Dundee's GA Engineering to take on new Apprentices

A high-end Dundee engineering firm is to take on 60 new apprentices over the next five years following a £1.8 million 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.

The firm — which counts Halliburton, Expro and WL Gore among its client base — has secured a new five-year banking facility with Lloyds TSB and the Bank of Scotland and created a new training academy at its Dundee headquarters.

The 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 apprentices capable of taking on bespoke engineering tasks was essential to the company’s future.

Although the academy is a new development, GA has been offering apprenticeships for 15 years and has already reaped the rewards of making a financial commitment to uprating engineering skills....READ MORE