Electrical Apprentice at 71/72 Kingsway, Swansea City and Waterfront Digital District
When Seb left school, he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do, but after working with his dad on housing renovation projects, he found he liked working in construction.
Seb secured a place on CMBE’s apprentice programme in 2022, as part of the drive to recruit local apprentices, which form part of Swansea Council’s and Bouygues UK’s Targeted Recruitment
and Training requirements for the £34m Swansea Bay City Deal-funded, 71/72 Kingsway construction contract.
CMBE, a major, South Wales-based mechanical and electrical sub-contractor, has since enrolled Seb on the Level 2 Electrical Installation at NPTC Group at their Afan campus, resulting in him being in college one day a week and the other four days working on the new prestigious office development on the Kingsway, in the centre of Swansea.
At present he’s installing the in-situ electrical conduit, which will be hidden within the concrete structure across the two basement levels and five storeys of the development.
The project is now entering the next phase the works and the internal visible containment and wiring has just commenced, Seb will now be involved in this element of works. He will be installing the cabling through the conduits he has previously installed and this will add a new dimension.
This is Seb’s first real experience of a large construction site and has gained a better understanding of the complexities if the build, the health & safety required on a site, but more importantly, how crucial his role is in the look of finished building. Although his current task on site, the installation of the conduit is an onerous task, it won’t be visible once the project is handed over.
Seb’s Electrical Installation Electrician apprenticeship will last 4 years, and after this project is complete, be will move to work on another CMBE project until be is signed off by the training provider JTL.