The Bosch Group employs 6,600 apprentices worldwide: research shows apprenticeships would make engineering careers more attractive
7 Feb 2012
Bosch UK is voicing its support for National Apprenticeship Week, which aims to highlight the importance of apprentices and apprenticeships in the UK. The focus of the event, which runs until 10th February, supports Bosch’s own findings that apprenticeships would make engineering careers more attractive to young people.
Recent research by Bosch, which employs 6,600 apprentices worldwide, found that only 45 percent of people – and only 23 percent of young people – thought that engineering was a key industry for the UK economy. Whilst only 11 percent of those questioned said they would consider working in the sector, the vast majority – 72 percent – said that apprenticeships would help promote careers in engineering.
Peter Fouquet, President of Bosch UK, said: “Apprenticeships are vital in providing essential skills and training to the workforce. Engineering apprentices in particular are working in a sector that will be key in helping to stimulate economic growth and leverage innovation to create the technologies of tomorrow.”
Bosch has a long history of supporting apprentices in the UK, an example of which is within its Bosch Car Service Garage network where one of the automotive technicians won the Institute of the Motor Industry Young Apprentice of the Year Award.
The Bosch Group employs 6,600 apprentices worldwide: research shows apprenticeships would make engineering careers more attractive
7 Feb 2012
Bosch UK is voicing its support for National Apprenticeship Week, which aims to highlight the importance of apprentices and apprenticeships in the UK. The focus of the event, which runs until 10th February, supports Bosch’s own findings that apprenticeships would make engineering careers more attractive to young people.
Recent research by Bosch, which employs 6,600 apprentices worldwide, found that only 45 percent of people – and only 23 percent of young people – thought that engineering was a key industry for the UK economy. Whilst only 11 percent of those questioned said they would consider working in the sector, the vast majority – 72 percent – said that apprenticeships would help promote careers in engineering.
Peter Fouquet, President of Bosch UK, said: “Apprenticeships are vital in providing essential skills and training to the workforce. Engineering apprentices in particular are working in a sector that will be key in helping to stimulate economic growth and leverage innovation to create the technologies of tomorrow.”
Bosch has a long history of supporting apprentices in the UK, an example of which is within its Bosch Car Service Garage network where one of the automotive technicians won the Institute of the Motor Industry Young Apprentice of the Year Award.