Electrical Contracting News (ECN) May 2016 | Page 18

TRAINING

BRIGHT SPARKS AT FORD ELECTRICAL
Family run civil engineering and construction company Heming
Group is showing a strong faith in apprentices as the future
lifeblood of its company.
Heming Group, based in Willersey, Gloucestershire, has more
than 40 employees, and comprises Heming Civil Engineering and
Construction Contractors, Major Building Services, Ford Electrical
and Heming Agricultural and Plant Engineers.
The company’s current intake of apprentices sees three
youngsters learning the ropes at Ford Electrical, with the trio
managed by 27 year old Jack England, himself a former Heming
Group apprentice.
Jack, operations director at Ford Electrical, and who served
a four year apprenticeship, said, ‘I would not want to belittle
university educations, but the life experience I gained at an early
age at Ford Electrical equipped me with the characteristics to
progress in my career.’
The Ford Electrical apprentices are Tom Huxley, 21, an