Joel Upton is currently the Site manager at Salix River and Wetland Service Ltd, he has returned to study at Swansea Metropolitan University via the GO Wales Training and Development fund.
Salix have tapped into the GO Wales Training Fund and accessed £1,500 towards up skilling Joel who is now studying for a part time HNC in Civil Engineering at SMU. Joel believes his attendance on this course ‘will provide vital technical knowledge to assist in the tendering and planning of work on site, assisting Salix in exceeding its present reach in the market place’.
Salix integrate Ecology and Civil Engineering to provide "Ecological Engineering" systems. They harness the power of vegetation to create sustainable, cost effective bioengineering solutions.
Director David Holland believes the GO Wales training fund has been valuable in this current economic climate.
He said:
“it is vital that we retain our trained/knowledgeable workforce, the GO Wales fund has allowed us to keep up to date with the trends and the technology that will add a new life to both our employees and the continual growth of our organisation.”
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