Scottish Apprenticeship Week with SGN

For Scottish Apprenticeship Week we have partnered up with Scottish Gas Network to celebrate our relationship and apprentices!?

Fife College are delighted to partner with SGN on the delivery of the CBQ Level 3 First Call Operative (FCO) Modern Apprenticeship (MA). This is a new addition to Fife College’s MA provision within our Building Services area and we are honoured and excited to be delivering the first program of its kind for SGN.?

"We at Fife College have supported SGN for many years with an FCO Upskilling program supporting SGN’s commitment to providing learning and career advancement opportunities to their existing workforce. The introduction of an FCO modern apprenticeship is both a fantastic addition to the Fife College MA portfolio and an opportunity for the next generation of budding gas network operatives to secure a future within the gas industry employed by a highly successful and well-respected network provider – SGN.

"Already, feedback on the FCO program from both MA’s and their employer is very positive, the energy and enthusiasm shown by both will no doubt help to strengthen the confidence and competence of these future engineers. This bodes well for the transition to a net zero carbon future and the introduction of Hydrogen into our gas network."

- Ian McGurk , Academic and Quality Lead in Building Services

Fife College is committed to supporting SGN as they continue to grow and shape their workforce. Our aim is to deliver a successful apprenticeship program that creates highly skilled engineers ready to embrace the challenges and changes required to meet the needs of SGN’s partners and consumers for today and for many years to come

Michael Gillies , Apprenticeship Manager at SGN , who is responsible for the SGN Apprenticeship programmes across Scotland & Southern had this to say

“We are delighted to have Apprentices in our business, they allow us to offer career opportunities to a diverse and motivated community to future proof our business. Apprenticeships allow us to develop well trained staff, with a focus on long term careers in our business.

“We are already receiving great feedback from our business on our FCO Apprentice community and recent progress reviews gave us a real insight into how they have developed their workplace skills and behaviours, very quickly supporting business critical tasks out in the field.?

"The Fife College Apprentices at SGN are already demonstrating successes throughout our business and feedback from staff on the increase of Apprentices has been extremely positive. SGN see this is an invaluable talent pipeline and one we are looking to expand over the next 5 years.?

"SGN would highly recommend Apprenticeships, our commitment to offer a variety of Apprenticeship routes into our business is trebling over the next few years and this has become a focus for us."?

For more information on Modern Apprenticeships with Fife College visit our website here or email our dedicated team [email protected].