Siemens apprentice wins Leeds award16 February 2012

Siemens apprentice Adam France has won the 'Against All Odds' top honours at the inaugural Leeds Apprenticeships Awards.

The awards, organised by Leeds City Council in partnership with the National Apprenticeships Service, recognise apprentices across the city, plus employers and ambassadors who have worked to get young people into employment.

France, who is one of five apprentices at Siemens Mechanical Drives in Leeds, overcame an unsettled start to his apprenticeship, including a switch to a different course, to become a key talent and asset to the business.

"We are delighted for Adam and believe he has a bright future ahead in the company," states Richard Durham, Siemens Mechanical Drives product and quality manager, and France's line manage.

"He demonstrates daily the commitment and dedication that are the building blocks of any successful apprenticeship," he adds.

Siemens plays a key role, along with other engineering organisations, in shaping the national skills agenda, and has a longstanding and highly successful apprenticeship scheme.

With 200 apprentices currently on its scheme, Siemens is creating at least 150 more places across its four sectors this year, and the company's investment in apprenticeships is being lauded as a powerful endorsement of the vocational route into employment.

"Siemens was founded in the UK almost 170 years ago with a pioneering spirit," comments Siemens HR director for the UK and North-West Europe, Toby Peyton-Jones.

"Today, our apprenticeship scheme upholds that same ethos and is key to bridging the skills gaps and developing our engineers and leaders of the future," he continues.

"Many of our own managing directors came through this route. By supporting apprenticeships we are offering young people another route into vocational training and employment."

Brian Tinham

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