The new Central Training Facility will provide training facilities for apprentices on the company's Successor Programme and is intended to boost the business' existing submarine trade labour pool.
Features include a new teaching block complete with reception, classrooms and offices. The development will also include a central 'street' with welfare facilities, craft workshops, changing rooms and a restaurant.
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Phil Harrison, Managing Director of Wates Construction Midlands & North, said: "The strength of a project lies in the reciprocal values of its partners and Wates shares with BAE Systems a long-standing commitment to invest in the future workforce, which will enable us to create a truly world class centre for training.
"Having started my working life as a shipbuilding apprentice in Barrow, I take great pride in being a part of such an important development and I can personally attest to the difference that this significant investment will make to the careers of local people."
Tony Johns, MD of BAE Systems Submarines, added: "The new facility will provide a modern learning environment to supplement the training our apprentices already receive."
The contract award is the latest in a line of projects being delivered for BAE Systems Submarines, including the recent completion of the new Resolution Building at the Barrow shipyard.
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