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    Default Cammell Lairds Ship Builders

    good morning

    it was great to see yesterday that cammell lairds shipbuilders of birkenhead will be taking on forty six apprentices with a promise of upto a hundred next year.
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    Sounds promising , and i hope it just grows from there as i am sure the Ship Building Industry in the UK needs all they can get!
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    Good to see Lairds taking on apprentices and hopefully the yard can get back to being a competitive business again.
    Lessons they seriously need to take onboard are keeping to the budget and keeping to delivery times get that right and the business will grow.
    Below is an article posted in the FT from January 1 2021.
    https://www.ft.com/content/a48d1515-...f-8bb435e15ba7

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    Good to see that apprentices are being brought back into the shipyards again. I worked in the offshore construction yards on the Tyne for 26 years before retiring , the average age of the workforce was reckoned to be 58, in that time I think I saw less than 30 taken on as apprentice.
    Out of those only 2 were in my trade of rigging. Hopefully more to come in the future.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael Black View Post
    Good to see that apprentices are being brought back into the shipyards again. I worked in the offshore construction yards on the Tyne for 26 years before retiring , the average age of the workforce was reckoned to be 58, in that time I think I saw less than 30 taken on as apprentice.
    Out of those only 2 were in my trade of rigging. Hopefully more to come in the future.
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    michael cant agree more but will there be a long term future for a young man in those fields today ......hopefully yes......R683532

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    #5 Cappy, hopefully there will, unfortunately the work was not always there. A couple of times I was the only rigger in the yard between jobs coming in.
    The workforce would go from hundreds to tens in a few weeks, one of the 2 apprentice riggers I know is no longer in the game as he was looking for more stable employment, which was a shame as he was a good lad,quick to learn.
    Hope for the future for these youngsters.
    Regards Michael

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