www.imveurope.com
@imveurope
Skills shortage
levy-threshold will have to pay 5 per cent of their apprentice’s training cost. Tis change has caused confusion across all sectors. A recent government report found that apprentices in engineering and manufacturing sectors fell by 26 per cent between 2015/16 and 2017/18. PPMA Best offers apprenticeship grants
and undergraduate bursaries to help PPMA member companies introduce new talent into the industry. However, it is clear that PPMA Best needed to do more to engage young people early, to make them aware of varied opportunities and to keep their interest in a career in engineering. Te PPMA Best continuum is a programme
of activities that aims to do just that. PPMA Best works with PPMA member companies to set up links with their local schools and colleges. Our science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) days are high-impact events that bring engineers from our member companies into schools to engage with whole
In 2018, only 8 per cent of the total engineering apprenticeship starters in England were female
year groups. Our STEM days include talks from engineers and interactive activities where students can engage with engineers and get stuck into a STEM challenge that encourages teamwork, communication and time management. Students are then given the opportunity to apply for work experience placements and partake in industry-led projects and company visits. Tese aim to stimulate the students’ interest and maintain close links between our companies and potential apprentices and graduates of the future. Te goal is to bring more
young people into our sectors. To support this, PPMA Best
offers new apprentices and undergraduates grants to help them with their studies. Te PPMA Best apprenticeship grant provides financial support to the employing company; money that can be used to help fund their apprentice’s training. In addition, PPMA Best makes a payment to the apprentice to support them through their training.
Te PPMA Best undergraduate bursary,
meanwhile, is a match-funded payment made to the undergraduate each year while they are at university. It also offers them the opportunity to work at the company during holiday periods or gap years. To date, all our programmes have attracted a
50/50 split between male and female, with the hope this approach will maintain the interest of both male and females across all age ranges. During the 2018/19 academic year, PPMA
Best worked with several PPMA Group member companies and engaged with more than 1,800 students. Some of these students have since gone on to do work experience placements and project work, while others will be attending this year’s PPMA Total Show at the NEC, in Birmingham, from 1 to 3 October. Tis opportunity will help to widen students’
understating of work involved in more than 400 engineering companies serving processing, packaging, robotics and automation, and machine vision sectors. O
More information on PPMA Best:
www.ppmabest.org.uk
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