Dong Energy has partnered with the Grimsby Institute to offer new offshore wind turbine technician apprenticeships.
The new three-year apprenticeships will include of one year of classroom-based learning at the Grimsby Institute, followed by two years working on-site with Dong Energy. The students will be taught in a new training centre opened by the Grimsby Institute this year. A minimum of four apprenticeships will be available and the application process opens today, ready to start in September 2017.
The apprentices will study as a maintenance and operations engineering technician (MOET), with an emphasis on turbine technology. They will undertake a BTEC Level 3 in Engineering, and if they successfully complete the programme will become full-time employees at Dong.
Duncan Clark, Dong’s programme director for Hornsea Project One Offshore Wind Farm said: “Dong Energy is committed to helping develop people with the right skills to deliver the UK’s offshore wind ambitions and so we’re delighted to be taking on apprentices in Grimsby.
“Our new operations hub being built in the Grimsby Royal Dock will help maintain our offshore wind projects in the North Sea, and we want local people with relevant skills to work out of the hub and benefit from a highly rewarding job in a fantastic industry.
Gill Alton, chief executive of the Grimsby Institute, said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Dong Energy to deliver the training for their new maintenance and operations engineering technician apprenticeships. Grimsby is home to the wind energy industry and it’s excellent news for the town that the Institute has been selected by Dong Energy to provide the skills, knowledge and key employability skills the apprentices will develop in their first year.”
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