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A record 66 apprentices to join Princess Yachts this year

Published on: 22 September 2020

British Marine is delighted to report that Princess Yachts is taking on a record number of 66 new apprentices this September, after conducting 224 ‘Zoom’ interviews for the positions over the lockdown period. This year has seen the highest number of female applicants in the history of Princess Yachts’ Apprenticeship scheme, with 35 female applicants; a 98% increase than the previous year. Of the 35 applicants, 14 women have been successful in joining the company in September in areas across the business, working in carpentry, engineering, composites and business administration. The award-winning Learning and Development team took a new approach to recruiting over the past 12 months, holding specific career insight days at Princess Yachts and in the wider community, taking part as guest speakers at education events and participating in both Women into Engineering and Women in Marine events at South Devon College to help tackle the gender imbalance within the marine industry and inform female secondary school pupils of the career paths available within the sector. Caitlin Towriess, a first-year carpentry apprentice joining Princess Yachts in September says: “The reason I applied for Princess Yachts is because I’ve been told it’s one of the best places to do an apprenticeship and to help me kick start a career rather than just working odd jobs. I can’t wait to start learning something I’ll be able to use throughout the rest of my life from professionals and one of the best companies in the business.” Princess Yachts is one of the largest employers in the South of England, and to support the expansion, the company moved their training to British Marine member South Devon College (SDC) in September 2019. South Devon College is the ideal environment in which to train Princess Yachts’ future workforce over the four-year traineeship. The college has provided a dedicated 90 metre Princess branded facility with mock-up hull for Princess apprentices to practice their areas of specialism in relation to their individual apprenticeship. The college’s Marine Academy also includes a working boatyard with 10 vessels on which to work and train. SDC offers a Hi-tech Digital Innovation Centre with 3D printing and rapid prototyping facilities, which provides apprentices with ongoing exposure to the latest marine technology initiatives. One tutor manages 15 apprentices, with monthly reviews to assist with training and development and all apprentices receive a laptop to ensure consistent recording and completion of course work. Princess Yachts’ apprenticeships include both ‘on and off’ the water activities with additional qualifications including RYA Marine Powerboat L2, Sea Survival, VHF Radio Operators Licence and First Aid. The Open Awards Exploring Maritime Skills qualification provides skills in lean manufacturing, problem-solving, creative thinking, effective communication and leadership. An additional introduction to vessel stability and construction and mooring & securing a vessel education (theory and practical) ensures apprentices have a diverse range of skills that will meet the future requirements of the industry. “Princess Yachts is where I started my engineering career,” says Hayley Spencer, a Level 4 Marine Engineer, “I joined the company on a Level 3 Engineering apprenticeship which lasted 4 years, this was a hard yet very rewarding journey. Thanks to the support of the training team and all of the mentors I worked with over that time, I successfully completed my apprenticeship. I then progressed to a Level 4 Marine Engineering apprenticeship last year to further my knowledge and skills base even more. I hope this qualification will open up new opportunities. Learning and working in engineering can throw up different challenges every day. I started on this path 7 years ago and I am now an apprentice mentor and enjoy passing my skills and knowledge onto the new apprentices.” In addition to their training at SDC and at Princess Yachts’ manufacturing facilities, apprentices act as ambassadors of the luxury yacht brand, taking responsibility in visiting local schools and educating future generations about the environment. Apprentices demonstrate practical examples of how STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) related subjects can be used in future careers, most recently, developing a scaled-down version of a wooden, model boat kit with a self-propelling engine to share during the STEM workshops.  In 2019, Princess Yachts partnered with the National Marine Aquarium (NMA) to deliver the STEMFest Big Boat Build providing 1,200 children aged 7 – 14 years old the opportunity to practically learn the science, technology, engineering and mathematics of boat building. Each of the 35 local schools participating received a flat-pack boat from Princess with the apprentices supporting as STEM ambassadors to assist the construction of each boat, providing expert support and guidance. The 35 completed boats will be stored at the NMA ready for their maiden launch in the ‘Kids Afloat Regatta’, in which representatives from all 35 participating schools will have the opportunity to row their customised boats through Plymouth Sound as part of the Mayflower celebrations. Princess Yachts also work with local events and charities, running carpentry events at Port Eliot Festival in 2019 and working with First Light, a local South West-based charity offering counselling to survivors of sexual abuse in Plymouth and the surrounding area. Apprentices created a sandbox to be used as part of the charity’s creative therapies used with under 18s. The already award-winning Princess Yachts Apprenticeship scheme has recently received a Princess Royal Training Award for their Apprenticeship scheme in 2020. Now in its fifth year, the awards are selected by HRH The Princess Royal and the President of City & Guilds Group to recognise employers across the United Kingdom with outstanding training and development programmes that have had a direct impact on business performance.  Princess Yachts won the award for ‘positioning apprenticeships as a viable career choice’. Princess was recognised for having demonstrated ‘exceptional commitment to training, despite facing unprecedented challenges of COVID-19’. The judges highlighted the fact that Princess has clearly invested in its apprenticeship programme to ensure that it has a strong talent pipeline in place. Apprenticeships at Princess are open to employees of any age, with a large number of apprentices progressing their career path within the business. Getting an apprenticeship with Princess Yachts is widely viewed as an extremely attractive career opportunity in the region.

British Marine, Head of Training, Blue Davies comments: “It’s great to see the number of apprentices recruited by Princess Yachts this year, despite the current COVID-19 pandemic. It is also encouraging to see female apprentices being employed in boat building, marine engineering and composite roles. British Marine is currently coordinating an Apprentice Trailblazer group in developing a Marine Electrical Apprenticeship Standard which will complement the already developed Boat Builder and Marine Engineer Standards it has developed with some of its members.

“We are so pleased to be awarded a Princess Royal Training Award for our apprenticeship programme,” says Alison Thompson, Head of Learning & Development at Princess Yachts, “the assessment process was rigorous and very different this year taking place remotely via MS Teams. However, the assessors took the time to speak to some of our apprentices and to gain a better understanding of our collaborative partnership with South Devon College who support us in the delivery of our programme. It is great to know we are setting the right standards, experience and support to our apprentices as they begin their career with us and ultimately the marine industry.” All apprentices are offered a position at Princess Yachts once their course has completed, with 98% of the company’s current apprentices choosing to continue their career with Princess. The company currently has 100 apprentices throughout the business with 10% of managers being former Princess apprentices. Tia Lawton, who recently achieved a Distinction in her HR apprenticeship says:  “My HR apprenticeship has been a great experience which I know will be able to take me far in my career. Some of the key challenges have been learning how to deal with various processes, leading projects, understanding best practice and all of the legal aspects which my role in HR entails. All of this has helped me to become more confident in my abilities to be able to engage with the workforce. I look forward to continuing my progression within Princess Yachts and start my CIPD Level 3 course.” Princess Yachts’ apprenticeship scheme will open applications in November-March 2020 for their 2021 intake. 

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Princess Yachts receives Princess Royal Training Award

Princess yachts has announced that is has received the award for its apprenticeship scheme….

Princess Yachts has announced that is has been awarded a Princess Royal Training Award for its apprenticeship scheme, awards are selected by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and the president of City & Guilds Group to recognise organisations whose training has delivered measurable business impact.

“We are so pleased to be awarded a Princess Royal Training Award for our apprenticeship programme,” comments Alis Thompson, head of learning & development at Princess Yachts. “The assessment process was rigorous and very different this year taking place remotely via MS Teams. However, the assessors took the time to peak to some of our apprentices and to gain a better understanding of our collaborative partnership with South Devon College who support us in the delivery of our programme. It is great to know we are setting the right standards, experience and support to our apprentices as they begin their career with us and ultimately the marine industry.”

Princess Yachts’ apprenticeship scheme further deserves recognition for its continued recruitment efforts throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown via digital platforms. In 2020, Princess Yachts will welcome a record number of apprenticeships across all areas of the business. According to the Princes Royal Training Award judges, as a 2020 winner of the award, Princess Yachts has demonstrated “exceptional commitment to training, despite facing unprecedented challenges of COVID019”.

Princess Yachts won the award for ‘positioning apprenticeships as a viable career choice’. Princess was recognised for having invested in its apprenticeship programme to ensure that is has a strong talent pipeline in place. In fact, 10 per cent of the current managers at Princess Yachts are former apprentices.

Typically, when the superyacht industry is represented in the mainstream media the articles and images are largely focussed on the cost of the assets themselves, or variously the wealth profiles of the owners and guests. While this is by no means surprising, given that the lives of the ultra-wealth will always be of curious interested to the layman, it is a shame that rich manufacturing stories of the industry are constantly overlooked. While it is unlikely that the recognition of Princess Yachts’ apprenticeship programme will reach the general media, it is nonetheless pleasing to see a business within the market receiving the credit that it is due.

According to The Superyacht Agency, Princess Yachts has delivered an average of 3.3 superyacht projects per year since 2010 with its most prolific coming in 2019 when it delivered seven 30m-plus projects. It is expected that Princess Yachts will deliver three vessels in 2020 with an average LOA of 30.5m

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You will grow your knowledge and develop your ability in hydraulics and plumbing on one of our luxury yachts. You’ll learn how to finish, file and polish different materials to accurate dimensions and begin to understand the commissioning process of our yachts.

In this trade you will be trained on Electrical Installation of hardware for on-going projects. You will undertake practical and pragmatic testing, fault finding and problem solving with all electrical components. You will also be working with AC/DC, AV and NAV systems as well as wiring engines and learning about generators.

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