Prosper Spring

COMMERCIAL FEATURE: BUSINESS AND YOUTH TRAINING
“At Collins Aerospace we are
working with local education
providers to develop STEM
talent pipelines in order to
ensure that fresh and skilled
talent are prepared to enter
the industry in the future.”
Collins is committed to ensure next
generation get off to a flying start
With Collins Aerospace’s
investments in young people,
the Black Country can
continue to prosper
A recovering and growing aviation industry
requires companies to attract fresh talent to
maintain the UK’s global leadership in
aviation. Collins Aerospace has been
actively engaging with the local community
for decades in order to promote the
aerospace industry in Wolverhampton.
Collins Aerospace, a unit of Raytheon
Technologies, is a leader in technologically
advanced and intelligent solutions for the
global aerospace and defence industry.
Collins in Wolverhampton provides the
fundamental, vital, and operational
capabilities that can make all flights safer
and more efficient. Its innovative actuation
solutions use lightweight, durable materials
to help control and operate new
generations of aircraft. It also produces
more than 2,000 different thermoplastic
composite parts — with hundreds currently
in qualification for aircraft manufactures in
both the UK and around the world.
Thermoplastic composite parts can be
found in more than 20 types of aircraft
ranging from wide bodies and single aisles
to business jets and helicopter platforms.
These products can be found in the
fuselage, wing, tailplane, nacelles, flight
control surfaces, doors and more.
Oliver Herrmann, Early Careers Lead at
Collins, said: “We are committed to
supporting our local community in a number
of ways, including investments into local
STEM outreach. We are working with local
education providers to develop STEM talent
pipelines in order to ensure that fresh and
skilled talent are prepared to enter the
industry in the future.”
In 2022, Collins launched the ‘Enthuse’
partnership, which focuses on making STEM
more accessible to women and
underrepresented groups.
“Our STEM learning initiative sees to
support eight primary and secondary
schools in the Wolverhampton area where
STEM education is most needed over the
next two years,” Herrmann added.
Through the partnership, teachers will
gain professional development and be
encouraged to engage in STEM to achieve
higher levels of achievement, especially
among disadvantaged and
underrepresented students.
Collins is committed to investing in local
jobs and people, shown through the
continued support of apprentices,
graduates, and industrial placement
students every year.
As of 2018, more than 76 apprentices, 39
graduates, and 45 industrial placements had
been recruited, and that number continues
to rise.
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