Finmeccanica continues to invest in Apprenticeships

National Apprentice Week, 6-10 February 2012 – Finmeccanica continues to invest significantly in its successful apprenticeship scheme in the UK, despite increased business pressures and declining defence budgets.

Finmeccanica has more than 360 trainees with 220 participating in the Finmeccanica National Apprentice Scheme. The apprentices participate in a 4-year training programme which focuses on either engineering or business skills. The scheme, which involves Finmeccanica companies such as AgustaWestland and SELEX Galileo, has also been awarded an “Outstanding” grading by OFSTED.

Finmeccanica welcomes the government’s plans (reinforced during this National Apprentice Week 6-10 February 2012), to continue its focus on investment to strengthen apprenticeships in its desire to create an economy that is truly world-class, high-skilled and open for everyone willing to work hard. 

“We are working hard to maintain the numbers in our training programmes as we believe strongly in developing an advanced skills base for our industry. We operate in a very competitive global environment and to move forward into the future we need a well prepared work force. The defence industry in the UK has outstanding resources and is an important contributor to the advanced manufacturing agenda,” said Alberto De Benedictis, CEO Finmeccanica UK.