South West Durham Training

During 4 years at SWDT, Chloe secured L2 Fabrication & Welding, L3 Manufacturing & L4 HNC in Manufacturing. Now on a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering at @TeessideUni, having secured a position as a Trainee Technical Projects Engineer at @CAGroupUK bit.ly/343LQ8v

Engineering was brought to life for more than 100 young children at the launch of a book which aims to boost STEM learning in early years education. Read about ‘Engineering Your Future’: swdt.co.uk/News/Engineer-… #STEM #engineeringlife #earlyyearseducation

Tim Berry is on the right tracks after achieving his welding apprenticeship with a distinction. The 24-year-old, from Hartlepool, has secured a full-time role with Hitachi following the completion of his L3 Apprenticeship in Plate Welding. Well done Tim! swdt.co.uk/News/Tim-Berry

A fantastic new opportunity has been created for an Apprentice Design Engineer with @PCHendersonLtd in Bowburn. For more information and to apply visit: findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship… #Apprenticeships #designengineering

I popped to @engineeringSWDT to find out why they are determined to make engineering accessible for ALL and they are doing it in a very clever way, plus why are nearly 1000 kids from Teesside heading to @Beamish_Museum next week? What's YOUR story? Gary.Philipson@bbc.co.uk

Students on our Engineering and Manufacturing T-Level have won an award after building an electric go kart to race at @croftcircuit as part of a nationwide competition. The young engineers were the only ones who built their go kart from scratch. swdt.co.uk/News/go-kart-a…

Join us at our Open Event next Thursday between 5pm and 7pm. Explore innovations, meet industry expert tutors and start your future in engineering! Don't miss out...register your time slot and subject area of interest here: forms.office.com/e/GTZQKMJcV8

Owen Jenkinson, 18, showed he is a great fit for a plumbing career by beating students from across the region to win an inter-college competition. Yesterday the SWDT Plumbing Level 2 student, from Darlington, picked up his award at Bede Sixth Form, Billingham. Watch his video...

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From bath bomb making to a spaghetti/marshmallow tower-building challenge...it was all about the girls today as welcomed 22 students from @woodhamacademy for a day finding out all about engineering. swdt.co.uk/News/Female-in… #womeninengineering #GirlPowerChallenge

Specialist tutor Anthony Garnett and General Manager Jonathan Hall visited MEC Machine Tools yesterday to discuss a potential collaboration. The EDM specialist is one of a number of employers attending next week's Open Evening (March 21). Register here: swdt.co.uk/News/MEC-visit

It was a fab day for Nathan Hewick at an inter-college competition at @DerwentsideColl in Consett. For the 18-year-old first year apprentice with @SolartronISA from Sedgefield won the first prize in the fabrication and welding challenge. Well done Nathan! swdt.co.uk/News/Nathan-He…

A day trip to a research and testing facility went off with a bang for students on our new engineering T-Level. The group visited @DNV_Group in Spadeadam as part of a series of site visits to improve their industry knowledge. #ncw2024 #TLevelTuesday swdt.co.uk/News/DNV-visit

Sedgefield MP Paul Howell praised the latest investment in high tech equipment during a visit to SWDT today. Mr Howell was given a tour of the engineering and plumbing workshops and spoke to apprentices, full-time students and staff. swdt.co.uk/News/MP-visit #CollegesWeek2024

Students were energised as our Engineering T Level went nuclear with a visit to a Hartlepool power station. They enjoyed a guided tour of the EDF Energy facility, finding out about nuclear fission, electrical generation and safety. swdt.co.uk/News/EDF #CollegesWeek2024

As part of our support for #CollegesWeek2024 we are relaunching our Engineering Skills Gap Analysis, a survey to help us identify local skills gaps so we can ensure we offer the training you need. Please complete the short questionnaire here: shorturl.at/qvCJ7

We regularly invest in the latest technology to ensure our apprentices and students are trained on industry-standard equipment, reflecting what they will use in the workplace. As we continue to celebrate #NAW2024 we look at some of our recent additions: swdt.co.uk/News/NAW-inves…

Former SWDT apprentice Noah Ellis is already an integral part of the engineering team at Technimark where he is a project engineer. MD UK Stephen Shaw: “The education and experience Noah has received from SWDT has helped him tremendously.” swdt.co.uk/News/Noah-Ellis #NAW2024

Durham Precision Engineering's senior management team all served their time as an engineering apprentice. Head of Commercial Alex Birkill tells us how his apprenticeship at SWDT gave him the foundations for a successful career: swdt.co.uk/News/NAW-alumni #NAW2024 #engineering

As we continue our celebration of #NAW2024, today we are featuring employers we currently have apprentices with. They include @BMarshallMarine and BTS Facades & Fabrications. #skillsforlife swdt.co.uk/News/NAW-emplo…

South West Durham Training has an extra reason for celebrating #NAW2024. For last year’s apprenticeship achievement rates were at 82% for the second year running – more than 25 % points above the most recently released national averages: swdt.co.uk/News/NAW-achie… #SkillsForLife