Manufacturing Today Issue - 222 March 2024 | Page 95

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Kawasaki
Precision Machinery
Training for the future
In the meantime , Lee expresses that KPM UK is doing what it can to make manufacturing attractive to as many potential apprentices as possible . “ We have had apprentices in IT , machining , maintenance , and application engineering as well as in process engineering . We have good examples of apprentices who stay and progress within our company . For example , our manufacturing engineering manager is an ex-apprentice . Our current chair of the board is a former apprentice . He retired seven years ago , but he came up through the apprenticeship route working in sales , HR , and production . He became general manager and then managing director . When he retired , he became chair . We have always invested in the skills and training of our employees and their expertise is part of our success , and we are continuing to develop and evolve those skills to stay successful and competitive for the future .”
“ Our approach is to try to be visible from a STEM perspective . We are active in school outreach . This year , some of our engineers gave a presentation in a local school , talking to over 200 students about Kawasaki , what it ’ s like to work for us and what the career prospects are and so on .”
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