WPD to recruit 89 new craft apprentices

WPD said the intake is part of its ongoing recruitment campaign where apprentices work towards an industry-specific qualification while gaining hands on experience at a local depot.

Apprenticeships take between two and three years to complete before apprentices progress into a qualified craftsperson role working on either overhead lines, the underground cable network or maintaining equipment in substations.

WPD’s engineering training manager Theresa McConville said: “Our in house training facilities are second to none and give individuals the opportunity to take their first step into a highly rewarding career with great future prospects.”

Last year WPD harnessed the power of social media to boost applications to its apprenticeship opportunities by almost a quarter.

“We intend to use the knowledge gained to develop our next apprenticeship recruitment campaign which starts in December,” WPD’s employee relations manager Bev Collings said at the time.

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