Partners
National Apprenticeship Service (NAS)
The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) has end to end responsibility for Apprenticeships in England.
The NAS has been designed to increase the number of Apprenticeship opportunities and provide a dedicated, responsive service for both employers and learners. We are simplifying the process of recruiting an Apprentice through Apprenticeship vacancies, an online web-based matching service.
Companies
E.ON
E.ON UK is one of the UK’s largest integrated energy companies and we're part of the E.ON group, one of the world's largest investor owned power and gas companies. Together we generate and distribute electricity and sell power and gas, providing reliable energy solutions for around 40 million people in almost 30 countries.
British Gas
British Gas provides gas servicing and installation products to 4 million customers every year and has a history of recruiting apprentices. The British Gas Academy recruits circa 650 apprentices per year.
National Grid
National Grid is an international electricity and gas company and one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world. We play a vital role in delivering gas and electricity to millions of people across Great Britain and northeastern US in an efficient, reliable and safe manner.
Drax
Drax is predominantly a power generation business - we generate around 7% of the UK’s electricity. Currently our main fuel is coal, but as a major investor in biomass fuels we have a key role to play in the transition towards a low carbon economy, while delivering reliable and secure supplies of electricity.
Advisory Organisations
National Skills Academy for Power
The National Skills Academy for Power has a critical role in delivering the training and development needs of the power sector. Through collaboration, the National Skills Academy for Power will develop the quality and consistency of training and education, and deliver a sustainable pipeline of talent.
National Skills Academy for Nuclear
The National Skills Academy for Nuclear is an employer led organisation established to ensure that the UK Nuclear Industry and its Supply Chain has the skilled, competent and safe workforce it needs to deal with the current and future UK nuclear programme, including all sub sectors: Defence, Decommissioning, Operations, Uranium Supply, Enrichment & Manufacture, Waste Management & Disposal and New Nuclear Build.
Summit Skills
SummitSkills is the Sector Skills Council for building services engineering, covering the electrical, plumbing, heating and ventilating, and refrigeration and air-conditioning industries. Our work with employers includes promoting apprenticeships and identifying ways in which the gender and ethnicity imbalance within the sector can be overcome.
Cogent SSC Ltd
Cogent is the Sector Skills Council for the chemicals, pharmaceuticals, bioscience, nuclear, oil and gas, petroleum and polymer industries. Apprenticeships provide the vital supply of skilled employees for the future and Cogent is working to ensure sufficient numbers, with the right skills to meet the future Sector needs.
