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PRODRIVE LOOKS TO THE FUTURE Eleven new starters, including the company’s first ever female apprentice, have begun their three year apprenticeships with the company, in what is one of the motorsport industry’s largest apprenticeship schemes. The 11 were selected from more than 500 applicants and join 11 existing year two and three apprentices, all of whom are looking to gain the NVQ qualification – ‘advanced apprenticeship in motorsport’. The Prodrive scheme has been running for more than a decade with the number of apprentices increasing almost every year. The apprentices will specialise in different aspects of the business from the Aston Martin Racing and Subaru World Rally Teams to machining, fabrication and composites for road and competition cars. While they will be specialists in their chosen field, they will also spend time in every department of the company to ensure they gain a full understanding of the business. Several will also get the opportunity to travel on events and tests with the race and rally teams. Many have gone on to take up important roles in the company, from Petter Solberg’s No.1 technician to designers for the World Rally Car. The apprenticeship scheme is run in conjunction with Oxford and Cherwell College in Bicester and Warwickshire College in Leamington Spa. During the first year, all the apprentices spend up to two days a week at college, which contributes to their final government-approved NVQ qualification. Motorsport is one of the great, but often unsung success stories of British industry. The majority of the world’s motorsport industry is based in the UK, including seven of the current ten F1 teams, World Rally teams, international race teams, as well as the high tech businesses which supply parts and services. It employs more than 60,000 people and contributes more than £6 billion to the British economy, as well as a being a shop window for British advanced engineering. “Every weekend the ingenuity of the British motorsport industry is showcased on television to an audience of billions across the world,” said David Richards, Prodrive chairman. “While it is important we have successful British drivers to excite the fans, I believe it is also vital that we invest in the technicians of the future, who will continue the British tradition of making world-beating race and rally cars.”
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