Gemini Accident Repair Group has announced that its first group of 17 Level 3 apprentices have completed their end-point assessments.
They will now take up various multiskilled positions throughout the company.
Gemini introduced its apprenticeship programme in 2017, covering MET, panel and paint, as well as a raft of additional qualifications around electric vehicles, ADAS, BS weld testing, and refrigerant handling.
John Henderson, Technical Training & Development Manager, Gemini Accident Repair Group, said, “I am extremely proud to announce that 17 apprentices have completed their end point assessments after what has been an incredible journey interrupted by Covid-19.
“We have taken a bold yet cautious approach to our responsibility for these employees. This has included the creation of a dispensation EPA in collaboration with AutoRaise, Training Partners and the IMI, and I would like to thank Dan Dillon, Training & Development Co-Ordinator at Gemini Accident Repair Group and Jordan Passey at Nottingham College who collectively have made this success possible.”
David Sargeant, Managing Director, Gemini Accident Repair Group and AutoRaise Chairman, said, “Starting on an apprenticeship offers a career for life here, with the ability to progress and upskill. I wanted to give younger people this opportunity, the same way that someone once gave me.
“Congratulations to all 17 apprentices, and a massive thank you to John Henderson, Technical Training and Development Manager and Dan Dillon, for enhancing the apprenticeship scheme and going above and beyond for what is needed. I also want to extend my thanks to AutoRaise, as well as LV= and esure, who have been on the journey with AutoRaise since the beginning.”
Gemini now boasts 83 apprentices, which is 13% of its workforce, and is now recruiting its next intake of 17 to join its multi-skills programme.
