A number of London boroughs will be working with Transport for London to offer apprenticeships in tunnelling engineering, so apprentices are trained up in time to work on the construction of Crossrail.
The scheme is part of an initiative launched by London Councils this week, which will see more than 2,000 apprenticeships provided by London’s boroughs during the next three years.
The capital’s 32 boroughs and the City of London have agreed to offer the apprenticeships in their own workforces, and in those of their contractors, by 2012. A spokesperson for TfL said: ‘At the height of Crossrail’s construction in 2013-15, up to 14,000 people will be employed.
‘The route goes through some of the most deprived boroughs in London, and Crossrail intends to give the people who live in those boroughs the opportunity to be trained to work on projects like this.’
Crossrail is to establish a National Skills training academy by 2010 to ‘ensure that local people with the right skills are equipped to work on the project’.
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