Open Day

12 May 2008

On Tuesday 6th May 2008, Brinsworth Training Ltd will be celebrating the launch of its two new divisions, Education and Corporate Conferencing, and the official opening of its conferencing facilities by the Rt Hon David Blunkett MP.Taking centre stage alongside the Rt Hon David Blunkett MP will be Yorkshire Forward’s Engineering & Manufacturing Skills Champion Richard Wright and Brinsworth Training’s director’s, Mick Cattell and Mick Crossley.  
 
To keep pace with the increasing demand for their workforce training solutions and apprenticeship programmes Brinsworth Training Ltd has doubled its workforce and has invested over £500,000 in the renovation and expansion of their existing workshop and training facilities during the past year.
 
Since opening its doors in 1999, Brinsworth Training Ltd has grown significantly and is extremely proud to have become recognised as a South Yorkshire’s leading engineering and manufacturing training provider.
 
Passionate about providing hands-on, practical, flexible and affordable training solutions that meets the needs of the learner, the company and technological advancements required by the sector.  

As a National Centre of Vocational excellence they provide workforce development training solutions on behalf of over 300 local companies and train apprentices on behalf of South Yorkshire’s Learning & Skills Council, RWE Npower, National Grid, Royal Mail and Metskill. Located on Sheffield Road in Rotherham, just off Junction 34 of the M1 motorway, Brinsworth Training’s four divisions include; Education, Apprenticeship, Workforce Development and Corporate Conferencing.

Their new Education Division offers Sheffield and Rotherham’s 14 – 16 year old secondary school pupils the opportunity to experience working within the engineering and manufacturing sector, whilst working towards a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ). From Sep 2008 the Education Division will be offering one hundred young people with the opportunity to work towards either an NVQ or an Engineering Diploma.


In Jan 2008 the Education Division launched a new knowledge transfer pilot called SCHEME (Schools Helping Engineering & Manufacturing into Education). Following on from the success of the ‘Hot Metal, Cool Future’ to promote the sector to its future workforce; Brinsworth Training, South Yorkshire’s Army Careers Service and the Special Metals Forum (SMF) have developed a knowledge transfer pilot that highlights the careers available within the sector and supports the careers / work related learning curriculum to prepare young people for the ‘Real World of Work’.  SCHEME is being piloted in twenty secondary schools across the region between Jan 2008 & June 2009.
 

Their new competitively priced conference facilities includes high tech presentation equipment, 150+ seater conference room, a 30+ seater seminar room, seven 16 seater lecture rooms and has over 100 secure guest parking spaces.