{"id":8465,"date":"2024-10-15T10:54:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T10:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wrightbus-apprentice-opportunities-for-women\/"},"modified":"2024-10-15T10:54:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T10:54:27","slug":"wrightbus-apprentice-opportunities-for-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wrightbus-apprentice-opportunities-for-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrightbus Apprentice, Opportunities for Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

A female apprentice from\u00a0zero-emission bus manufacturer<\/a>\u00a0Wrightbus shared her insights into the opportunities and barriers facing women in the industry at an event attended by the Local Transport Minister.<\/p>\n

Apprentice Hannah Currie spoke at the Women in Bus and Coach 2024 annual summit, which was aimed at encouraging and retaining women in the profession.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old, who is training to become a manufacturing engineer at the Northern Ireland-based firm, was part of a panel of young engineers who shared their experiences of working in a male-dominated sector.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The event was held in Manchester on Tuesday, October 8, and attended by the Local Transport Minister Simon Lightwood, who reiterated the government\u2019s commitment to ensuring the brightest minds in the industry are in the driving seat to help the Women in Bus and Coach initiative to achieve its aims.<\/p>\n

Hannah started working for Wrightbus in 2013 as an apprentice coachbuilder. Now a higher-level apprentice, she is studying for her Manufacturing Engineer Foundation Degree.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always loved taking things apart and putting things back together, and enjoy the hands-on experience an apprenticeship provides,\u201d said Hannah, who supports the building of buses for Wrightbus.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy message to any female considering having a career in this sector is just go for it. If you don\u2019t try it, you\u2019ll never know.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always found being a female in a male-dominated environment makes me more driven and out to prove I can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

This week, Wrightbus has signed a landmark deal worth up to \u00a3500 million to supply more than 1,000 buses to operator Go-Ahead over the next three years.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to go far with a company like Wrightbus, there are so many opportunities there to progress even further, whether you are interested in the technical side or mechanical side.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re always one step ahead when it comes to the building of buses and that\u2019s why they\u2019re expanding so much,\u201d added Hannah, who has recently been awarded an FE Excellence Award for Higher Education from Northern Regional College.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jean-Marc Gales, CEO at Wrightbus, said: \u201cWe remain committed to breaking barriers and creating opportunities for women, and it was great to see Hannah speak so positively about her experience of being a part of our apprenticeship programme.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWrightbus apprenticeships offer excellent opportunities for both male and female candidates who are ready to kick-start their careers while gaining recognised qualifications, invaluable work experience and earning as they learn.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish all our apprentices every success for the future as they continue to progress through their education and their careers at Wrightbus. Their talent and commitment points to a great future ahead for them, and for our company.\u201d<\/p>\n

Transport & Logistics<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Driving The Industry Forward<\/p>\n

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