British Energy has signed a GBP10 million, seven-year partnership contract with Flagship Training to deliver its apprentice program for the UK's future power station workers from September 2008.
Flagship will create and deliver an advanced apprenticeship training program for British Energy, which runs eight nuclear power stations and one coal-fired power station across the UK.
From September 2008, Flagship, which is the Royal Navy’s training partner, will train each new intake of apprentices at their academy, based in HMS Sultan, Gosport, Hampshire. The residential scheme will combine technical engineering training, with a comprehensive life skills program.
David Barber, British Energy’s head of technical training, said: This will be the first time that we have brought all of our apprentices together under one training regime, and we think the benefits for them and for us as a company will be tremendous.
The training experience they will get at Flagship’s Academy will be second to none and will ensure that the technicians we return to our stations will be a real asset. British Energy’s world-class safety standards, our values and our expectations are built into the program.