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Sizewell C project is supporting dozens of apprenticeships in Suffolk and Norfolk through levy transfer

The Sizewell C project is supporting dozens of apprenticeships in Suffolk and Norfolk by transferring funds raised through the apprenticeship levy to local businesses. A variety of apprenticeships are being created, from teacher training through to carpentry and joinery and bricklaying. The training for the first wave of apprentices will take place in East Coast […]

New welding centre of excellence with Sizewell C

Weldability Sif has announced that they will open a new centre of excellence for welding in East Anglia if Sizewell C gets the go-ahead. They will upskill and train a new generation of British welders and provide new career opportunities for young people in Suffolk to work on Sizewell C and other projects in the […]

Sizewell C champions diversity

julia-pyke-nuclear-sector-deal-award-certificate.jpg Sizewell C has signed up to the Nuclear Sector Deal target to encourage more women into the sector. The Nuclear Sector Deal sets out the Gender Target to achieve 40% women in the nuclear industry by 2030, and 50% women apprenticeship starts by 2021. Sizewell C established a Gender Balance Network in 2019 to […]

Gender balance – getting the right mix

caroline-powell.jpg Caroline Powell, Sizewell C Gender Balance Network Chair, explains the importance of gender balance. “Sizewell C gives us an exciting opportunity to develop a team which reflects society – balanced. By starting fresh we get to shape a project that we can all be proud of, we can set ourselves challenges and push ourselves […]

Sizewell C works with Suffolk to get local people into training and back into work

Young people in Suffolk are to receive training to get them back into work thanks to Sizewell C, Suffolk’s proposed new power station. Sizewell C has worked alongside two local charities, Access Community Trust and Inspire Suffolk, since 2019 to improve access to training in skills the project and wider region will need. In this […]

Sizewell C school roadshow hits 1,500 student milestone

More than 1,500 students in Suffolk have been told about the potential employment and training benefits from the proposed Sizewell C power station as part of a Schools Roadshow organised by EDF Energy. Events have been held at schools and colleges across the county to raise awareness about the project which could provide around 25,000 […]

New partnership will help people from Suffolk to get jobs at Sizewell C

Sizewell C has joined forces with Inspire Suffolk and Access Community Trust to ensure people in the Leiston, Saxmundham, Ipswich and Lowestoft areas can access the thousands of jobs and apprenticeships at the planned power station. The new partnership will bring a new community hub to Leiston offering a Youth Employment Service which is jointly […]

Students urge ministers to ‘give us a future’

Young people from East Coast College call upon the Government to back Sizewell C. The students write to senior ministers highlighting the 1500 apprenticeships and 25,000 high skilled jobs the project will deliver The student letters come as unemployment in Suffolk rises 75% as Government furlough scheme ends. Students from East Coast College in […]

Sizewell C aims to employ 1,500 apprentices

Sizewell C is increasing the number of apprentices it is aiming to employ from 1,000 to 1,500. A range of opportunities from conventional to degree level apprenticeships will be offered if construction of the new nuclear power station goes ahead. Apprentices will be trained in a wide variety of construction and mechanical roles including degree-level […]

25k jobs to build Sizewell C boosting post-pandemic economy

A new nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast, with the creation of up to 25,000 jobs during construction, will be a flagship infrastructure project for the post-pandemic economy. Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union with members spanning energy and construction, has thrown its support behind the application by French energy giant EDF to the […]