Youngsters will work towards a university degree over the course of four years, while at the same time gaining invaluable professional experience.
An East Kilbride firm is once again enhancing its industry-envied talent pool with a new intake of graduate apprentices .
Though the firm recognises the key strengths of traditional graduates - such as theoretical knowledge, fresh perspectives and technological fluency - it is increasingly inclining towards the apprenticeship route which offers real-life experience, a work ethic and an understanding of workplace dynamics.Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.
Scott Macphail, director, civil engineering, at DBA, said: “We are delighted to have taken on another two apprentices who are already contributing to the firm and who will, I am sure, achieve as great a success as the GAs who have joined us previously. “They will learn to communicate, collaborate and function efficiently within a team and, when they finish their course, they will be close to being incorporated, which is halfway towards achieving Chartership status.The new employees are Kieran Ross, 18, from East Kilbride, who is studying civil engineering, and Jenny O’Brien, 19, from Blantyre, who has chosen to specialise in structural engineering.
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