06 Sep 2011
Mon Maintenance Services Ltd has become the first company in Wales to benefit from the National Skills Academy for Nuclear’s Community Apprenticeship Scheme.
The Community Apprenticeship Scheme, funded by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, provides additional funding to enable supply chain companies working in the nuclear sector to take on Apprentices for the first time or grow additional Apprentice skills for their business.
The scheme has enabled Mon Maintenance Services (MMS) to employ an additional apprentice, Daniel Manley Williams. Daniel has already completed a 1 year Pathway to apprenticeship scheme at the Skills Academy’s Regional Hub for Wales, Coleg Menai and also completed his 5 week mandatory work placement at MMS. MMS are extremely pleased with Daniel’s progress to date commenting that they have seen a vast improvement in his ability, commitment and enthusiasm during this short time.
The aim of the Community Apprenticeship Scheme is to provide an injection of additional apprentices into the nuclear sector to enable supply chain organisations to provide a continued and better resource capability to support the Nuclear Site Licence companies. The Community Apprenticeship Scheme can be used for apprenticeship frameworks that deliver the skills required for working in the nuclear sector including Design, IT, Administration as well as the more traditional Engineering (including Fabrication/Welding, Maintenance, Electrical, Electronics, and Instrumentation & Controls), Laboratory Technician and new emerging frameworks such as Decommissioning and Radiation Protection.
Andrew Samuel, Managing Director of Mon Maintenance said; “This is a proud moment for Mon Maintenance Services (MMS) as we are a new company having only been trading two years. The funding provided will assist with one of our goals of training local young people, passing on our knowledge and introducing new Tradesmen into the Nuclear Sector through MMS which will therefore help fill the imminent trade gap when the time comes for nuclear new build.
We believe Daniel will make an excellent apprentice and will be an asset to MMS during his training period and into the future. I would like to therefore thank Allison Hunt from the Skills Academy for her support during the past few months and to the Skills Academy for awarding this funding and giving MMS the opportunity to fulfil our commitment to the nuclear industry and training the next generation of tradespeople.”
Roland Fletcher, Apprenticeship Manager, National Skills Academy Nuclear
“The Community Apprenticeship Scheme (CAS) has been a fantastic vehicle for growing apprenticeship intake for the nuclear sector. The scheme has enabled an additional 125 Apprentices to be employed in the nuclear supply chain across the UK.
Mon Maintenance is exactly the type of organisation who can really take benefit from the CAS and it was their commitment to growing local skills for their business which enabled a really easy decision to award CAS funding. I wish Daniel all the best in his Apprenticeship with MMS and for his future career working with the nuclear sector.”
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