Speaking in Glasgow at RenewableUK 2010, the wind and marine energy trade body's 32nd Annual Conference & Exhibition, the First Minister awarded the collaborative efforts of the six partners involved in delivering the Wind Turbine Technician Modern Apprenticeship. Siemens, REpower and Weir Group were each recognised for pioneering the recruitment of apprentices for the training route. The qualification holds the quality hallmark of City & Guilds and meets the standards of the National Skills Academy for Power.
The fifteen candidates, who have become the first young people to start the full-time scheme at Fife's Carnegie College also attended the launch and met with the First Minister. The three-year engineering qualification is split evenly between on-the-job training with the employers and college-based learning.
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