TIGOSE Members are looking for apprentices to put through their bespoke Apprenticeship Programme
TIGOSE (The International Guild of Specialist Engineers), the UK-based association which represents and supports specialists and businesses in the motorised historic and classic transport industry, is sending a call for action to school leavers who wish to carve themselves a career in one of the oldest and most specialised sectors, the classic car industry.
TIGOSE, in conjunction with Babcock International, offers a bespoke Apprenticeship Programme, a scheme based on classic and sportscar maintenance, repair and restoration, with modules specifically tailored for its Members.
“We have places available to school leavers who are serious about learning a specialised skill-set in a very competitive, but highly complex and traditional industry,” says Roger Waters, who heads the Apprenticeship Programme for TIGOSE. “The Scheme is unique insomuch as Apprentices are trained on classic and sport cars and are productive from very early on: they learn at the specially equipped training Academy over a period of three years, whilst working alongside some of the highest skilled technicians in our members’ workshops.”
Upon completion of the Programme, the apprentice will achieve NVQ Level 2 (Apprenticeship) or NVQ Level 3 (Advanced Apprenticeship), Functional Skills Certificates and IMI Technical Certificate, an Apprenticeship/Advanced Apprenticeship Completion Certificate as well as recognition from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
“The course starts in September and we have places available for young people who wish to learn the fundamental basics about classic car restoration and maintenance, and continue pursuing a career in one of the fastest growing industries of all time,” points out Waters.
TIGOSE Founder Michael Scott is equally enthusiastic: “The International Guild of Specialist Engineers was born to support an old industry in new ways: we cannot achieve that without injecting fresh blood, ideas and energies into the learning process.”
For more information about the course, or to join TIGOSE as a Member, visit www.tigose.comwhere applications forms for both apprentices and TIGOSE Members are available online.
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