Training centre planned to produce the engineers of the future

Plans have been lodged for a £4.8m engineering training centre.

Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA) aims to open the new centre in Stallingborough in August 2023 as a bigger, more modern replacement for the site which it currently operates.

Joanne Lawson, deputy chief executive of HETA, said: “We will be able to offer more opportunities for young people starting out on their careers in engineering and for adults who want to improve their skills or re-train.

“That expansion will in turn create more jobs for instructors, including people who want to move into training and share their skills and experience.

“There is already strong demand from industry in the area, and that can only increase as more businesses move into a prime development zone.”

The plans now lodged by HETA will add a key element to North East Lincolnshire Council’s £42m South Humber Industrial Investment Programme (SHIIP) project. This is transforming 189 hectares of land along the south bank of the Humber to create attractive new opportunities for business and industry.

HETA has acquired the three-acre site opposite the headquarters of renewables specialist myenergi, which opened in 2021.

The new development will be over two storeys with facilities including workshops to enable individual training in fabrication and welding, machining, electrical and mechanical engineering.

There will be eight classrooms including an IT centre, informal learning and recreation spaces and a workshop viewing gallery. Other features will include recreation and dining space.

HETA was founded in 1967 and currently has more than 500 apprentices on programme, working with 350 employers.

In 2021 HETA received more than 800 applications for the 210 apprenticeships available at its three sites – Hull, Scunthorpe and Stallingborough.

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