BEAMING Ben Daniels has good reason to smile. For the fleet depot supervisor at the Corby base of commercial vehicle workshop operator TruckEast has completed his apprentice loyalty scheme with the company, earning himself a large lump sum bonus.
Mr Daniels joined TruckEast as an apprentice Scania technician in 2013, graduated three years later and developed his skills as an HGV technician before becoming depot supervisor in 2021.
He is a beneficiary of TruckEast’s loyalty scheme, which the company introduced to attract the best young talent into the business and retain them. It rewards hard work and loyalty and begins the first month an apprentice technician joins the business.
The company makes a payment into a savings account each month over ten years, at the end of which the former apprentice receivesa pay-out of they remain with the company.
“I cannot recommend TruckEast’s Scania Apprenticeship scheme enough,” said Mr Daniels, who plans to spend his bonus on home improvements and a holiday. “It is the best out there – you are working for a main dealer business with family values. As well as the qualifications, I have learned some great life skills, have a fantastic team around me and the loyalty scheme, well that’s the icing on the cake. It makes all the hard work even more rewarding,”
Mr Daniels’ story is one of several similar success stories from TruckEast’s apprenticeship programme.
“Ben’s is a great example,” said group aftersales director Martyn Clipston. “With this year’s intake we will have 40 apprentices currently across the business, an investment that continues our long-term strategy to grow our own technicians but also drive the ability topromote from within.
“We focus on continual training and development for all our staff, and I am very proud of how far Ben has come in the first ten years ofwhat I hope is a long career with TruckEast.”