Trudy Harrison has met with a Sellafield Ltd trainee to learn why an apprenticeship was the career choice for them.
In celebration of the 11th annual National Apprenticeship Week, Apprenticeship Ambassador, Trudy met with Rachel Hamilton, a third-year scientific apprentice from Sellafield Ltd.
The 21-year-old from Egremont was also invited to speak at the event, called Promoting the Prestige of UK Apprenticeships, by the Industry and Parliament Trust and the Skills Minister Anne Milton.
Miss Hamilton, said: “Thank you to Trudy Harrison for taking the time to meet us during her busy schedule in parliament. It was fascinating to witness the day in the life of an MP.”
Sellafield Ltd currently has 550 apprentices on its books, having trained 10,000 apprentices over the last few decades.
The company now offers 21 new apprenticeship standards, some at degree level, which have been developed to match nuclear and UK needs.
Its investment in skills is cementing Sellafield Ltd.’s reputation as a world leader in high quality training and education, helping to position Cumbria as a national hub of nuclear skills development.
They are also working to promote gender balance at the site, with 35 per cent of their apprentices being female, far higher than the national average.
Mrs Harrison, said: “Meeting with Rachel and learning more about her work as a scientific apprentice at Sellafield Ltd was fascinating as well as hearing why an apprenticeship was the right career choice for her.
“Sellafield Ltd is leading the way in offering a wide range of courses up to degree level, initiating its own trailblazer schemes to fill the skills requirements and recruiting an impressive number of females – way above the national average – to ensure the new recruits are the future innovators to tackle the clean up challenges at the largest nuclear site in the UK.”
Head of Training for Sellafield Ltd, Les Studholme said: “Thanks to Trudy for helping us mark National Apprentice Week and for paying tribute to our proud history of training local young people.”
