EDUCATION
Skills – Redcar and Cleveland College are training up tomorrow ’ s workforce .
hub at the college includes refreshed resources , industry standard machinery , tools and equipment , the addition of PPE and material testing rooms , all embedded in a culture of health and safety .
This is in addition to a further investment in its higher education engineering facilities over the last 12 months , including bespoke programmable logic controller ( PLC ) units and SCADA systems , a hydraulics and pneumatics training room , an advanced manufacturing production system assembly cell , an updated Computer Aided Design ( CAD ) room , new process automation and robotic equipment .
Jason said : “ It ’ s about creating a more industrial feel and getting all of our students practised in the skills , competencies and behaviours that would be expected of them in the working environment .
“ The college has a long history of delivering higher level qualifications in mechanical , electrical and chemical engineering .
“ The investments we have made will allow us to continue to develop those higher level skills as well as meeting the needs of our younger learners .”
Also through the industry partnerships and facilities now available , Redcar and Cleveland College has been able to introduce further training opportunities and sector-based work academies for people at all entry levels .
Jason said : “ It ’ s not just higher level engineering opportunities that will be needed , there will also be roles in decontamination and decommissioning .
“ We want to ensure Redcar has the capacity to train people not just for the world of engineering but also the wider skills that are required .
“ Through our sector-based work academies we can take people with no background in engineering and develop their skills in readiness for the jobs that will be available .
“ Working with employers , such as WSG and Northumbrian Water on our industrial cleaning sector-based work academy , we can create bespoke courses that are structured in a way that provides skills for real jobs . These are courses created by employers for employers .”
Welcoming the college investment , Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen said : “ It is essential that our young people don ’ t get left behind as we recover from the impact of the coronavirus .
“ We have already created hundreds of jobs on the Teesworks site and over the coming months , as part of my plan for jobs , we
Leadership – Redcar and Cleveland College principal Jason Faulkner wants to educate local people about the skills that are needed for the Tees Valley .
will be creating hundreds more , and we need to make sure our young people have the skills they need to take these jobs , which is why these new facilities are so crucial .
“ By equipping our young people with the skills they need now , they can take advantage of the countless opportunities we are creating and start out on the path to a successful career , which means more money in their pockets for themselves and their families .
“ With these new facilities alongside our new Teesworks skills academy , which we are setting up to train local people with the skills they need to take advantage of these jobs , we have a truly exciting and unique opportunity to shape our region ’ s workforce and improve people ’ s lives for generations to come .”
College principal Jason added : “ As a college this is what we should be doing . It is about being responsive and demand-led .
“ Our young people and adult learners will not just be qualified for work , they will be ready .”
Find out more at cleveland . ac . uk .
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