As part of National Apprenticeship Week, we look to share the successes of one of Miller’s top apprentices – Nathan Rogerson – who is in his final months of completing his welder/robot programmer apprenticeship.
Due to qualify as a Plate Welder, Nathan is Miller’s very first apprentice to train on a welder/robot programmer course. In the last few years’ Miller has significantly grown our robot welding capabilities – having invested in a state-of-the-art robot welding suite – and Nathan’s keen interest and instinctive talent shone through leading to Miller steering him in this direction with his apprenticeship.
Speaking about his achievements, Alan Hall, Nathan’s Team leader said: “Nathan has hugely impressed us over the past few years. He has been welding products to the same standard as time served staff for a while now which is a huge achievement, and a demonstration of his natural ability coupled with an impressive skillset.
“Typically, we would wait until an apprentice was time-served before moving them onto the robots, however with Nathan’s eagerness to learn new things, it was a natural decision to train him in the next generation of welded automation processes and to do this as part of his course. This is a huge accolade, which Nathan should be very proud of, and he has already proven to be a competent Robot Programmer. He has a very bright future ahead of him and we are committed to continuing to support him through his development.”
Nathan is completing his apprenticeship with one of the UK’s leading training providers of engineering and manufacturing apprenticeships, TDR. For almost four years now as part of the course he has spent time at college on both block and day release, whilst learning on the job with Miller.
We have compiled a short insight into a typical working day at Miller for Nathan, see here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7296178191226818560
As this year’s National Apprentice week highlights the immense value, benefit and opportunity apprentices bring to companies, we would like to take the opportunity to thank all our apprentices – across all departments of Miller – for their valuable input and contribution which is instrumental in shaping Miller’s success today, and in the future.
