Rolls-Royce Motor Cars welcomes new apprentices and graduates

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars welcomed this year's successful intake of apprentices and graduates to the company's headquarters and manufacturing plant at Goodwood. Eleven new apprentices and 13 graduates toured the home of Rolls-Royce Motor
Cars for the first time, taking inspiration from the award-winning facilities and skilled craftspeople and professionals who strive to design and build the best cars in the world.

As part of their induction day, the latest recruits and their families met 11 recently completed apprentices who have now secured permanent roles, after proving themselves in a business renowned for its innovation, attention-to-detail and exquisite quality. 

In addition to the Apprenticeship and Graduate Programmes, more than 60 men and women are employed with the company each year on industrial placements ranging in duration from six to 12 months.

"Our Apprenticeship and Graduate Programmes reflect the Rolls-Royce ethos, making the most of people's talents to produce exceptional results. Every Rolls-Royce is hand-built to exacting standards that customers expect. The highly-bespoke vocational skills and technical expertise that we require are best developed in the workplace, coupled with academic study and support from industry-leading professionals," said Frank Ludwig, Director of Manufacturing, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars .

"Our successful Apprenticeship and Graduate Programmes deliver future talent for Rolls-Royce and demonstrate our ongoing commitment to the development and training of young people in the UK manufacturing industry," he further added.

Rolls-Royce has recruited more than 200 new permanent jobs in the last 18 months, with more than half based at the home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood, primarily in the manufacturing areas. More than 1,500 people are now employed on site.

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