HomeServe apprentice plumbers graduate
HomeServe, the Walsall-based household repairs and insurance group, is celebrating the graduation of 16 of its apprentice plumbers.
They all trained with Walsall College and are now fully qualified plumbing & drainage engineers and have received keys to a brand new Mercedes van.
The newly-minted plumbing & drainage engineers have completed two years of training on a programme in partnership with Walsall College to achieve a Level Two plumbing qualifications. The apprentices were also mentored by HomeServe engineers during their course.
The programme has proven so successful that HomeServe has recruited a further 30 apprentices – 20 plumbing & drainage and 10 gas – who will begin their training later this month. The new recruits – which include five female apprentices – will be based across the UK and once again, training will be provide in partnership with Walsall College.
Over 350 candidates originally applied for the programme when it launched in 2015, all from the 16-24 age bracket which has been previously hit hard by unemployment. The successful graduates will now be helping HomeServe Customers across the South East, South West and East Anglia.
Greg Reed, chief executive of HomeServe Membership, said; “I’m really proud to welcome our new plumbing engineers who will now join our growing network of over 1,000 directly employed engineers across the UK.
“We want to make life easier for our customers by offering an effortless service, and our new engineers will be a really important part of ensuring we deliver that. I’m really pleased to welcome them all to the HomeServe family.”
A further eight water supply pipe engineers will also graduate in November.
