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Total People opens in Wythenshawe

UK: Apprenticeship provider Total People has opened a new training facility in Wythenshawe to support engineering skills growth in Greater Manchester and Cheshire. 

The new facility at The Manchester College Wythenshawe campus on Brownley Road replaces the former site at Cheshire College South & West in Crewe.

The engineering programmes offered on site includes the Level 3 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician course.

The new facility is strategically located to be easily accessible to both apprentices and businesses in Greater Manchester and Cheshire. 

Total People has aligned its delivery with the Greater Manchester Local Skills Improvement Plan, which has identified green skills and sustainability, robotics and automation technologies, and electrical engineers and technicians as high priority areas for skills provision development. 

Further information from the Total People website. 

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