2008 Employer of the Year Medium business (50 – 249 employees) - DSG Warminster
Joseph Toye
Employer of the Year Medium business
Employer – DSG Warminster
Learning Provider – Wiltshire College
We see apprentices inspecting the underside of a vehicle.
Mat says “We take a lot of pride in our apprentices; we put a lot into them. The work that we do for the Armed Forces is incredibly important. If our vehicles break down lives depend on them.”
Apprentices are working inside and out on a tank.
Andy says “You’ve got to appreciate what they’re doing; it’s got to be A1, spot on. There’s no second chance.”
Mat says “What we get from the apprenticeship scheme is people we know we can trust.”
Andy says “Everyone’s willing to help and give you a hand, and share their knowledge.”
Andy and Joseph are fixing mechanical parts to a vehicle
oseph says “This will give me more training then any other workshop any other apprenticeship would give me.”
Mat and a colleague are talking
Andy says “You pick up so many different skills I think, that you can use in a career, on anything. We’re working on anything from track, to tanks, to little Harley Davidson bikes, there’s such a broad spectrum of things to do.”
Andy is helping to complete a vehicle
Mat says “Our apprentices have to be adaptable; they have to be able to over come any situation that’s put in front of them. The apprenticeship scheme that we offer at DSG Warminster is second to none I think the proof in that is that just last year at the graduation ceremony we had a third generation apprentice come out of DSG Warminster. We want to be the first choice apprenticeship scheme within the area.”
DSG Warminster, finalist for the Medium Employer of the Year Award at the Apprenticeship Awards 2008.