Caption: Adele Watson, Service Apprenticeship Programme Lead (entrance proper), with a gaggle of Service apprentices on the opening of Service’s Academy in July 2024.
Service has introduced that it’s increasing its apprenticeship programme within the UK, reaffirming its dedication to coaching extremely expert HVAC professionals and serving to to bridge the talents hole within the trade.
Constructing on the launch of its new Academy in Bracknell and the appointment of a devoted apprenticeship programme lead in 2024, Service goals to recruit at the very least 17 apprentices this 12 months.
With a 30% improve in its technical apprentice consumption for 2024, Service now employs greater than 50 apprentices throughout its UK enterprise.
“The abilities hole within the HVAC sector stays a persistent problem,” stated Adele Watson, Apprenticeship Programme Lead, Service Business UK and Eire. “Together with the problem of attracting new expertise, we additionally must retain the expert technicians we’ve. By investing in our apprenticeship programme and ongoing technician coaching, we’re starting to deal with the shortfall in expert engineers to help the drive in the direction of decarbonisation and internet zero.”