Sizewell C Aims to Employ 1,500 Apprentices
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East Anglian Daily Times | Thursday, September 17, 2020 15 Education ApprenticePoppyencourages otherstoconsidernuclear Sizewell C PoppyAble,oneofSizewell’s apprentices,workedonthefilmof SizewellBsostudentsinthearea gettoseeinsidethestationwhere sheworks.Hereshetellsusmore aims to aboutherrole. I’m20(thebig21inDecember!)I’ma degreeapprenticeintheSizewellB Engineeringdepartment,whereI willthenbecomeasystemengineer employ 1,500 –lookingafterspecificsystemsin termsofmaintenance,amongst otherareas. IwenttoThomasMillsHighSchool inFramlingham,andthenstayed apprentices thereforsixthformtoo. Therewereavarietyoffactorsthat mademeconsideracareerat SizewellB;myALevelchoices,not ‘fancying’theuniversity Sizewell C is increasing the environment,encouragement duringmyworkexperience number of apprentices it is placement,thebenefitsofan aiming to employ from apprenticeship! Idefinitelythinkthatyoungpeople 1,000 to 1,500, with a shouldconsidernuclear.Despite SizewellBbeingonmydoorstep,I range of roles available in neverreallyconsideredwhatwent everything from digital onbehindthescenesbutthere reallyissomethingforeveryone, engineering and welding andthesafetycultureissecondto none. to environment and Nuclearisneededinourenergymix, accountancy. andsomeonehastoproduceit! Poppy Able is one of Sizewell’s apprentices and encourages young people to consider nuclear Picture: EDF ENERGY range of opportunities Sizewell C is currently being thousands of jobs and training He said: “The college has will be based on or close to the from conventional to considered by the Planning opportunities in the East of already begun to build capability construction site in Suffolk, degree level Inspectorate. England and across the UK’s and capacity in advance of others will have the opportunity A apprenticeships will be The new apprentices target nuclear supply chain. Together potential investments at Sizewell to work with suppliers in different offered if construction of the new follows the success in training with our suppliers, we are C, including through our £11m parts of the UK. nuclear power station, Sizewell C, people of all ages at Hinkley Point determined to help people who Energy Skills Centre, which is Gail Cartmail, assistant general goes ahead. C in Somerset. Four years into work for us get good creating benefit to adjacent supply secretary at Unite the Union said: Apprentices will be trained in a construction, more than 650 qualifications and build long- chains such as in renewable “Sizewell will be the catalyst for wide variety of construction and apprentices have already worked term, well-paid careers.” offshore wind or local small and providing young people, mechanical roles including on over 50 different training Cameron Gilmour, vice medium size enterprises in particularly those living in East degree-level engineering, digital programmes linked to the project. president – Nuclear at Doosan mechanical and electrical Anglia, with skills for life and it engineering, welding, project In addition, changes to Babcock, and chairman of the engineering.” will provide a huge boost to the management and steel-fixing. Government guidance mean Sizewell C Consortium, said: “Not Last month saw the launch of local economy. There will also be companies are allowed greater every school-leaver wants to go to the Young Sizewell C scheme, “It is imperative that the apprenticeships in many site flexibility in the training they can university and apprenticeships which is designed to introduce government not only gives the support services including give through apprenticeship are a great way to learn on the 16-21-year olds living in Suffolk green light to the Sizewell C operations management, logistics, schemes. job. This announcement and Norfolk to some of the jobs development but provides direct environment, health and safety, Humphrey Cadoux-Hudson, demonstrates the huge potential the project could offer. assistance to ensure that this security, and accountancy. managing director of Sizewell C, of Sizewell C to transform the Young Sizewell C and a future project begins as early as possible, Sizewell C is the low carbon said: “The progress being made at lives of young people by offering Jobs Service will be used to so that these commitments on nuclear power station being Hinkley Point C has given us the them paid training and a great identify as many opportunities as apprentices can start to be proposed for Suffolk to help the confidence to announce a career.” possible for young people living in achieved as soon as possible and UK reach net zero emissions by significantly higher target for Stuart Rimmer, CEO/principal the East of England. Sizewell C is the experience of building 2050. The application to build apprentices. Sizewell C will create of East Coast College, said the also exploring ways to provide Hinkley Point can be fully college had already seen further training and employment utilised.” “amazing opportunities” at the opportunities by transferring EDF Jonworkedhiswaytothetop Sizewell C sister project, Hinkley apprenticeship levy to other East Local16-21yearsoldscanregister Point C, and anticipated similar of England businesses. tobepartofYSZConthewebsite JonYatesstartedhiscareeras activities in Suffolk. While many of the apprentices sizewellc.co.uk anapprenticedesign draughtsmanwiththeUnited KingdomAtomicEnergy Authority(UKAEA)from1981 to1985.Oncompletionofhis apprenticeshiphewas sponsoredbyNationalNuclear Company(NNC)toattend LeedsUniversity,graduating withaBEngHonsin MechanicalEngineeringin 1988. JonenteredNNC’sgraduate Jon Yates, plant manager at Sizewell B schemebeforetransferringto nuclear power station SizewellBduringconstruction Picture: ANDREW PAPWORTH asanoperationsassistant engineerin1992.Jonworked 2018hebecameSizewellB invariousseniorrolesatthe plantmanagerandisnowthe powerstationandinMarch actingstationdirector. ESX A CGI of what the Sizewell C nuclear power station will look like Picture: EDF ENERGY.