Every week is Apprenticeship Week at Cleveland Bridge
by James P. Outreach & PR ExecutiveAwareness days and awareness weeks are a useful way of highlighting a cause,
charity appeal or to celebrate an important part of our community.
This is particularly true of National Apprenticeship Week. To be honest, it
feels like every week at Cleveland Bridge is part of a year-long celebration of
apprenticeships given their value to the business.
This week, though, is the perfect opportunity to recognise the benefit
apprenticeships bring to businesses and their role in creating a long-term
sustainable workforce.
Apprenticeships have been at the heart of our workforce development for
generations. However, they have become increasingly crucial in recent years as
we aim to balance the blend of our long-serving, experienced workforce with an
intake of talented and motivated young people looking to carve out a career
with Cleveland Bridge.
As a company operating in the construction and engineering industries,
Cleveland Bridge are not immune to the challenges that has beset these sectors.
In particular the skills gap, created by ageing workforce is very much on our
industry radar. However, they remain proactive and optimistic that
apprenticeships, along with attracting graduates, are an important part of the
jigsaw needed to complete the skills puzzle.
The education system has recognised it needs to focus more on Science,
Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects, and it is the role of
companies like Cleveland Bridge to help young people make the link between what
they are learning in schools and colleges and the amazing structures we build
that they could contribute to with a job at Cleveland Bridge.
They work closely with schools and training providers in their local area
and regularly receive a large number of applications when we undertake
apprenticeship recruitment, which is always encouraging.
As a member of the 5% Club, Cleveland Bridge are one of more than 250 UK
companies committed to providing ‘earn and learn’ opportunities to develop the
skills and talents people need for long-term careers. The ethos of the
organisation is to encourage members to ensure that five percent of its
workforce is made up of apprentices and graduates within a five-year period.
They are proud to say that they are exceeding that target through their
award-winning apprenticeship programme, which has set the template for their
workforce development activities and is creating opportunities for young people
across the business.
Cleveland Bridge currently have 28 apprentices in the business in areas such
as engineering, construction, fabrication,
maintenance, IT and HR, including high level degree apprentices working toward
Chartered Manager and Civil Engineer qualifications.
They hope that this current cohort will follow in the footsteps of many of
their previous successful apprentices and go on to secure long-term career
opportunities at Cleveland Bridge and across their industry sector.
They are continually proving the value of apprenticeships to their business
and they advocate other companies to explore these benefits of this essential
part of workforce development to use this important awareness week as a
catalyst to addressing future skills challenges. They won’t regret it.
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