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By SuperyachtNews 18 Aug 2020

Princess Yachts receives Princess Royal Training Award

Princess yachts has announced that is has received the award for its apprenticeship scheme….

Princess Yachts has announced that is has been awarded a Princess Royal Training Award for its apprenticeship scheme, awards are selected by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and the president of City & Guilds Group to recognise organisations whose training has delivered measurable business impact.

“We are so pleased to be awarded a Princess Royal Training Award for our apprenticeship programme,” comments Alis Thompson, head of learning & development at Princess Yachts. “The assessment process was rigorous and very different this year taking place remotely via MS Teams. However, the assessors took the time to peak to some of our apprentices and to gain a better understanding of our collaborative partnership with South Devon College who support us in the delivery of our programme. It is great to know we are setting the right standards, experience and support to our apprentices as they begin their career with us and ultimately the marine industry.”

Princess Yachts’ apprenticeship scheme further deserves recognition for its continued recruitment efforts throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown via digital platforms. In 2020, Princess Yachts will welcome a record number of apprenticeships across all areas of the business. According to the Princes Royal Training Award judges, as a 2020 winner of the award, Princess Yachts has demonstrated “exceptional commitment to training, despite facing unprecedented challenges of COVID019”.

Princess Yachts won the award for ‘positioning apprenticeships as a viable career choice’. Princess was recognised for having invested in its apprenticeship programme to ensure that is has a strong talent pipeline in place. In fact, 10 per cent of the current managers at Princess Yachts are former apprentices.

Typically, when the superyacht industry is represented in the mainstream media the articles and images are largely focussed on the cost of the assets themselves, or variously the wealth profiles of the owners and guests. While this is by no means surprising, given that the lives of the ultra-wealth will always be of curious interested to the layman, it is a shame that rich manufacturing stories of the industry are constantly overlooked. While it is unlikely that the recognition of Princess Yachts’ apprenticeship programme will reach the general media, it is nonetheless pleasing to see a business within the market receiving the credit that it is due.

According to The Superyacht Agency, Princess Yachts has delivered an average of 3.3 superyacht projects per year since 2010 with its most prolific coming in 2019 when it delivered seven 30m-plus projects. It is expected that Princess Yachts will deliver three vessels in 2020 with an average LOA of 30.5m

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Princess Royal honours apprentices at Plymouth's Princess Yachts

Princess Anne flew in to tour the South Yard production facilities at the UK's largest yacht manufacturer

• 08:00, 15 JUL 2021

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It was the meeting of the princesses when The Princess Royal made a flying visit to Plymouth’s Princess Yachts to honour its apprentices.

Princess Anne flew into Britain’s Ocean City by helicopter to view the UK’s largest yacht manufacturer’s South Yard facility in Devonport.

Also in attendance were her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Devon David Fursdon; chairman of The City and Guilds of London Institute Sir John Armitt; and group chief executive of The City and Guilds of London Institute Kirstie Donnelly.

The Princess Royal visited Princess Yachts as an extension of awarding the company’s apprenticeship programme with a Princess Royal Award in 2020.

The awards are selected by Her Royal Highness and the president of City and Guilds Group to recognise organisations whose training has delivered measurable business impact.

Princess Yachts’ award-winning apprenticeship scheme won The Princess Royal award for “positioning apprenticeships as a viable career choice”. The firm was recognised for having invested in it’s apprenticeship programme to ensure it has a strong talent pipeline in place.

Apprenticeships at Princess Yachts are open to employees of any age, with apprentices progressing their career path within the business and, in fact, 10% of the current managers within the business are former apprentices.

Getting an apprenticeship with Princess Yachts is widely viewed as an extremely attractive career opportunity within the region, the firm said.

During the visit, Princess Anne spoke with the apprentices about their experiences, and congratulated them on their efforts. The Princess Royal was also invited to speak about the importance of The Royal Training Awards and present the apprentice of the year award to three outstanding apprentices: Freddie Ambrose, Tia Lawton and Alex Walsh, in addition to apprentice mentor of the year, which was awarded to Phil Hardy, a bench carpenter at Princess Yachts.

Princess Anne was presented with a gift made by apprentice Freddie Ambrose as a reminder of her visit to the British yacht brand’s facility.

Hayley Spencer, a marine engineering degree apprentice, who was one of the apprentices involved with the application process for the Princess Royal Award said: “It was a privilege to have the opportunity to meet Her Royal Highness and work closely with the learning and development team to apply for the award.

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“I have been training as an apprentice for eight years at Princess and enjoy working with such a supportive training team, with the ability to progress myself and my career within the company.”

Led by Antony Sheriff, executive chairman and chief executive at Princess Yachts, The Princess Royal also undertook a tour of the company’s historic South Yard facility, a former 17th Century naval yard where the company’s largest X Class yachts are constructed.

The tour included the development area where the Princess Yachts’ development boats are built as 1:1 life-size wooden mock-ups; Major Moulds; the X95 build shop; and on-board a finished X95 in the shallow dock, allowing The Princess Royal to follow the journey a Princess yacht follows, from design to completion.

“The Princess Royal Training Awards recognise employers who have invested in the skills of their people and can evidence the impact it has on their businesses,” said Kirstie Donnelly, group chief executive of the City and Guilds Group.

“Princess Yachts have clearly shown that their future success is assured by achieving the demanding standard required and ensuring that their next generation of workers will have the skills required to continue their tradition of both craft and technical excellence.”

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