Following on from a two week period of work experience in 2014, Poppy Woodward has now joined Helipebs Controls as a fully-fledged apprentice; she will be on an advanced mechanical apprenticeship.The first 10 months of her training are taking place at Gloucester Engineering Training (GET) and for the final 3 years she will be on site at Helipebs Controls and continually assessed by GET.
GET are our approved training provider and have been designing and delivering engineering and training programmes for large and small employers for 34 years.They are the only training facility managed by professionals from within Manufacturing and Engineering Industries (www.get-trained.org).
Poppy is our first female apprentice and we are highly delighted that she decided to join us; she sees her career development within the production area. Geoff Davis, Chairman, comments "Poppy worked hard during her work experience and earnt the respect of the workforce during that time. I am very pleased that she has decided to take up a career in engineering and I'm sure that she will become a valued employee in the years ahead".