LEONARDO is proud to welcome Yeovil College as the first Team AW149 UK Community Member.
Leonardo has expanded Team AW149 UK, the national alliance of onshore supply chain members supporting the company’s bid to provide its latest-generation military AW149 helicopter to the UK Armed Forces.
Leonardo and Yeovil College have a mutually beneficial relationship that has reached nearly 60 years.
In the 2021-22 academic year, Yeovil College supported 254 engineering apprentices across all years: 127 of these were Leonardo apprentices, equating to 50 per cent of the programme.
Lynda McVay, Director of Skills and Capability at Leonardo, said, “Leonardo is increasing its early careers population by 50 per cent over the coming year.
“Across the UK, we plan to hire an additional 300 apprentices, bringing the total number of young people on our early careers schemes to 900.
"The success of this initiative, amongst others, will be helped by the great partnerships we have with local education leaders, like Yeovil College.”
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