T level case studies

[Music] Lyndhurst precision as a business as a engineering company we do our own design work in house and then we'll do the development prototyping of various tooling or special purpose Machinery it can be for food industry Automotive nuclear varied inv vast we always found it was hard to find good apprentices there's an industry shortage of young people come through the industry so bringing T- Level students in is trying to fill that Gap in the [Music] market it wasn't something I knew about actually tea levels it was introduced to us by going on school visits College visits supporting open days from that we started getting requests to host them for tea levels we've currently got three students with us now we've had them fabricating we've had them working CNC machines and programming they're not making fictitious jobs up for them you know they're actually here helping the business the students com to Linda's Precision already with some knowledge about engineering we're not starting from scratch they've been taught stuff at college and they could each time they come what I like to see is how excited they are to come so much so they ask can we come in the holidays could we do an extra day and if they want to come in and do more and learn more give them the opportunity you know that's all I can say the place m is really important for having hands-on experience in a workplace I find it very interesting designing new parts and new technologies for engineering because it's the future they come with a syllabus basic syllabus of things they want to hopefully cover depending on what skill sets you've got within the business you you use it to your best ability get the students involved let them develop and work with your team as a day-to-day business don't change the business keep the business the same and they will fit in with you we'll be doing it again and we'll continue doing that it has been a success it's a success story [Music]

Redpack is a Manufacturing Company of packaging Machinery we manufacture machines actually on site build and buy locally we produce around about 70 machines per year for different variety or different areas within the packaging industry a few years ago we set up uh a work experience with some local colleges schools and the University Technical College the students that were coming through from the tea levels were ready to do the job literally within the first week we realized we' taken the right step they brought some fresh ideas it's given us the advantage to be able to Market our company better to potential employees of the future and it's also given us an opportunity to see those employees way before we have to go through the giving them a a full-time job the one thing we do have with all of our students is their attitude their willingness to learn and to move forward there's a variety of different characters but I say one of the big things is they want to be here one of the surprise benefits T Level students bring in is they take our blinkers away so they force us to look wider they can they can help to challenge us as a business that adding value to our business and they're doing real work it's not something we have to simulate or make up for their college course or anything like that they are doing just like any other employee would be doing here so they're adding value to our business they are are productive and I would 100% recommend t-lev placements for any business or employer they bring an extra element to your business it's a simple process to do and they are very very productive