Building the future through construction apprenticeships
The Midland Metro Alliance is proud to facilitate apprenticeships which span a diverse range of fields, from quantity surveying to communications, marketing, procurement and business administration. In 2018, the organisation also led an industry group which helped to create the UK’s first apprenticeship in the UK for light rail construction.
In the autumn of 2021, the alliance, which is designing and building a number of Metro extensions on behalf of Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), welcomed ten new apprentices who work across its projects in office and on-site roles.
During National Apprenticeship Week 2022, the Midland Metro Alliance is putting a spotlight on our current and past apprentices.
Two of the MMA’s current apprentice cohort, Finley Brittle and Evans Addae, are working as Assistant Quantity Surveyors on the Wolverhampton City Centre Metro extension whilst studying for a degree-level apprenticeship at Wolverhampton University. In this video, Fin and Evans discuss why an apprenticeship was a perfect fit for them and how learning whilst working, has kicked started their careers.
Also in this piece, Dr Paul Hampton, Head of University of Wolverhampton’s School of Architecture and the Built Environment and Cllr Dr Mike Hardacre, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills at the City of Wolverhampton Council share their thoughts about how apprenticeships are helping to address skills shortages in industry and empowering young people.