£4.8m engineering training centre plans lodged

Plans have been submitted for a £4.8m engineering training centre designed to boost skills and jobs.Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA) aims to open the new centre in Stallingborough, North East Lincolnshire, in August 2023 as a bigger and more modern replacement for the site which it currently operates.HETA has acquired the three-acre site opposite the headquarters of renewables specialist myenergi, which opened in 2021.The new development would comprise two storeys with facilities including workshops to enable individual training in fabrication and welding, machining, electrical and mechanical engineering. There will be eight classrooms including an IT centre, informal learning and recreation spaces and a workshop viewing gallery.HETA plans would add a key element to North East Lincolnshire Council’s £42m South Humber Industrial Investment Programme (SHIIP) project, which is transforming a total of 467 acres of land along the south bank of the Humber to create attractive new opportunities for business and industry.HETA was founded in 1967 and currently has more than 500 apprentices on programme, working with 350 employers.