Seddon launches new apprentice drive in Birmingham

SEDDON Construction is launching a campaign to recruit new apprentices in the Birmingham area.

The Stoke-on-Trent-based construction business, which has a Birmingham operation based in Summer Lane, will give trainees the opportunity to gain NVQ qualifications in carpentry and joinery, bricklaying, plumbing, maintenance operations, general construction operations, painting and decorating and technical trades.

National training and development manager Tony Costello said: “Seddon has trained more than 3,000 apprentices since 1937 and we are committed to investing in people by providing apprenticeships.

“Our apprentices have individual development plans with an apprentice manager who mentors them throughout their training and supports their college-based learning. On site they work alongside qualified tradespeople under close supervision.

“Many former apprentices have gone on to senior positions with the company and are now helping us take the business forward – a great example of the way apprenticeships benefit trainees, the communities where we work and the industry as a whole.”

Last year the Seddon Group as a whole took on 88 apprentices to mark the company’s 75th anniversary of apprentice recruitment.

Key projects for Seddon Construction include a £60m, four-year scheme to build 700 new affordable homes in the Midlands for Sanctuary.