTA and its members are making inroads all the time, slowly but surely introducing a new generation to the industry.


There is no one fixed route to achieving this and that is why we engage in many different ways to reach out and make a difference. As I previously mentioned, the MACH exhibition is the UK’s largest shop window for our sector, we use this as a platform not only for our


50 LUBE MAGAZINE NO.145 JUNE 2018


Inspiring the Next Generation


At the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) we do many different things to help our members do more business. We run the UK’s largest advanced engineering showcase MACH, we represent the industry to government, we provide unique market intelligence to ensure our members can make informed decisions and, arguably one of the most important things we do, is help with professional development in the industry.


As an industry we need to be a lot more vocal about the opportunities afforded to people who follow a career into engineering. We must shout it from the rooftops so that the archaic image that manufacturing in the UK conjures up is banished from people’s minds. We must reinforce at every opportunity, the clinical precision and skill involved in a modern engineering company, dispelling the myth that the UK no longer produces anything and that we’re solely a service based economy.


members and exhibitors to do business, but as a place to invite students of all ages and backgrounds to see the technology first hand.


We have interactive activities introducing the ideas of automation, CNC, programing and design. Our members and partners take time to explain the industry, to give a flavour of what you could expect following a career into engineering. We’re passionate at tackling the gender disparity in UK engineering and hold targeted talks and activities to encourage more women to consider following this path.


Across 2016 and 2018 we had over 5000 student’s tour round the exhibition and learn more about the industry. In fact some of the schools we work with have a visit to MACH built in as part of their Design & Technology course.


We are huge advocates for practical education and work hard to support routes into apprenticeships. From offering grants and loans to our members to take on an apprentice to engaging with the High Value Manufacturing Catapult centres across the UK, we are ready to advise and support. In fact when the new T Level is introduced to the curriculum, as an alternative to A Levels, MTA members will have had a direct effect on how these qualifications are shaped. We have two members sitting on the relevant manufacturing and engineering committees, ensuring the industry shapes these qualifications with the skills we need.


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