{"id":67212,"date":"2019-11-12T10:15:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T10:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=67212"},"modified":"2019-11-12T10:15:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T10:15:52","slug":"hinkley-point-c-apprentices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/hinkley-point-c-apprentices\/67212\/","title":{"rendered":"Hinkley Point C supports over 500 apprentices"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The new intake started work in Somerset at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.host-somerset.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HOST<\/a>, a local business providing hotel quality accommodation for the thousands of workers now busy on site<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hinkley Point C has already helped to create over 8,500 jobs with thousands more to follow over the coming years. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/park-east-development\/66595\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new apprentices<\/a> will gain qualifications in a range of subjects. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This milestone shows the project is on track to create 1,000 apprenticeships during construction. The experience will be repeated for people in Suffolk and East Anglia at the proposed follow-on project at Sizewell C.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lauren Withers, aged 23 from Bridgwater is part of the latest group and is studying accountancy, said: \u201cI grew up in Bridgwater so it\u2019s fantastic to have the opportunity on my doorstep to stay in the area and develop my career without having to move away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMy previous job was at a local bank branch and now my apprenticeship will take my skills to the next level and help me progress into management accounting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The success in recruiting and employing local people is the result of an innovative skills pipeline at Hinkley Point C:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Inspire Education programme has visited almost 500 schools and colleges in the area, meeting 167,000 students so far.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Young HPC, which provides careers advice and support to 16-21 year olds, is currently helping 1,000 people.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The HPC Job Service has helped to ensure that almost 50% of the site\u2019s workforce is local, directly helping over 800 join new careers at or connected to Hinkley Point C.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Working with partners at Somerset County Council, regional training providers and the charity Discovery, a 10-week programme has enabled<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>those with special educational needs to access long term, sustainable careers through Hinkley Point C.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The latest intake of apprentices are also benefitting from EDF Energy\u2019s award winning support to many of its contractors via direct transfer of its apprenticeship levy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Working with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edfenergy.com\/energy\/nuclear-new-build-projects\/sizewell-c\/news-views\/national-apprenticeship-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Apprenticeship Service<\/a>, EDF Energy is now able to use 25% of its apprenticeship levy funds to help Hinkley Point C contractors like HOST create new apprenticeship programmes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Chris Young, education and skills delivery manager, said: \u201cI\u2019m extremely proud of our commitment to reach ambitious targets for the training of the next generation. There are still a huge range of opportunities that the Hinkley Point C project through apprenticeships or our many routes into work and training. There is an option for everyone, no matter your previous background or skill-set.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Councillor David Hall, cabinet member for economic development, planning and community infrastructure at Somerset County Council said: \u201cI am extremely pleased to see Hinkley Point C welcome the 500th apprentice. This adds to Somerset\u2019s skilled workforce and will contribute in the long-term to the economic legacy of HPC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cA lot of hard work has gone into ensuring the successful implementation of EDF Energy\u2019s workforce development strategy. With many more opportunities available, the power station\u2019s 10-year construction period and a sixty-year operating life expectancy, many of our future Hinkley Point C employees will be in the classrooms of today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new intake started work in Somerset at HOST, a local business providing hotel quality accommodation for the thousands of workers now busy on site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[547,676,908,3649,882,673,592,596],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-67212","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hr-skills-news","7":"tag-apprenticeship","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-education","11":"tag-employment","12":"tag-energy","13":"tag-skills","14":"tag-training"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hinkley Point C supports over 500 apprentices<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The new intake started work in Somerset at HOST, a local business providing hotel quality accommodation for the thousands of workers now busy on site\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/hinkley-point-c-apprentices\/67212\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hinkley Point C supports over 500 apprentices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The new intake started work in Somerset at HOST, a local business providing hotel quality accommodation for the thousands of workers now busy on site\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/hinkley-point-c-apprentices\/67212\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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