Hereford Gas Services Ltd is a local independent company based at the Mortimer Trading Estate who specialise in all gas installation, maintenance, sales and servicing.

Plumbing and Heating Engineer, Stuart Laurie, describes how Hereford Gas have supported apprenticeships during the 13 years he has been employed by them.

“There have been 10-15 apprentices since I started here and we have always been successful in employing new ones each year. It’s really important to us to keep passing on our trade and it is good to see more apprentices being supported in the different industries. Our apprentices this year have been great; keen, motivated and with a good sense of humour. We are one of the larger independent companies in Hereford with a great showroom so we are lucky to be able to have apprentices each year.”

The company currently has 4 apprentices, 3 of which attend the Apprenticeship programme facilitated by Herefordshire College of Technology and 1 who is gaining professional gas qualifications independently whilst working for the company. HCT apprentice Dan Potter describes his experience as an apprentice “It’s good, we really enjoy it. My Dad is a plumber and I prefer to do hands-on work and working with the other apprentices is great.”