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 An exciting partnership between colleges in North Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire will provide new training opportunities in and aviation skills at Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield and Leeds Bradford Airport.
North Nottinghamshire College, Doncaster College, and Craven College have jointly been granted interim status as a Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) in Airport Operations and Aircraft Engineering. This accolade has been awarded by the Government’s National Learning and Skills Council. Dedicated training centres at both airports, with state of the art aircraft maintenance facilities, will give learners and employers access to industry-standard training, opening up cutting edge aviation career and business opportunities across the world.  Local and regional support for the CoVE has come from Robin Hood Airport owners Peel Airports, training and recruitment partnership - Directions Finningley, aircraft maintenance training specialists - Lufthansa Resource Technical Training, Leeds Bradford based engineering and training specialists - Multiflight, the Sector Skills Council for Passenger Transport - GoSkills and the Learning and Skills Councils in Nottinghamshire, North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire.
On behalf of the partners, Philip Fone, Principal of North Nottinghamshire College said, “This project is a major step forward in providing the vocational training programmes needed to ensure prosperous thriving airports in our region.”
The North Yorkshire CoVE Network has been developed by Yorkshire Forward and the Learning and Skills Council North Yorkshire, under the York and North Yorkshire 2003-2006 Sub Regional Action Plan. The aim of the Network is to raise awareness of the CoVE scheme, to dispel the myths about training and therefore encourage employers to engage with the 10 CoVEs in North Yorkshire. Find out more at www.nycovenetwork.org
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