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Congratulations to our Waterjet Cell Leader, Andrew Williams, who received his Lean Manufacturing Fellowship  Award from The Manufacturing Institute last week.

Last week, Farrat was proud to support Andrew Williams in receiving his Lean Manufacturing Fellowship Award from The Manufacturing Institute , at his Conferment Ceremony in Manchester.

The 2nd of our team to be awarded a Fellowship through the Accelerated Route to Learning course, Andrew undertook 10 weeks of research and study into the optimisation of Farrat’s manufacturing processes. Applying his theories within the Farrat manufacturing facility, Andrew has already enhanced our competitiveness through lead-time reduction and cost saving. Supporting Andrew through this training is part of our commitment to continuous improvement. We’re delighted for Andrew and his achievement, and look forward to continuing improving our performance and reputation within the UK manufacturing sector.

As featured in the January 2017 issue of Acoustic Bulletin magazine, released by the Institute of Acoustics, graduate engineers at the University of Salford are lending their expertise by developing, implementing and validating cutting edge methodology as a KTP Associate at Farrat this year.

Farrat is one of three businesses that will benefit from the part-funded Government / Innovate UK programme, which works as a three-way partnership between a business, a University and a recent graduate who is elected as a ‘KTP Associate’.

The selected Associate will work with Farrat and Professor Andy Moorhouse and Dr Andy Elliot of Salford’s Acoustics Research Group, to predict the vibro-acoustic response of buildings that incorporate vibration control; such as concert halls or apartments and buildings affected by train or underground noise.

• To read the full article, visit the IOA Bulletin library here: http://www.ioa.org.uk/publications/acoustics-bulletin-past
• To read more about KTP Associates or Innovate UK, please visit: Innovate UK.
• To learn about working with Farrat or to Apply, visit our Careers Page.

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Farrat Technical Director for Structural Thermal Break Connections, Stephen Blundell, will be helping 30 grads prepare for their IStructE CM exam by leading a preparation session at the University of Bolton (UoB) on the 18th January.

The prep course is a day long mock exam where candidates are given the opportunity under exam conditions to take a recent exam (generally, the previous year’s exam).

Opportunity will later be given for peer marking and discussion of the mock exam scripts (or other scripts brought to the session).

The IStructE CM exam is a notoriously difficult exam and has a worldwide pass rate hovering just above 30%, however the pass rate for engineers from the IStructE CM Prep course over the last three years has hovered between 50% and 60%.

Session leaders throughout the course period, which runs until March 2017, will include: Jonathan Haynes, University of Salford (JH), Stephen Blundell, Farrat Isolevel (SB), Walter Swann, Tata Steel (WS), Neil Logan, Logan Consulting Engineers (NL), Dave Leung, Lancashire County Council (DL), Philip Powell, Laing O’Rourke (PP),  Les Jones, Curtins (LJ),  Andrew Wilson, GHA Livigunn (AW) and Gareth Whittleston.

For more information on the Preperation Exam, visit: http://goo.gl/aFRt70

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Congratulations to CEO Oliver Farrell who earlier this week received a certificate of recognition for his efforts as a STEM Ambassador across the 2015/2016 academic year.

The certificate recognises Oliver’s dedication to the programme, working closely with STEM on behalf of Farrat to ensure that every young person across the UK has the opportunity to understand the possibilities that science, technology, engineering and mathematics studies and careers can provide.

The impact of the STEM Ambassadors programme is immense – evidence shows that it not only helps young people achieve their full potential in STEM, but also has positive impacts for teachers and other educators as well as individual STEM Ambassadors and employers who support them.

STEM Ambassador’s truly make a difference to young people as well as being part of a UK-wide community of enthusiastic and passionate volunteers.

Since the programme began, STEM Ambassadors have worked with over 94% of UK secondary schools and nearly one in five UK primary schools. STEM now want to build on this further, including engaging with young people and their influencers through a wider range of community and youth groups – ensuring that young people, regardless of background, can see and be encouraged in the possibilities open to them through STEM.

To become a STEM Ambassador Register here, or visit www.stemnet.org.uk for more information.

We believe it is never too early to Engage, Inspire & Educate young people in UK Manufacturing and Engineering.

That is why this year, Farrat have been working closely with the IMechE, IStructE, EDT and the Manufacturing Institute alongside others, to develop various STEM initiatives within the Greater Manchester and Cheshire area.

Over the next few weeks we will be featuring some of our most engaging educational and work experience campaigns ahead of Tomorrow Engineers Week #TEWeek16 (7-11th Nov) and the STEM Inspiration Awards 2016 (24th Nov).

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