Nicola Elliott is among the apprentices who were recently welcomed to the Amazon team in Coventry for their first or second year of their apprenticeship.
She will join ten other apprentices at Coventry studying Mechatronics, Controls and IT as part of Amazon’s Apprenticeship Programme.
The courses typically run on average for three years and are fully funded by Amazon and mix theory and work-based training.
The first year of the engineering apprenticeship is predominantly based in the classroom, before the scheme progresses to a work-based learning programme at the Amazon fulfilment centre in year two.
Nicola Elliott, age 27, from Coventry, is excited to start the next chapter in her career. She said: “The first year of the Amazon Apprenticeship Programme has been brilliant. We did loads of classroom-based learning and also got some hands-on experience at the local fulfilment centre. I’m really excited about the second year of the programme, it will be good to meet all the team be able put some of the content we have learned at college, in to practice on site.”
The first and second year apprentices were welcomed to the local fulfilment centre by General Manager, Lee Shepherd. He said: “We are passionate about helping to develop the next generation of IT, operations and engineering talent and the Amazon Apprenticeship Programme is one of the ways that helps us to do that. We are looking forward to meeting the new recruits while continuing to help our year two apprentices on their career path.”
Amazon’s Apprenticeship schemes are designed to suit candidates with a range of experience, from those with life skills to school leavers who are 18+ with GCSEs or A-levels. *
Anyone interested in finding out more information about the Amazon apprenticeship programme can visit www.amazon.jobs/apprentices
