Salford College recently launched their Highways Maintenance Skilled Operative Apprenticeship in partnership with LCRIG. To kick things off, 4way Consulting provided an overview training session for the first group of apprentices, focusing on Traffic Signals.

Our Technical Director, Chris Ellison, and Smart Cities Sector Lead, Shane Collins, visited Salford College’s City Skills campus on Friday, May 17th, to deliver a one-hour introduction to Traffic Signals for the Groundworks and Highways Apprentices. They also had the chance to chat with Sam Heyes, Teacher of Construction – Groundworks and Highways, about the apprenticeship. Sam gave them a tour of the new LCRIG-sponsored training area for groundworks and construction.

The training session was a hit! The apprentices found it valuable, saying it helped them understand traffic management signals better. It was a pleasure to share our expertise with the future engineers (and who knows, we might have inspired a few to consider a career in traffic engineering).

We’re now collaborating with Sam to develop a more practical event for the apprentices, making the most of their excellent training facilities.