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Job title: Apprentice Plant Maintenance Technician Department: Workshop Responsible to: Workshop Manager Based at: Common Road, Stafford, but will be require travel to client’s sites throughout the UK Job Type: Full Time Salary: Applicable National Minimum Wage Job summary Plant fitters repair, service and maintain light and heavy plant equipment. This includes machinery such as bulldozers, …
Learners at The JCB Academy are competing in the F1 in Schools Challenge. F1 in Schools is a global competition in which teams of learners deploy CAD/CAM software to collaborate, design, analyse, manufacture, test, and then race miniature compressed air powered cars made from a variety of materials using the most modern of manufacturing methods, such as 3D Printing. The …
Nine of our learners have recently taken part in the FIRST Lego League Robotics challenge at Newcastle College. Learners competed against 18 other schools and won the Best Engineered Robot award. The learners programmed their robot to navigate a course on a challenge table and complete missions/obstacles along the way to score points. Academy learners have experience in programming robots …
It’s the first session tonight in the PlayStation F.C. Schools’ Cup FIFA 22 Championship at The JCB Academy. The academy are one of 32 schools that have been selected to compete from 100s of entries. Learners at The JCB Academy will compete against each other in a tournament based at the academy with the overall winner going forward to compete …
Michelin – Engineering – Level 3 Apprenticeship The Engineering Apprenticeship on offer is designed to develop the successful candidate towards joining the Site Engineering Maintenance Team servicing this plant. For further information please click here
Bri-Stor Systems – Mechanical/Electrical Engineering – Level 2 Apprenticeship Studying towards a Diploma qualification, students will gain experience and understanding of electro-mechanical principals: through work experience and theoretical knowledge. For further information please click here
Alpha Manufacturing – Engineering Technical – Level 3 Apprenticeship Studying towards a Diploma qualification, apprentices will gain experience working on CNC laser, punching machines, CNC press brakes, fabrication and welding. You will work towards a Level 3 Engineering Technician apprenticeship standard. For further information please click here
As we begin 2022, a new year and a fresh start, our English department are encouraging all learners to use the academy’s ePlatform virtual school library. The English team have recommended their top picks for Y9 and Y10 learners. Learners are also invited to write their own book reviews and send them through to the English teacher where they …
Former JCB Academy & Sixth Form learner and a Bentley Motors Manufacturing Strategy Engineer, Phoebe Jay, has recently been crowned the North-West Apprentice Champion of the year. Phoebe said “I recognise how much an apprenticeship was absolutely the right choice for me. I loved it so much, I’m currently undertaking another one for my degree! I strongly advocate this route …
Our Year 9 learners have recently visited Chatsworth House as part of their English curriculum. Photographs below taken by Year 9 learner, Grace Fisher.
