Stainless Metalcraft of Chatteris welcomes six new apprentices
Chatteris company Stainless Metalcraft has welcomed six new apprentices to its team.
The Honeysome Road company, which manufactures critical components for some of the world’s most hazardous and dangerous environments, has taken on Mackenzie Bolt, Edmund Burgess, Callum Cooper, Oliver Newman and Tyler-Jay Phipps.
They are all beginning apprenticeships as machining technicians while Alex Parker becomes the businesses’ first maintenance technician apprentice focusing on mechatronics, which integrates mechanical, electrical and computer systems engineering.
Chris Duggan, managing director at Metalcraft, said: “We’re excited to welcome our newest cohort of apprentices to the business. Apprentices are the lifeblood of our organisation, with over half of our current workforce, including members of the senior management team, having begun their careers through this route.
“While we have offered apprenticeships for over 100 years and supported hundreds of people into rewarding careers over that time, the industry is rapidly evolving, and it is important that our apprenticeship programmes reflect those changes too.
“That is why we are particularly pleased to welcome Alex as our first mechatronics apprentice this year, ensuring we have the right skills in place to support the business as we move into critical delivery phases across a number of key contracts.”
Apprentices at Metalcraft traditionally follow a four-year programme, with the first two years spent gaining skills across a range of areas - such as machining, fabricating and welding - before moving into more-focussed, skill-specific training in years three and four.
The programme is headed up by Neil Kirby - an apprentice-trained engineer with over 40 years’ experience - and delivered in partnership with West Suffolk College at Metalcraft’s own manufacturing facility and the state-of-the-art North Cambs Training Centre, which is located on its Chatteris site.
Applications for September 2026 entry open in November. For further details, visit www.metalcraft.co.uk/apprenticeships