Case study title: Apprentices Graduation

Month/year: March 2014

Business unit: Construction Services/Rail

Date and location: 22 November 2013 – Canal #Tunnels

In partnership with: Kings Cross Construction Skills School and (Client)

Key contact: Shane McEntee (Environment Manager) – [email protected]

Outcome area(s): Leading the way in our sector We will provide better prospects for our people

We will support sustainable communities

Business Benefits: The involvement of three apprentices at Canal Tunnels exceeds the target (2) identified in Carillion’s Sustainability Delivery Statement for 2013/14 and importantly delivers a social legacy of employment and training to talented individuals within the local community.

Background As part of the to increase rail capacity through central , Carillion is

responsible for design and construction of a new railway linking the East Coast Mainline and Thameslink in Kings Cross London. The site is situated adjacent to the Kings Cross Construction

Skills School, a partnership between London Borough of Camden and Carillion, which provides apprenticeships to the local residents of Camden and Islington boroughs.

The story so far Three apprentices, Ashley, Jake and Jason started their apprenticeship at the school in August 2012 studying for a Diploma Level 1 and 2 - General Cons truction Operative. The Carillion project team recognised the opportunity to support the school and following interviews, the three apprentices were selected and completed their NVQ Level 2 on the Canal Tunnels Project in November 2013.

During a visit by Stephen Hammond MP the three lads were presented with their civils white hats as they ‘graduated’ from the scheme apprenticeship. Stephen Hammond said on the day of his visit, ‘’ Thameslink is one of the most important transport projects currently underway. This project won’t just give us a new piece of transport infrastructure; it is also creating a skills legacy which we must capitalise on. The apprentices who are cutting their teeth on Thameslink are gaining the skills that will see them work on the ever increasing number of projects coming down the tracks. ’’

One of the apprentices, Ashley Edwards attended a recent school visit to Whitefield School near Carillion’s site at Cricklewood to highlight the dangers of trespassing on the railway and promote

careers in the industry to over 300 students.

What the future holds To further their own professional development they are currently investigating their options for progressing within the railway sector including enrollment in the Young Supervisors scheme.

From left to right: Carillion Apprentices Jason Platford and Jake Caddy, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Stephen Hammond and Carillion Apprentice Ashley Edwards

From left to right: Ashley Edwards along with Network Rail’s Construction Manager Jim Brown talking to students at Whitefield School in Cricklewood.