The AMRC Training Centre brought together apprentices and alumni, hard-working colleagues, key stakeholders and valued businesses to an event which highlighted the significant milestone.
To date, the AMRC Training Centre has recruited more than 2,200 apprentices, worked with 400 different businesses of all sizes and has an apprenticeship success rate 25 per cent above the national average – cementing the impact it is having on people of all ages; unlocking business potential and helping to close the country’s manufacturing skills gap.
The stellar line-up of invited guests heard first-hand about how the AMRC Training Centre is developing a highly skilled workforce for the advanced manufacturing sector, while building strong industry partnerships.
Opening the event was Professor Geraint Jewell, vice-president and head of the Advanced Manufacturing Group at the AMRC. Speaking to invited guests, he said that the AMRC Training Centre has a big role to play in the regional and national skills landscape.
“What I believe makes the AMRC Training Centre so special is the integration they have with manufacturing innovation at AMRC and the engineering expertise and facilities at the University of Sheffield.
"The AMRC Training Centre is core to an environment which offers a perfect combination of manufacturing innovation, engineering science and skills.”
