BAE Systems plans apprentices boost

The new recruits - two-thirds of whom will be employed in engineering-related roles - will work across 14 of BAE Systems' aerospace, security and defence sites around the UK and join the Company in September 2015. A significant portion of the apprentices will be based at the submarine design and manufacturing site in Barrow-in-Furness shipyard in Cumbria, which requires hundreds of highly skilled staff to deliver the five remaining Astute class attack submarines and to develop the new 'Successor' submarines which are scheduled to replace the Vanguard class from 2028. The breakdown of vacancies available is: • 305 apprentice and 30 higher apprentice roles at Barrow, with four other higher apprentice roles split across sister submarine design sites in Weymouth, Dorset and Ash Vale, Surrey. • 83 apprentice and 51 higher apprentice roles required for the military aircraft design and production sites in Warton, Preston, Brough in Yorkshire and Yeovil, Somerset. An additional 25 apprentices will be trained for supplier companies in the North West. • 143 apprentice and 14 higher apprentice roles at the ship-building and support sites in Glasgow and Portsmouth. BAE Systems will also train an additional 20 apprentices for engineering companies in the Solent. • 10 apprentice roles are available at the company's electronic systems business in Rochester, Kent. • Eight apprentice roles at BAE Systems' cyber security and intelligence arm whose offices are in Leeds, Yorkshire and Guildford, Surrey. • Six roles with the Combat Vehicles UK business in Telford, Shropshire. • Six roles with the Munitions UK business divided equally between three sites: Glascoed in Monmouthshire, at Washington, Tyne and Wear and at Radway Green in Cheshire. • Four with the Naval Combat Systems business, across two sites in Surrey (Frimley and New Malden). • One apprentice role at the radar programmes and manufacturing site in Cowes, Isle of Wight. In 2014 17% of its apprentice intake was female and the company said it hoped that higher numbers of women would join in 2015.