科勒格·蓋德學院開設新材料中心
學院正式成立了丹尼森先進材料中心(DAMC)，這是威爾士個這樣的中心。經濟部長肯·斯凱茨(KenSkates)與英國航空公司(BritishAirways)、GKN航空航天公司和生肖航空公司等公司正式在我們的Blaenau Ggo學習區開設了新的中心。
該中心由威爾士政府資助，是以2015年不幸去世的喬恩·丹尼森(JonDennison)的名字命名的。喬恩，GKN航空航天公司前政府聯絡主任，是復合材料領域的先驅，并設想在南威爾士建立一個“復合材料走廊”。他的主要目標是培訓南威爾士地區的年輕人，使其具備部門專門知識，重點關注來自弱勢背景的年輕人，以發揮他們的潛力。
學院將在威爾士開設個高級復合材料學徒課程，學生可從2019年1月起在新中心學習，該中心由四間教室組成。
威爾士的復合材料行業為23億英鎊，但到2030年有可能增長到120億英鎊。
威爾士學生已經有使用復合材料的經驗，因為他們幫助建造了大學賽車，作為課程的一部分；他們還將學習在賽道上和課堂上維護和維修這輛汽車。
校園主任約翰·塞克斯頓(John Sexton)說：“我們很高興能成為威爾士的所大學和英國的第四所大學，為學生開設”復合材料入門“課程。
“我們一直就課程內容和所需設備與綜合中心(NationalCompositeCentre)密切合作，以便學生們能夠自信地相信，他們正在學習先進的技術。”
在今年1月開始向學生推出這門課程之前，總部位于Cwmbran的黃道十二星航空公司(Zodiac Aerosspace)已經招收了一些員工來進行該課程的試點，以提高他們的工程師和車間工人的技能。
“我們要感謝十二生肖航空航天有限公司，他們提供了我們的批學生，我們將繼續與他們密切合作。約翰接著說：“我們將在不久的將來向其他公司推廣這一課程，關注這一領域。”
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The College has officially launched the Dennison Advanced Materials Centre (DAMC), the first of its kind in Wales. Economy Secretary, Ken Skates, officially opened the new centre at our Blaenau Gwent Learning Zone with companies such as British Airways, GKN Aerospace and Zodiac Aerospace and more.
Coleg Gwent College opens its new materials centre
The centre, that was part funded by the Welsh Government, is named after Jon Dennison, who sadly died in 2015. Jon, the former Government Liaison Director at GKN Aerospace, was a pioneer in the field of composite materials and had a vision of creating a ‘Composites Corridor’ in South Wales. His main aim was to train those based in South Wales with the sector expertise, focusing on young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to realise their potential.
The College will introduce the first Advanced Composites Apprenticeship course in Wales which students can study from January 2019 in the new centre, which consists of four classrooms.
The composites sector in Wales stands at ?2.3 billion but has the potential to grow to ?12 billion by 2030.
Wales students already have experience with composite materials as they helped build the College racing car as part of their course; they will also learn to maintain and service the car on the track and in the classroom.
John Sexton, Campus Director Blaenau Gwent Learning Zone, said: “We’re thrilled to be the first college in Wales, and fourth college in the UK, to offer the ‘Introduction to Composites’ course for students.
“We’ve been working closely with the National Composite Centre on the course content and required equipment so students can be confident that they’re learning the most up-to-date techniques.”
Before the course is rolled out to students from January, Cwmbran based company Zodiac Aerospace has enrolled some of their staff to pilot the course, in order to upskill their engineers and shop floor workers.
“We’d like to thank Zodiac Aerospace Ltd who have provided our first cohort of students and with whom we will continue to work very closely indeed. We’ll be looking to roll out the course to other companies in the near future, watch this space”, continued John.
