British Energy

The British Energy Apprenticeship scheme was introduced in 2008 to ensure quality and consistency of training in the maintenance field. Before this training was managed locally at each of the company's eight UK sites but a requirement to introduce a single national scheme meant one had to be designed and implemented within a tight timescale. This was achieved and, in just over 12 months, more than 50 apprentices have completed their first year and are now mid way through their second. With an intake of 54 apprentices in 2009, there are currently 105 young people receiving quality, systematically derived training that will turn them into skilled, professional craftsmen and women for the nuclear generation industry. The first two years of the four year programme take place at Royal Navy bases on the South Coast and the final two years are spent at specific power stations. As well as offering foundation skills training in Engineering Maintenance and an NVQ Level 2 in Performing Engineering Operations, the course also provides students with significant personal development, partly through the incorporation of a comprehensive life skills programme which includes the opportunity to visit various countries across Europe and to partake in extra curricula events.

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Education

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• NAS
• Apprenticeships
• South West
• Awards 2010