BTTA will once again be taking part in the annual Scottish Borders Primary 6 Inspire Learning STEM day. It will take place on Tuesday 27

After 18 years we say goodbye to Bank House, our headquarters in Newtown St Boswells. The move to the new training centre/offices in Tweedbank has

Work on our new training centre in Tweedbank continues apace as we build internal offices and workrooms. Please see below!

To mark Scottish Apprenticeship Week Rachel Hamilton MSP took time from her busy schedule to visit the apprentices at Plexus UK in Kelso last week.

BTTA will be exhibiting at an event organised by DYW Borders on Saturday 1 March in Kelso. The venue is Tait Hall, Edenside Rd, Kelso,

We are in talks with a number of companies across the Borders region who are considering taking Modern Apprentices in the following areas: Interested? Please

We are delighted to announce that we now have the keys to our new training premises in Tweedbank. Now the hard works starts to turn

Our congratulations go to Bruce Spence , a manufacture and maintenance Modern Apprentice at ESG Drysdale. Bruce has completed his MA nine months early. He

BTTA was mentioned recently in the Scottish Parliament in a motion raised by Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh & Berwickshire. Here is the text

We had a wonderful lunch at the Buccleuch Arms in St Boswells on 25 October to celebrate those completing this year’s BTT Modern Apprenticeship programme

We had a very successful day at the Jedburgh Grammar Campus on Thursday 10 October at their all-day school careers fair. It was great to

Over the next 12 months we will be participating in a number of school career fairs in the Borders. Those confirmed so far are: 2024

We are pleased to announce that we should gain entry to our new training premises in Tweedbank by September. Once we gain entry we will

Our congratulations and best wishes go to the following modern apprentices. Kyle Newman from Turnbull & Scott (Hawick) who has completed his Manufacturing Engineering MA

Our congratulations go to Robbie Johnston who has completed his Modern Apprenticeship four months ahead of time whilst studying for his SVQ3 which he has

BTTA is delighted to have sponsored two awards for apprentices attending Edinburgh College – Electrical Apprentice of the Year and Electrical Most Improved Apprentice. Russell

It was a fantastic day and a pleasure for BTTA to take part in the Inspiring Learning festival at the Borders Events Centre, Springwood Park

The Modern Apprenticeship (MA) statistics for 2023-24 have been published on the SDS corporate website. There were 25,365 MA starts created in 2023/24, with 38,607 MAs

To enhance their training provision, BTTA is currently in negotiations to acquire a unit in Tweedbank Industrial estate. This will be turned into a dedicated

BTTA have recently introduced mobile training boards to allow training to be delivered in any location. For more information and to book a course please

BTTA’s group training manager, Russell Coleman, was recently quoted in The Scotsman

BTTA’s group training manager, Russell Coleman, was recently quoted in The Scotsman

Well, that’s the first School Careers fair of the year done and dusted. We had a great day at Jedburgh Grammar Campus and met lots

Borders Technical Training Association (BTTA), formerly Borders Engineering Training Association (BETA), has appointed Richard Wright as a trainer/assessor. Richard will assist group training manager Russell