OREANDA-NEWS. One of our apprentices to meet Matthew Hancock MP, Minister for Energy and Skills, today was Laura Sneddon. Laura is a 30-year-old Technical Skills Trainee (TST) with Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution (SSEPD). She discovered SSE’s apprentice scheme whilst browsing on Twitter during a gap year in Australia and loves the unpredictable nature of her job.

Laura said: “The apprenticeship can take you anywhere – one day you might be out on a job and the next day you could be planning another, or learning about another part of the business. You spend time with jointers, liners and fitters, you undertake managerial-based placements and you spend around 13 weeks of the year studying for your degree.

“I am 30 at the moment, but a lot of people on my course are in their 20s, to think by the time they reach my age they will have 10 years’ of experience behind them is quite something. I love my job and when I meet my friends I am always talking about the different things that I do.”