TRAINING & RECRUITMENT ACADEMY LAUNCH
IN-COMM TRAINING
In-Comm launches £ 3m Technical Academy in the home of the industrial revolution
A new £ 3m technical academy , located just a few miles away from the home of the industrial revolution , has been officially opened to the public .
In-Comm Training , which already operates two highly successful facilities in the Black Country and Shrewsbury , is looking to train more than 350 apprentices and upskill 2500 existing workers at its T54 centre over the next twelve months and opened its doors last Friday .
The ‘ Ofsted Outstanding ’ provider has created 20,000 sq ft of manufacturing training space , fitting it out with new equipment and state-of-the-art technology , spanning from the latest CNC machines , robotics , fluid power and material testing to welding , electrical , lathes , millers , CAD / CAM and metrology equipment .
A team of 20 expert trainers - all with considerable experience in industry - will be on hand to guide the engineers of the future and to deliver best practice courses that will help local companies futureproof employees for years to come .
“ We ’ ve been operating in Shropshire since 2015 and all of our clients have been saying to us that Telford , regarded as the industrial epicentre of the north Marches , has been crying out for a dedicated manufacturing training centre for years ,” explained Gareth Jones , Managing Director for In-Comm Training .
“ Our approach , being very much employerled , meant we had to act on this , so we decided to make a £ 3million investment into taking on the building on T54 and creating a truly world class technical academy for the thousands of manufacturers operating in the town and county .” He continued : “ Telford is just a few minutes away from where the first industrial revolution started and industry is going through the next one , with digital transformation firmly on the agenda and a move to more sustainable production high on the list of priorities .
“ Companies must act to make sure they have the skills in place to support this transition and this Technical Academy will play an important role in generating the talent of the future .
“ Our manufacturers have a major role to play in this and we are using the opening as a rallying call to get more strategic partners involved in how we deliver training in the area .”
Telford External : ( from left ) Bekki Phillips ( In-Comms Training ), Claire Critchell ( Telford & Wrekin Council ), James Morgan ( In-Comm ’ s apprentice of the year ), Gareth Jones ( In-Comm Training ), Georgina Barnard ( Black Country and Marches Institute of Technology ) and Kathryn Jones ( Marches Local Enterprise Partnership )
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