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Your Training Programme

The Ineos Manufacturing Scotland Ltd Training Programme is a competency-based programme which means the duration of the programme is determined by the capability of the individual. The training programme normally is over a 4 year period.

Year one will be primarily spent at Forth Valley College while the remaining years you'll be based at INEOS Grangemouth site and assigned to a working team. This will give you the opportunity to gain hands-on, competency-based skills training, an opportunity to complete learning for your VQ portfolio and to attend college on day release. During this time, you’ll achieve your VQ in your chosen discipline along with your relevant HNC.

The disciplines that are available :

• Mechanical Engineering
  
  The purpose of the post is to install, maintain and repair mechanical equipment to allow the manufacturing process to operate in a safe, reliable and cost effective manner.
  
  
•  Process Engineering
  
  The purpose of the post is to start-up, control and shutdown process plant and equipment to allow the manufacturing process to operate in a safe, reliable and cost effective manner.
  
  
• Instrument and Electrical Engineering
  
  The purpose of the post is to install maintain and repair electrical and instrumental equipment to allow the manufacturing process to operate in a safe, reliable and cost effective manner.

Course includes:

• Fully-supervised, on-the-job learning with workshop/plant experience
•  A HNC qualification at a local college to underpin knowledge in your chosen discipline
•  Specific safety training
• Exposure to a breadth of experiences on a multi-disciplined site

Success so far

For the last 5 years, almost 150 people have gone through the Modern Apprenticeship scheme and are now employed in core technician posts within the petrochemical industry. Apprentices are quickly adopted and integrated into the workforce, and they regularly win independent awards for apprenticeship achievements.

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