Midland Group Training Services

👏🎉 Congratulations to Darragh O'Malley on completing his Mechatronics engineering apprenticeship!👏🎉

Darragh was the first MGTS apprentice at The Coventry & Solihull Waste Disposal Company (CSWDC) and has been the perfect role model for those that have followed him.

Lee Beesley, his Training & Development Adviser tells us: "Darragh has always been pro-active in his learning and acted with professionalism. The onsite team have supported him constantly, ensuring he was given the time he needed to complete work and exposure to a wide range of activities."

Darragh commented: "I knew that University wasn't for me, so getting paid to learn was the perfect option. With MGTS Tutors and Technical Trainers having an industry background it helped make sense of what I was being taught in the first year, which would be intrinsic to what I'd be doing on site.

"The support from Lee was great and from the very start he always made sure that I was aware of the bigger picture - planning for the 4 years of the apprenticeship. I have also received great support from everyone at CSWDC, especially Phil Burgess and Andrew Doran."

Darragh now has a full time position working in the Control Room and supported by the company, he enrolled onto an online HNC in Engineering programme in April.

Well done to everyone involved in Darragh's success!

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Congratulations to Lee Beesley and Adrian Simkiss who recently became Freemen of the City of Coventry.

The ceremony was held at the Freemen’s Court within the Council House, attended by the Lord Mayor and the Master of the Freemen’s Guild.

The right to become a Freeman of Coventry is still earned through serving an apprenticeship and the city is the only one to award Freedom in just this way. Other cities award the Freedom through a payment, or it can be passed from parent to child.

Lee told us: "Both my dad and grandad were Freemen of the City, and as a proud Coventrian I always knew I wanted to follow in their footsteps. Along with promoting apprenticeships, the Guild does an amazing amount of charitable work, and I look forward to being part of this.”

Adrian said: “It was a great pleasure to embrace the opportunity to become a Freeman of the City of Coventry. It’s something unique to the City, with a long history. Coventry is the only City in the country where such an acknowledgement of apprenticeship served individuals can be recognised in this way. I would encourage anyone who has completed an apprenticeship in Coventry to become a member of the Freemen’s Guild to keep this historic organisation a recognised part of the City for years to come.”

To find out more about the Freemen’s Guild visit:
https://www.coventry.gov.uk/lord-mayor/freedom-city-coventry

Pictured left to right: Master of the Freemen’s Guild - Raj Bansal, Adrian, Lee & Lord Mayor - Councillor Rachel Lancaster

Last week we hosted a visit from students at Finham Park 2 school to give them a flavour of life as an engineering apprentice.

⚙️The students are currently in Year 10 and it was great to hear that many of them are studying Engineering at GCSE level.

After a presentation about the programme and the application process, students were given a tour of our Centre before finally undertaking a timed challenge...assembling an air motor in 20 minutes. Well done to the girls who achieved the most in the time given 👏

For any careers advisers who would like to arrange a student visit, please email our team: [email protected]

ENGINEERING APPRENTICESHIP / VARIOUS LOCATIONS / £20K

The Compleat Food Group have apprenticeships on offer at a variety of locations:

- Barnsley
- Clitheroe
- Crewe
- Ebbw Vale
- Market Dayton
- Middlesbrough
- Milton Keynes
- Nottingham
- Poole

This is a fantastic opportunity to:

🛠️Learn real engineering skills on the job
🎓Gain recognised qualifications
🏠Build your confidence whilst living in Coventry in your first year (fully funded!)
👏Be supported by fantastic engineers and mentors

For all the details and to apply 👇

https://www.compleatfood.com/career-category/apprenticeships/

He did it!

A massive well done to Steve Palmer (our Business Development Director) who completed the Coventry half marathon yesterday 🏃‍♂️‍➡️ raising a fabulous amount of money for Macmillan Cancer Support

His fundraising target was £200...so far he has raised £460 which will be matched by MGTS!!

Take a bow Steve...if you can with all those aches and pains 😉

ENGINEERING APPRENTICESHIP / CORBY / £15.6K

💥 Fantastic opportunity to join RS UK & Ireland RS Components, a digital global leader in the distribution of electronic and industrial products, as a Multi-skilled Maintenance Apprentice at their base in Corby 💥

Skills you’ll develop include:
- Wiring and Testing Programmable Controller Based Systems
- Wiring and Testing Electrical Equipment and Circuits
- Maintaining Electrical Equipment/Systems
- Maintaining Mechanical Devices and Equipment
- Maintaining Fluid Power Systems
- Producing Components using Hand Fitting Techniques

Follow the link for all the details and to apply:
🔗https://mgts.enrola.co.uk/opportunity/69ce507bd3c95

ENGINEERING APPRENTICESHIP / COVENTRY / £16.6K

Becketts Foods is a leading supplier of bacon to the foodservice & retail industries in the UK, and throughout Europe.

A family run business with international backing, Becketts is a multi-site company producing over a 1,000 tonnes of bacon and gammon a week, with their engineering team playing a critical role in ensuring operations run smoothly.

This vacancy offers an exciting career in the food industry developing a wide range of engineering skills and knowledge.

For all the details and to apply:
🔗 https://mgts.enrola.co.uk/opportunity/69c287d6b0102

ENGINEERING APPRENTICESHIP / MALTON / £16.6K

Pro-Pak Foods produces over 150,000 high‑quality ready meals every single day, supplying some of the UK’s most demanding retailers and brands.

To keep production running efficiently, their engineering team plays a critical role and they’re looking for the next apprentice to join them.

What's on offer?

✳️ Level 3 Food & Drink Maintenance Engineering apprenticeship

✳️ Residential blocks of training at MGTS in Coventry

✳️ Support from an onsite Mentor, Graduated apprentices and a dedicated MGTS Training & Development Adviser

✳️ Generous salary and the chance to build a rewarding, varied and challenging career

For all the details and to apply:
🔗 https://mgts.enrola.co.uk/opportunity/69c5196a243ac

ENGINEERING APPRENTICESHIP / EYE / £16.6K

C&K Meats is looking for an engineering apprentice to join their state of the art facilities in Suffolk, where they cut, prepare, pack and deliver award winning quality products locally, nationally and worldwide.

This 4-year apprenticeship follows the Food & Drink Maintenance Engineering pathway and involves residential training with MGTS in Coventry.

Aware of its environmental impact, and committed to minimising their carbon footprint, the organisation has been awarded many accreditations including Red Tractor, RSPCA Assured and BRC Grade A.

If you'd like to develop the industry skills and knowledge to become a qualified maintenance engineer, follow the link for all the details and to apply:

🔗 https://mgts.enrola.co.uk/opportunity/69c28470ddcd4

ENGINEERING APPRENTICESHIP / KETTERING / £18K

💥 Start your engineering career with Ball Corporation, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminium packaging, at their brand new facility in Kettering...one of the biggest plants in Europe💥

As an Apprentice Engineer, you will be working alongside an experienced engineering team that will guide you through the manufacturing process and support you in gaining knowledge and practical experience of the day-to-day operations in a high-speed can manufacturing site.

You will gain insight into cutting-edge manufacturing technologies and develop skills that are in high demand within the industry and beyond.

The first year of training is at MGTS in Coventry.

For all the details and to apply:
🔗 https://mgts.enrola.co.uk/opportunity/69c28a4c2ecfd