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Summer 2026 Newsletter

As another academic year comes to a close, we’re delighted to share our Summer 2026 Newsletter, celebrating the achievements of our 2025/26 apprentice intake, alongside the milestones, events and opportunities that have shaped another memorable year at Waterside Training.

As we look ahead to the new academic year, we’re excited to welcome our 2026/27 apprentices and continue supporting the next generation of engineers and manufacturing professionals.

This year has also been particularly special as Waterside Training celebrates its 30th anniversary. From our beginnings in 1996 as Pilkingtons Training Centre to the training provider we are today, it is a fantastic milestone and one we’re proud to celebrate alongside the apprentices, employers and partners who have been part of our journey.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to another successful year at Waterside Training. We hope you enjoy this edition.

Newsletter – Summer 2026

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Testimonial

Vanderlande are proud to be partnered with Waterside Training as our principle training provider in the Northwest to deliver technical training to our teams, especially the Mechanical Maintenance VRQ L2 programme.

The mixture of technical knowledge and practical elements which our delegates have received over the course of the year combined to make a fulfilling experience. The course was engaging with many opportunities to participate and lots of relatable examples that we were able to bring back to site. This was found after a full site tour by the Waterside team to expertly devise the best course to deliver our teams with knowledge of the process and equipment on site.

We have now trained at least half of the Engineering Support Operatives across our four shifts with all the teams and site reaping the rewards in maintenance completion and system performance through the continued support given and putting into practice the skills they learnt. The tutorship given is professional with tailored delivery to the differing knowledge of the attendees on each course, which ultimately shows how diverse the styles of teaching are at Waterside Training.

This has set our Engineering Support Operatives on an Engineering and Technical pathway to offer hands on support for our teams of Service Technicians to deliver planned and reactive maintenance across the largest warehouse in both Vanderlande’s and Asda’s UK portfolio.

We look forward to upskilling our single trade Service Technicians in the near future with expertly tailored courses to have a truly Multi-Skilled Engineering team at our disposal.

— Josh McCormack, Service Operations Manager, Vanderlande