Celebrating Scottish Apprenticeship Week

7th March 2025 | 08.30-10.30 | Scottish Engineering office, Glasgow

We are delighted to be supporting Scottish Apprenticeship Week again this year and we’re holding a Business Breakfast on 7th March to celebrate. The theme for Scottish Apprenticeship Week this year is Made for Business. The goal of the campaign is to demonstrate how Scottish Apprenticeships are critical to help grow and expand the nation’s workforce, giving people skills to thrive. The week will show that apprenticeships are made for business, people and Scotland’s economy, after all apprenticeships are created in partnership with employers, for employers, making skilled individuals that benefit their businesses.

Join us for the chance to network with industry peers, hear from our incredible speakers and celebrate the next generation of our sector.

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Agenda

Check back soon for the morning’s agenda.

Confirmed Speakers

Greig Robson – Skills Development Scotland

Greig is a Regional Skills Planning Lead at Skills Development Scotland and has been in this role for 3 years.  His role involves implementing collaborative approaches to regional skills planning in the South of Scotland and Edinburgh and South-East regions.

In addition, Greig has recently taken on a role supporting the work of the Engineering Skills Leadership Group, an industry led group considering vital skills issues facing the sector.

Greig has a background in Local Authority economic development, previously holding senior roles in Economic Policy and Employability.

Jennifer Mackay – Ferguson Marine

In 2019, Jennifer completed a Technical Apprenticeship within FMPG whilst working within the Structures Team, she then transferred to the Outfit Team Lead role in 2022. Currently in 4^th year of a Design & Manufacture Graduate Apprenticeship Honours Degree at Strathclyde University and gained ‘Graduate Apprentice of the Year’ through Scottish Engineering in 2024.

Leading a small team within the Engineering Department ranging from highly experienced senior draughts people to trainees, designing accommodation layouts, ensuring regulatory compliance for both Outfit and lifesaving systems, and working with key stakeholders through supply chains and customer relations.

Dylan Jobson – Babcock International Group

Dylan Jobson is a fourth year Mechanical Engineering Apprentice at Babcock International Group and was inspired to be an engineer after visiting the company’s Rosyth site as part of his school work experience, a number of years ago. Now, Dylan has almost completed his four-year apprenticeship and is currently involved in some major engineering tasks for Babcock International Group, all whilst continuing to develop a skillset that allows him to solve complex engineering problems.

James Duncan – Celeros Flow Technology

Now in his final year of his apprenticeship at Celeros Flow Technology – ClydeUnion Pumps, James Duncan was awarded the second place prize in the Graduate Apprentice category at the Scottish Engineering Annual Awards Dinner 2024. Throughout his apprenticeship he has exceeded academically as well as shown significant aptitude for engineering. His main role is now as a senior design engineer for Celeros’s screw and vane pump division.