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That’s a Wrap: Final Day of Our College Tour for National Apprenticeship Week
Throughout the week, the BMI Academy team were busy touring across the UK from Scotland to the Midlands and many places in between, visiting colleges and training centres as a part of BMI’s continuous support for the development of young roofers.
At each of their visits, the team spoke to both students and lecturers, offering advice about the most technical of roofing challenges and latest innovations, and speaking to the apprentices about their experiences.
Friday saw the final two visits of the tour. Paul Martin, Technical Trainer at the BMI Academy, went to visit the students and tutors at Simian Risk Training Centre in Warrington, and Technical Training Manager, Simon Dixon made the final visit of his busy week, speaking to the tutors and students at Newcastle College.
The Simian Risk training organisation has a number of training centres throughout the UK. They offer courses covering the entire construction sector, including scaffolding, specifying and of course roofing. During Paul’s trip to Simian Risk’s training centre in Warrington, he gave the students an exclusive CPD session and gave a presentation on BMI’s Apprentice of the Year competition.
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Tutors & Apprentices
Harvey McMulter, apprentice at James Roofing and student at Simian Risk
“My uncle has been doing roofing for a while, and he always used to say that when I leave school, I can go and work with him. So, I decided to do that, but I’ve definitely developed an interest in it myself.”
Luke O’Gorman, Lead Roofing Instructor at Simian Risk
“I think the competition is fantastic, I can’t sell it enough. I’m always keen to encourage the apprentices here to apply. I’ve attended a few of them myself, and the development you see over those two days is absolutely phenomenal, I’ve never known anyone to have a negative experience.”
Steve Armstrong-Brown, apprentice at Brosnan Roofing and student at Newcastle College
“The best thing about my apprenticeship is learning the new skills and getting all of that new knowledge as I progress through the course. I definitely will enter the competition. Because I enjoy challenging myself, and it seems like a great chance to get important knowledge and skills that I’m going to need in the future.”
Graham Laidler, Skills Trainer and Assessor for Roofing at Newcastle College
“I think beyond practical knowledge, it’s those softer skills, we talk about health and safety, we talk about safeguarding; those things that they’ll need to know. I think the networking that National Apprenticeship Week provides is invaluable, it’s invaluable to me and the college, but to the learners as well. They get to meet a lot more people, get exposed to a lot more ideas, and they get to develop their personalities more.”
