Female apprentice joins Cammell Laird yard

Dec 10 2008 by Sue McCann, Bromborough and Bebington News

ONE of the first young women to be given an apprenticeship at the Cammell Laird shipyard is among the latest group to be taken on.

The relaunched shipyard is strengthening its workforce with the recruitment of 20 young apprentices.

Aged between 17 and 20, they are all from Merseyside and take the total number of apprentices in training at Cammell Laird to 49.

Lacie Cadden, 17, of Moreton, is training to be a mechanical fitter specialising in working on ships’ engines.

Last month, the firm relaunched the shipyard as Cammell Laird, bringing the world-famous name “back home”.

The yard had been trading as Northwestern Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders since 2001 but, having established itself as one of the leading ship repair, conversion and military refit companies in Europe, managing director John Syvret said the business had enough substance to justify bringing back the illustrious Cammell Laird name.