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www.machineryupdate.co.uk MACHINERY UPDATE 5 PPMA matters How to attract the young into engineering Andrew Stark CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER PPMA GROUP OF ASSOCIATIONS (PPMA, BARA & UKIVA) By the time you read this we will have a new government. And even though the UK’s ‘economic recovery’ has been built to some extent on the success of UK manufacturing, a fundamental challenge will remain. That is the shortages of skilled people in all engineering disciplines and at all levels from graduate design, production engineers to service and maintenance technicians, to shop floor fabricators and all the supporting apprentices. This is a long term challenge as unlike Germany with their strong apprenticeship history and other nations like China who currently have more Chinese students studying engineering in the UK than we do, in the UK we have lost our way over the last few decades, neglecting manufacturing for other sectors. Two young graduate engineers from Mondelez gave a fascinating sector insight We appear to be turning a corner however, as many UK manufacturing companies are enjoying increased demand and the associated manufacturing challenges this brings. One exciting trend is that more businesses are looking to expand production not just through outsourcing but looking again at insourcing manufacturing. Automotive, aerospace, energy and other high profile industries often steal the limelight in the manufacturing arena, however one enormous sector closer to home is food. It is estimated by the FDF (Food and Drink Federation) as an £80bn sector in the UK. I was at an Appetite for Skills event recently at Sheffield Hallam University, where secondary school students were discovering what a career in engineering in food could bring. In addition to various PPMA members offering hands on taster experiments and discussing what kind of careers their businesses could offer, there were two young graduate engineers from Mondelez who gave a fascinating insight into the kind of work they do. I don’t know how many of the students throughout the day were tempted by engineering, but the combination of a wide range of projects and good salaries in a highly efficient and still growing UK market sector seemed very attractive to me. Apprenticeships and staff development programmes are critical, but so is giving our time to help inspire future generations into engineering. Offering work experience, mentoring, factory visits and school talks can only help in the process. What can you do to help? n
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