Makefast welcomes local students
Makefast Group hopes to inspire more than 50 year 10 and 11 students from the engineering and product design departments at Newtown high School.
On February 13th, 14th and 17th we have had the pleasure of providing pupils with an insight into the design, prototyping and manufacturing that takes place at Makefast.
The visit was gratefully arranged by Mid Wales Manufacturing Group (MWMG) following a meeting with Gareth Breeze, Newtown High School’s head of engineering and Year 11.
“Showcasing the opportunities that exist within our region for the next generation of engineers is incredibly important to MWG,” explained Ceri Stephens, MWMG’s group manager. “It is vital that we retain local talent to ensure a future pipeline of skills for our companies.”
Makefast’s human resources coordinator Kieran Thorpe said the company is keen to recruit more apprentices in a variety of roles.
“These visits give Makefast the chance to showcase the company and what it has to offer in terms of different career opportunities,” he explained. “Many of our previous apprentices are still part of our workforce of 100. We have three current trainees, but our chief executive Richard Jones is focused on expanding our apprenticeship Programme, as developing skilled staff is very important to the business.
Our company owner Bill Brown was involved in establishing one of the first shared apprenticeships schemes in the area and we think apprentices are our future.”
“Hopefully we have provided inspiration to the next generation of designers and engineers” said Andrew Barker – Production Manager.
Thank you to the Mid Wales Manufacturing Group, Ceri Stephens MWMG’s Group Manager and Gareth Breeze, Newtown High School’s head of engineering and Year 11, for arranging the visit.
If you are interested in finding out more about becoming an apprentice with Makefast please follow the link: Careers – Makefast
