Sacyr UK celebrates its first success story just two weeks following launch of community platform
Sacyr UK, the contractor building the new Velindre Cancer Centre (nVCC), has shared its first employability success story since its new online community platform was launched, helping a local man get his first step on the career ladder.
Ben Shears, aged 19 from Fairwater, Cardiff, started his job as an electrical apprentice for Wysepower having applied for the job via the Sacyr UK platform. The platform, which helps create social value as well as work more collaboratively with the local community in and around nVCC, is available to anyone aged 14 and over and provides a space where people can do everything from build their CV and access job boards, to offering tutorials across a range of subjects in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Wysepower is the UK’s top provider of sustainable and high-quality temporary site services and during his apprenticeship Ben will attend Cardiff and Vale College one day a week and during the other four days he will gain lots of hands-on experience, on site, whilst being mentored by qualified electricians to help develop his practical skills.
On his new appointment, Ben said: “I’m looking forward to starting my new job as an electrical apprentice at WysePower and am ready to learn lots of new skills which will help me build my career for the future.
“I’m grateful to Sacyr UK for its platform which allowed me to apply for this job and believe it is a really positive initiative for other local people looking to develop their career.”
Tony Crook, Wysepower’s South West England and South Wales Manager, said “Ben is the second apprentice Wysepower have taken on from the Cardiff region this year. Both our apprentices have been found through Sacyr UK community engagement initiatives and we are very grateful to be involved in a project with such a unique and forward thinking team”.
Katie Hathaway, Sacyr’s UK stakeholder engagement and community benefits manager at nVCC, said: “It’s wonderful to see our community platform is already making a tangible difference following Wysepower’s appointment of Ben. We hope to see lots more stories like this and we’re looking forward to more people making the most of our platform to help them gain new opportunities and skills.
“We will also be looking to develop the platform further as more people use it and hope it will continue to bring a great range of benefits to our local community and in the wider South Wales area.”
