Shipwrights’ Lectures 2016 – Dates and Key Speaker Announced!

Shipwrights’ Lectures – Date and Key Speaker Announced! The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, with the support of the University of Southampton, arrange an afternoon of lectures annually to be presented to apprentices, young shipwrights, students and graduates by invited industry leaders. The purpose being to inspire and motivate young people engaged in the UK’s £3 […]

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SHIPWRIGHTS VISIT TO BOATHOUSE 4.

Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust (PNBPT) Chief Executive, Mr Peter Goodship, and Rear Admiral Neil Rankin, a Freeman of the Shipwrights Company, hosted a small group of Shipwrights on a visit to Boathouse 4 in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard.  Boathouse 4, which dominates the Victory Gate entrance, has recently been refurbished and returned to its original […]

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Livery Schools Link Showcase 2016

Yesterday saw the 2016 Livery Schools Link Showcase event at the Guildhall with 30 Livery companies exhibiting their trades and skills to hundreds of children from schools across the city. The day was a great success with many young people having a turn on the two ship helming simulators that were very kindly donated, set […]

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National Apprenticeship Week 2016

Welcome to National Apprenticeship Week 2016, a week that aims to showcase the range and depth of opportunities that exist for great careers that start with an apprenticeship to not only young people but also employers. Over the week we will invite you to meet some of the companies that are being funded by the […]

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Romica Engineering’s Apprentice

Romica Engineering, a winch and lift gear manufacturer, based in Beverly have taken the bold step to employ their first apprentice. Training an engineering apprentice is not the risk they are taking, vocational training is the best way to develop young engineers for your business, the boldness come from the fact that their apprentice, Owen, […]

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Campaigning to showcase the Marine & Maritme Industries

A number of organisations are working tirelessly to showcase the great opportunities that exist in the exciting and diverse marine and maritime sectors to the youth of today. Many young people know little of the sector let alone the variety of diverse careers available within it and so these campaigns are doing great work to […]

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Shipwrights’ Lectures inspire a record number of attendees

A record number of apprentices attended the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights’ 2015 Annual Lectures on Wednesday 28 October at the University of Southampton. More than 320 apprentices, shipwrights, students and industry leaders from the marine sector enjoyed inspiring addresses.

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The Queens Silver Medal Competition 2015

Following a fantastic dinner at Trinity House Newcastle a contingent from the Shipwrights made the journey to Kielder Water on the Scottish Border to meet the competitors of the 2015 Queens Silver Medal. This year we had a very strong group hailing from BAE Systems, Babcock Marine, Berthon Boat Company, Cammell Laird Shipyard, Sunseeker International […]

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Gosport Ferry’s New Apprentice.

This is Callum Ransley the newly appointed apprentice for Gosport Ferry. Callum, 17, a local Gosport resident, will be joining the engineering team at Gosport Ferry to look after the maintenance and up keep of their fleet of 5 vessels ranging in age from 1966 to 2015! Callum, who has already shown an interest in engineering […]

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