IET Gloucestershire Network celebrates local apprentice achievement with GET

An impressive range of apprentice skills and achievements were celebrated with the support of the Gloucestershire Local Network recently at the Gloucestershire Engineering Training (GET) Presentation Evening.


Held at Cheltenham Ladies College on Friday 5^th August, apprentices from a variety of courses were joined by family and local dignitaries to celebrate their achievements on their respective engineering and technology programmes.


The audience also heard from Lucy Ackland, who won the WES prize at the IET’s Young Woman Engineer Award in 2014, who told of her journey to becoming an engineer – including how her maths teacher told her to go straight to university rather than apply for an apprenticeship. Lucy joined Renishaw as an apprentice at 16 before being awarded a 1^st class honours degree in mechanical and manufacturing engineering from the University of South Wales.





Oliver Newman from Renishaw won the Alan Gribble Memorial Trophy for Best Electrical Apprentice. 







GET has excellent links with local industry and engineering companies including Renishaw, Moog and Delphi. giving apprentices the opportunity to train in mechanical or electrical engineering as well as maintenance, welding and fabrication. 



Congratulations to all who celebrated their achivements on the evening!