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News Release from: SES Shepherd Engineering Services
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 February 2006
SES invest in future building services
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Leading building services company SES launched its revamped Apprentice Scheme.
Leading building services company SES launched its revamped Apprentice Scheme to 28 budding engineers back in September 2005, and the benefits are being seen at sites across the country Alongside the emergence of some very talented young plumbers, electricians and heating/ventilation engineers, plumbing apprentice Gemma Martland, who is based at the landmark 32-storey Bridgewater Place development in Leeds, has been nominated for the 'Learner of the Year' award from National Vocational Learning Programme awarding body ASET
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 15 May 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The apprentices, who are benefiting from extensive site-based experience throughout the country, are working towards an NVQ in their chosen discipline.
They attend block release at college, where they are taught in a discreet group with their SES colleagues.
Heating apprentice Mark Jones, 23, who is based at a site in Speke, Liverpool, commented, "The block teaching means I'm learning more than I would if it was just day-release, and because we attend College with all the other SES apprentices that are working towards the same NVQ, we have each other to lean on".
Matthew Galley, 24, heating apprentice at Bridgewater Place, added "Its great to get together with other apprentices and share experiences from on site".
"I'm more comfortable asking the others for help; its all a lot less intimidating than I thought, even being on site".
The SES apprentice scheme, run in conjunction with training providers JTL and BEST, aims to support a new generation of Engineers into the Building Services trade.
Christine Wright, Training Manager for the MandE Company, said, "The new Apprentice Scheme is working really well for all involved".
"The apprentices are gaining valuable, paid experience and the management of the scheme has been simplified dramatically thanks to the use of 2 dedicated colleges - Leeds College of Building and Huddersfield Technical College".
"It's proving a great success.".
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