Forklift truck apprentices on track for careers in material handling

NWSLC has teamed up with Toyota Material Handling UK (TMHUK) to open doors for new apprentices and provide a pathway into a career with one of the biggest and best-known brands in the world. The college helped the business to recruit apprenticeship candidates who will eventually qualify as forklift truck and powered access technicians at locations around the UK from London to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Off the job training takes place at NWSLC’s MIRA Technology Institute and at its Harrowbrook Campus in Nuneaton.

Gareth Ross, Technical Product and Training Engineer, said, “The college is a fantastic support and helps us to make sure that we are taking on the absolute best applicants with the right personal and practical skills to join our team. Once they have completed their TMHUK induction at our Leicester headquarters, apprentices start to follow the Level 3 Lift Truck and Powered Access apprenticeship standard and go to work straight away, either in workshops on clients’ premises or out in the field.”