Welcome Aboard!

Are delighted to say that we have taken on six new Modern Apprentices this year. We are pleased to welcome three new companies to membership: Harlow Group (Tweedbank) DR Collin & Sons (Eyemouth) Greenvale AP (Duns) Russell Coleman, Group Training Director, BTTA said: “It is great to see that many more companies are realising the […]

BTTA Welcomes Labour Approach to Training

The Borders Technical Training Association Ltd (BTTA) has welcomed the new Labour training strategy with its focus on apprenticeships and technical training. Based in Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders, the organisation offers Modern Apprentice and engineering training in its purpose-built training centre which opened in April this year. BTTA Group Training Director, Russell Coleman said: […]

Congratulations

Our congratulations go to Darren Cairney who has done exceptionally well in completing his Modern Apprenticeship in just under three years at Borders General Hospital.

Well Done!

Congratulations to Owen Tenant (below) who has just completed his Modern Apprenticeship in Engineering Maintenance at Ahlstrom in Chirnside.

Congratulations to Zac!

Congratulations to Zac Scaife who has successfully completed his Modern Apprenticeship in Instrument and Control at Ahlstrom, Chirnside.  Zac has shown a fantastic commitment to his apprenticeship and has achieved completion 4 months earlier than his expected completion date.  We wish him all the best for his future career.

Open for Business!

We are delighted to announce that our new engineering and Modern Apprentice training centre in Tweedbank is now open for business. After a year of hard work and a total investment of £170.8K the centre offers the Borders a state-of-the-art technical training centre for use by Modern Apprentices and companies throughout the Borders. With one […]

Welcome Aboard!

We are delighted to announce that Zane Chetty has joined BTTA Ltd as a trainer/assessor. Zane will train and mentor our Modern Apprentices and monitor their progress with our client base. He brings over 25 years experience as an electrical engineer in the construction industry across industrial, commercial, and residential sectors. Most recently he was […]

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Jack Wilson who has just completed his Modern Apprenticeships at Morrison and Murray Engineering Ltd in Galashiels. Jack has completed an Engineering Modern Apprenticeship in Mechanical Manufacturing (Fitting and Assembly) We wish him all the best in his future career.

SOSE Funding

We are delighted to announce that in July BTTA received approval for grant funding from South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE). The funding will be used to purchase equipment and tools to equip our training centre in Tweedbank.  Progress continues apace on the building with most of the internal partitioning completed.   Please watch this space for […]