Vortice appoints new apprentice

19 year old Owen Butler has joined us as an apprentice within the technical department,working towards his advanced apprenticeship. This is the first time we have been involved in an apprentice scheme and we called upon local Apprenticeship, Employment and Training agency Impact to help.

50 candidates applied for the position, these were shortlisted down to three who were interviewed at Vortice and Owen came top of the selection process. Having completed an engineering diploma at Burton College, Owen’s interests are engineering, football, golf and running. He has also been supporting himself during his education by working part time in a pub. 

Owen will be working in the technical department and will be doing day release at Stevensons College in Coalville. Technical and Quality Manager Mark Cowburn said: “We are delighted to welcome Owen to the Vortice technical team and have enjoyed working with Impact through the recruitment process – they will also be arranging Owen’s ongoing training at Coalville.”