Pictured above: (l-r) Frances Roberts Worcestershire
Employer Services Manager for the National Apprenticeship Service,
Bill Cave Small Works Director Speller Metcalfe, Curt Soley-Bayliss
Bricklayer Speller Metcalfe, Richard Booton Apprentice bricklayer
Speller Metcalfe, Myles Crabtree Apprentice Carpenter Speller
Metcalfe, Rob Smith Malvern Construction Centre Manager Worcester
Technology College, Wayne Clayton Carpentry Foreman Speller
Metcalfe, Andrew Peasgood West Midlands Contractor Framework
Manager
National building contractor, Speller Metcalfe has signed up for
a major West Midlands Apprenticeship Scheme, '100 Apprentices in
100 days' an initiative to boost local employment and which will
offer places to talented students from Worcester Technology
College.
Jointly organised by Worcester News and the National
Apprenticeship Service, with further support from Herefordshire and
Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce and Worcestershire County
Council, this hugely significant challenge will see 100 young
people from local colleagues and educational establishments gaining
apprenticeships with regional businesses during the 100 day
period.
Having recently been accepted onto the West Midlands Contractor
Framework, Speller Metcalfe was extremely keen to register for the
scheme as soon as it was announced as the rapidly growing
construction business looks to invest in future talent, initially
focusing on carpentry and brickwork.
Joint Managing Director of Speller Metcalfe, Steve Speller,
said: "The '100 in 100' is a fantastic initiative and gives Speller
Metcalfe an opportunity to provide talented trainees and
apprentices with the chance to learn about the building and
construction industry."
Two students from Worcester Technology College, Richard Booton
and Miles Crabtree, have already been hired for Speller Metcalfe's
apprenticeship placements and will be working alongside section
mentors Curt Soley- Bayliss, a Bricklayer and Wayne Clayton, a
Carpentry Foreman on site shortly.
A delighted Frances Roberts, Worcestershire Employer Services
Manager for the National Apprenticeship Service, went on to add:
"It is great that Speller Metcalfe, a company known for investing
in training for their workforce, is supporting the Worcestershire
100 in 100 campaign, it's wonderful that they have recognised the
tangible benefits that employing apprentices will bring to their
business and that they are looking to the local community to employ
them."
Speller Metcalfe continues to back regional initiatives that
support communities and the people within them.