Stegta learners Jake Green, Alex McCluskey and Jacob Parker, who work for CarnaudMetalbox, spent two days with us in March to hone their skills in preparation for the next round of the WorldSkills UK competition.

Alex spent time in our training centre working with our experienced instructor David Harrison, while Jacob worked with Training Officer Ian Coward on his welding and fabrication skills. Jake Green spent the day at Member Company Console Wizard where company owner Mark Stapleton helped him develop his advanced PCB soldering, rework and repair skills.

A big thank you to Mark Stapleton at Console Wizard for spending the time with Jake working on Advanced Soldering Skills!

Good luck to our apprentices in the next round of the competition!

Morson Group held an event at their head office on Monday 14th March to celebrate 2015 achievements. What a start to the National Apprenticeship Week 2016!

Above Craig Nuttall who completed his Advanced Apprenticeship in Electrical & Electronic Engineering in May 2015 was presented with his certificate today at the event with STEGTA’s CEO John Whitby.

STEGTA visited the Marketplace Event at Lowestoft College on the 27th January 2016. We had a great day, lots of enthusiastic young people!

“What a fantastic way to start our 50th Anniversary year with the opening of our new premises by Sean Anstee leader of Trafford Council. STEGTA is at the forefront of the apprenticeship reform agenda and we were delighted to see board members, partners and staff attending.” – STEGTA’s Chief Executive, John Whitby.

From Left to Right: Nathan Gee (STEGTA CAD Apprentice), Sam Oakes (STEGTA CAD Apprentice), Chris Duckworth (CAD Supervisor), Helen Wilson (STEGTA Training officer).

We would like to congratulate both Sam Oakes and Nathan Gee (Ener-g Combined Power CAD apprentices) for completing their NVQ Apprenticeship qualification and gaining ECITB certificates at level 3 Diploma in ‘Engineering Construction, Design and Draughting’.

Through STEGTA both were selected to join ENER-G Combined Power Ltd two and a half years ago to undertake a four year apprenticeship within the CAD Design section of the Projects department.

During the past two and a half years both have also attended Trafford College on a day release basis and have obtained BTEC Level 3 Diploma’s in ‘Construction and the Built Environment’ (Building Services Engineering), whilst also building an expanding product and technical knowledge base within the Projects department.

Both are now furthering their academic career and attending Stockport College on day release to study ‘Mechanical Engineering’ at HNC level.
I would like to thank STEGTA and Helen Wilson (STEGTA Training Officer) for her regular visits to ENER-G, reviewing their portfolios and providing guidance and direction which contributed to both their achievements.

Chris Duckworth.
CAD Supervisor Ener-g

Congratulations to STEGTA’s own apprentice Holly Thomas on completing her Intermediate Level 2 Apprenticeship in Business and Administration! Pictured with STEGTA’s CEO John Whitby, Good luck with your Level 3 Holly.

STEGTA attended Wigan UTC’s open evening on Wednesday 18^th November it was a great evening! Thank you to Wigan UTC for having us!

From Left to Right: Steve Nixon (AmbiTEK Senior Consultant), John Whitby (STEGTA C.E.O), Helal Ahmed (AmbiTEK MD), Ian Parker (STEGTA Deputy C.E.O)

STEGTA have forged a strong working relationship with North West based recruitment specialists AmbiTEK.
Both STEGTA and AmbiTEK have a proven track record in providing today’s Employers with both Apprentice and skilled Engineering Technicians, with a clear focus on challenging the current sector skills shortage.

Ian Parker: Deputy CEO of STEGTA

“During my time as an Engineering Operations Manager, I engaged the recruitment services of AmbiTEK’s senior consultant’s Helal Ahmed and Steve Nixon.
The main focus was bringing together a Team of Skilled Technician’s to support an Anglo / French Manufacturing Project.
The service they provided proved to be a key factor in what proved to be a very successful Manufacturing initiative.”

STEGTA believe this collaboration can provide our Employers with vital level of support when considering the skill profile of both their current and future workforce.

On 31st September – 1st October STEGTA attended the Northern Manufacturing & Electronics Exhibition for the third consecutive year held at Event City in Trafford park.

The exhibition is dedicated to serving the needs of manufacturing and electronics industries in the North of England and is a great opportunity for STEGTA to discuss any potential training requirements or prospective Apprenticeship positions with employers.

Thank you for taking your time to talk to STEGTA.

We look forward to returning in 2016!

STEGTA attended the open day at Trescal in Stockport

On 16th – 17th September STEGTA attended the open day at Trescal in Stockport after recruiting two new apprentices for the company. We had a great two days discussing how we support employers with their apprenticeship/training requirements with some of Trescal’s customers!

A big thank you to Kevin Hancox, Northern Region Manager, for the invite.