New End Point Assessment Facility for Apprentices in Sussex

New #EPA Facility for Gas, Plumbing and Electrical #Apprentices in Sussex

Gas, plumbing and electrical training specialist Steve Willis Training Centres has opened a brand new Gas End Point Assessment area at their Burgess Hill training centre.

This purpose built facility includes five fully fitted assessment bays, and was created from scratch with generous support from industry partners including Worcester Bosch.

Apprenticeship End Point Assessments will be delivered at the centre by City & Guilds, and at the recent launch event the ribbon was cut by City & Guilds Executive Director David Phillips. He was impressed by what he saw, commenting:

“One of the stand out things about Steve Willis Training is your reputation for quality and to see you invest in End Point Assessments in this way is fantastic.”

Other guests at the launch included Jerry Whiteley, Technical Director for the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering, along with industry sponsors and many of the skilled tradespeople who worked on the project.

Managing Director Steve Willis explained how investing in new facilities like this benefits everyone:

“It’s been the mission of Steve Willis Training since I started out 19 years ago to invest profits back into the business. I want to make sure our learners get the best possible experience.

And he looked back on his own experiences as an apprentice:

“We had nothing like this in my day, it was all oily rags and dirty workshops. This wonderful new facility will benefit all our apprentices across Sussex and Hampshire, and it will be a pleasure to see them come in and mess it up – but not too much!”

In future Steve Willis Training hope to extend use of the facilities to apprentices studying elsewhere, helping to improve the standard of apprenticeship training and assessment across the South of England.