National Apprenticeship Week 2023 – Skills for Life

07 February, 2023

Carl Lavis IEng MWeldI IWS/EWS says: “When I was in school, I could see three career paths for myself in the South West: engineering, healthcare or hospitality. I had always enjoyed making things, so engineering seemed like a good path to go down. So, I looked into apprenticeships and the dockyard in Plymouth was the obvious option for a local lad.” These days Carl is the senior welding engineer at Babcock International, Devonport “…responsible for creating welding procedures, technical instructions, reports, managing a workstream and providing subject matter expert advice on welding, as well as looking into keeping up to date with the latest developments in joining and manufacturing technology.”

Having taken an apprenticeship herself, Lucy Mawer EngTech MCIPHE RP QTLS started her own business where she took on an apprentice of her own. She is now “the head of the Plumbing department in a sixth form college, teaching different levels of plumbing to full-time students and apprentices.” She says of a typical day: “In a day I could be lecturing theory, running practical skills workshops, assessing and verifying students’ work. During the week I will also visit the plumbing apprentices on-site to support them in gaining evidence to complete their on-site portfolios.”

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