Romec further pushes its commitment to apprentices

Facilities management services company Romec has reaffirmed its commitment to its apprenticeship scheme by investing in 31 trainees this year alone. It now means there are around 60 apprentices within the business at various stages of training, which is the highest figure since the financial year 2005/06.

Trainees usually join straight from school at the age of 16 or 17, splitting their time between college and on-the-job training in year 1, increasing their time on-the-job in year 2 and working full-time in year 3, but with regular assessment by the college.

John Fisher, Romec’s director of human resources, said: “Romec is justifiably proud to have flourishing apprentices throughout the business. With large numbers of placements filled every year, they are integral to our future achievements. Apprentices are also the company’s future leaders, and by the time they are signed off, they have a nationally recognised NVQ Level 3 in their chosen engineering discipline. However some of our qualified apprentices continue with their training and development and eventually go on to become operations managers within the company.”