G E Aviation

As a global company, GE Aviation Wales has to ensure it has well-equipped, trained and qualified employees. The company invests more than £1mllion a year in its Apprenticeship Programme, currently employs over 130 engineering and business apprentices, interns and graduates and, over the last 20 years, has supported more than 500 apprentices.

“GE Aviation Wales prides itself on providing career opportunities for talented individuals and we are extremely proud of our apprenticeship scheme. The growth that the business experiences through the apprenticeship programme is integral, ensuring that engineering skills remain sustainable across south Wales. It is through programmes like this that we can enhance employees’ technical capabilities and develop a robust skill set, boosting Wales’ reputation as a key place to trade.

Our apprenticeship programme is extremely well established within the business and is held in high regard across GE and the wider community.

We place a great deal of importance on the development of our training programmes and apprentices are a vital part of this. They create a dynamic environment in which to develop our business and maintain the business as a global leader in our field. As a result of our investment in training, GE is able to reap the benefits from supporting apprentices through the programme resulting in a motivated and professional workforce with skills tailored to the business and sector. Through our continued investment in skills and training, we have been able to develop our future pipeline of talent and further boost our operating performance and increase productivity.

The apprenticeship programme helps to build a pipeline of future talent into the business, creating a highly skilled, knowledgeable and motivated workforce. The programme helps to eliminate the threat of skills shortages and sustains skills and capabilities in Wales. The programme is a great way to harness fresh talent into the business – who are enthusiastic, challenge the status quo and improve processes and many of our apprentices’ go on to have extremely long and robust careers within the aviation industry.”