This new initiative ensures that technicians entering the sector are trained to, and maintain the skills and behavioural standards expected in a nuclear professional, as defined by the Nuclear Delta, the nationally agreed standard of nuclear professionalism. Sellafield's Design Apprenticeship is the first programme to gain approval through the new process. Marking this first approval Rory O'Neill from Sellafield was presented with the certificate of approval by Tim Chittenden, the President of the Nuclear Institute, at the Nuclear Institute/Nuclear Industry Association Annual Dinner in December. This is the first in a series of apprenticeship schemes which will be assessed against the Nuclear Institute's requirements for Technician Grade Membership and the Engineering Council's UKSPEC professional standard for Engineering Technician registration.
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