The W M Donald Apprenticeships Academy was born in 2021 as a direct result of the challenges we faced.
These challenges included:
- Skills shortage
- Ageing workforce
- No apprentices
- Lack of funding
- COVID
- No local college
- Perception of the industry: cold, dark, dangerous
To address these problems, we set our 2022/23 objectives...
- Set-up an apprentice academy
- Create training plans
- Collaborate with training providers
- Collaborate with the CITB
- Collaborate with Grampian Construction Training Group
- Change perceptions
- Upskill current workforce
- Community activity
Our HR Statistics in 2024
- 244 employees - our growth continues
- 20 female employees, 5 based on-site
- Average employee age – 36
- 4 trainees
- 6 graduate apprentices
- 1 mechanic apprentice
- 41 apprentices
- We continue to be a multiple award-winning company
We want to take the opportunity to recognise our graduates and apprentices, past and present, who are a core part of the W M Donald family and look forward to watching them grow and thrive within the business and throughout their careers.
For further information on academy opportunities, please contact rachel.o’donnell@wmdonald.co.uk.
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