Apprenticeships & Training
Apprenticeships are at the heart of the continued growth and success of the WEC Group.
The WEC Group Training Academy provides a purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility like no other in the UK. Here, you will discover the essential tools to kickstart your manufacturing career and contribute towards shaping the future of the industry.
Benefits
Employee Benefit Loans (FairQuid)
Free Parking
Refer a Friend Scheme
Local gym membership discount
Healthcare & Wellbeing Scheme
25 days holiday + bank holidays
Expression of Wish (death in service)
Cycle to work Scheme
Company Pension
Investing in the Future
We’re fully committed to investing in apprenticeships for our growth and success. Our Training Academy opened in 2006, and since then we’ve grown from 200 to 850 employees, thanks to fresh talent and skills. Apprentices are key to our long-term strategy.
WEC Group built an in-house Training Academy in 2006 to address the shortage of skilled welders/fabricators and provide a practical alternative to college/university. We expanded our apprenticeship programme to fuel our company’s growth, including IT, Marketing, & Business Admin, and now accept 30 local school leavers per year. We also employ 2 full-time dedicated welding teachers.
We joined RoATP (Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers) as an Employer Provider and now have full control of our apprentice programme. We can shape the future of our apprentices’ careers.
WEC Group’s welding academy offers industry-level training in Blackburn with state-of-the-art facilities. Courses include apprenticeships and are taught by leading mechanical experts. Gain critical skills and nationally recognized qualifications. First-year apprentices train full-time in the academy and are deployed to a specialist division after 12 months. Our high level of training ensures confidence in this craft with a supportive environment for all students.
Awards & Competitions
Every year we enter our apprentices into the prestigious WorldSkills UK competition, and as a direct result of the world class training they receive at the academy, apprentices have won multiple gold and bronze medals as well as achieving some of the highest scores in the country.
Continuously high performing apprentices may get the opportunity to compete to represent the UK at the International WorldSkills Competition.