Energy firm Drax takes on new apprentice in Dumfries and Galloway

An energy firm has taken on a new apprentice in the region.

Drax is extending its apprenticeship scheme across the country to ensure its workforce has the skills needed to support a post-Covid-19 economy.

And that has included the appointment of 18-year-old Aaron Broatch who has joined the firm’s Galloway hydro power scheme as a technical apprentice.

He said: “It has been a very uncertain time for young people like me looking to start their careers over the last few months, because of Covid-19.

“To not only secure an engineering apprenticeship but one based at Drax’s historic Galloway hydro power scheme is incredibly exciting.”

Drax Group’s UK portfolio generation director Mike Maudsley said: “Meeting our apprentices is one of the highlights of my job – these are the young people with the enthusiasm and raw talent to deliver the cutting-edge technologies of the future.

“Through these apprenticeships we aim to nurture that talent so they develop valuable skills – we want to have a workforce with the expertise that Drax, and Scotland, needs to thrive, especially as we recover from the Covid-19 crisis.”