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Logistics is a key sector within the Cumbrian economy but one where there’s traditionally been many barriers for young people looking to become involved.

Apprenticeships are therefore even more essential to help bring highly-skilled young people into the sector and overcome the usual problems sometimes associated with young drivers.

As the largest logistics training company in the UK, we are an expert in equipping young people with the skills needed to make a real difference in the logistics industry.

One such apprentice to benefit is Stuart Faulder. Stuart found employment with haulier Tyson Burridge in Workington. His training included topics such as health and safety, first aid, warehousing skills and traffic planning – but the big benefit was that Stuart was able to gain...

Our apprentices today got the opportunity to learn new skills when a unique job-swap, to help promote National Apprenticeship Week, saw accountancy students swap roles with motor mechanics.

Accountancy apprentices from Armstrong Watson are trained by us and work towards their Level 3 and Level 4 Accountancy Diplomas. Many apprentices use the qualifications as a base to progress to full chartered accountant status but, today, they got their hands dirty in the workshop during a session which saw them fitting tyres, replacing brakes and repairing exhausts.

Meanwhile the motor vehicle apprentices, who are employed at garages and body shops around Carlisle, went back to the classroom with calculators in hand. They were given advice around business cashflow and the financial aspects of running...

Albert Webdale, one of our Motor Vehicle apprentices, has had a dream week of work experience at the final round of the World Rally Championship in Wales last weekend. Sixteen-year-old Albert from Cliburn is completing a motor vehicle Fast Fit Apprenticeship with us and was fortunate to be offered the opportunity by Carlisle-based tyre manufacturer DMACK Tyres.

Albert got the enviable experience when DMACK offered the placement to System Training. Our motor vehicle apprentices are fully trained in changing tyres and brakes but the opportunity to work on a demanding round of the world championship was a massive challenge.

DMACK is one of only two tyre manufacturers authorised to supply the world’s best drivers with specialist rally tyres and Albert helped the company fit over 400 ch...

System Training has opened a new training facility in Maryport which it hopes will provide job opportunities and automotive apprenticeship programmes for young people across West Cumbria.

The new facility will employ two lecturers and assessors and additional support staff and services will come from System Training’s newly refurbished headquarters at Carlisle Airport.

The first intake of 16 students will undergo a 26-week City & Guilds Level 2 Vehicle Fitting Apprenticeship where they will learn to repair and replace tyres, brakes and exhaust systems.

They can then progress on to a Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Level 2 Apprenticeship which builds on their experience and skills. The apprenticeship also provides them with employment within local motor garages and vehicle repair cent...

System Training’s new Skills Training Academy received Royal approval after HRH The Princess Royal officially opened the new centre in Carlisle today. The new training facility is the result of a £1m investment by System Training and provides it with more teaching classrooms and practical training workshops.

System Training, the UK’s largest logistics training provider, welcomed The Princess Royal who has a long and distinguished relationship with the road haulage and logistics industries. As Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Logistics Corps, a past Master of the Worshipful Company of Carmen and an honorary member of the Road Haulage Association, The Princess has a keen interest in logistics.

The training centre, which is part-funded by Skills Funding Agency, will be used primari...

The latest generation of the famous Stobart trucking family has taken to the road after passing his lorry driving test and gaining his heavy goods vehicle licence. Twenty-year-old Edd Stobart, son of Stobart Group Chief Operating Officer William Stobart, was trained by System Training and passed his test first time.

Edd continues the Stobart road haulage dynasty and follows in the wheel tracks of his uncle, the late Edward Stobart, who grew the Eddie Stobart trucking business into the iconic company we know today.

After passing his theory test, Edd underwent a week of intensive training with System Training, the UK's largest logistics training provider, to learn the skills that would help him gain his HGV Class 2 licence for rigid vehicles.

But, if that wasn't enough, he was under press...

System Training will deliver training to Eddie Stobart apprentices as part of the company’s new Logistics Apprenticeship Programme which was announced by Parliamentary Under Secretary of State forTransport, Mike Penning MP.

Mr Penning met System Training apprentices as he officially opened a brand-new state-of-the-art Eddie Stobart Training Academy in Widnes and he detailed the new apprenticeship initiative, which will see 150 young apprentices join the multimodal logistics provider every year.

System Training, the UK’s largest logistics training provider, has immense experience in delivering logistics apprenticeships to young people and has pioneered a model which appeals to businesses.

Aligning with the Government’s commitment to apprenticeships, System Training&rsqu...