A Scottish engineering firm is to take on 60 apprentices over the next five years following a £1.8million cash injection.
GA Engineering manufactures precision tooled components for use in the oil and gas, chemical and automotive industries from its base at Pitkerro industrial estate, Dundee.
The firm – which counts Halliburton, Expro and WL Gore among its client base – has now secured a new five-year banking facility with Lloyds TSB and the Bank of Scotland and has created a new training academy at its Dundee headquarters.
The new facility will cater for 12 apprentices every year who will be trained in a variety of engineering skills. Managing director Gordon Deuchars said there was a severe skills shortage in the industry and training up apprentices capable of taking on bespoke engineering tasks was essential to the company’s future prosperity.
Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney took a tour of GA’s headquarters and praised the company’s willingness to support new talent.
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