Cambridge, UK: Marshall Fleet Solutions, as part of a “trailblazer” group, has launched the Mobile Transport Refrigeration Technician apprenticeship to install, service and repair transport refrigeration units.
The trailblazer group include Morrisons, Petit Forestier, Nagel-Langdon, Turners of Soham, Michael Ward Refrigeration, Peter Staines Refrigeration, Coolmax Refrigeration, TIP Group, and Tesco. City of Liverpool College developed the course content alongside Marshall Fleet Solutions and the trailblazer partners.
The course can be delivered in the UK enabling transport refrigeration companies and fleet operators of all sizes to work with training providers to develop their own teams of qualified in-house engineers and technicians.
Taught and assessed in partnership with accredited training providers, the course will typically take 36 months, with an end point assessment period of four months.
Mark Howell, managing director, Marshall Fleet Solutions, said: “This new apprenticeship is a much-needed replacement for an outdated, complicated setup that contained gaps and often lacked relevance.
“With this new programme, we have finally achieved proper recognition of the crucial work being done by the talented people who are ultimately ensuring an uninterrupted supply of food and medicine in the UK.
“I’m grateful to our partners within the industry and education sector for their support in developing this comprehensive apprenticeship standard, and to the government for acknowledging the specific need for such an apprenticeship.”
“We are proud to have partnered with industry to develop this pioneering and much-needed new qualification,” said Lynton Perry, refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump sector lead at City of Liverpool College. “The apprenticeship has a broad appeal extending well beyond school leavers, and including adult learners considering a career change, as well as anyone seeking a flexible working package that fits in with their needs.”
For its own intake, Marshall Fleet Solutions and City of Liverpool College aim to pilot the apprenticeship with up to 10 apprentices starting in 2024.
