Engineers on the job at new fibre training school
Openreach has established a “fibre training school” to increase the number of engineers working to provide ultrafast broadband.
More than 4,000 people have applied for 400 trainee engineering roles being created in Scotland by the company, which is owned by BT.
The new recruits will be among the first pupils to pass through the fibre training school based at Openreach’s national training centre in Livingston.
The centre includes a model residential street for training engineers. A live, fibre network connects an on-site local exchange to an office, shop and houses.
Edinburgh will be the first city in Scotland to get widespread rollout of fibre-to-the-- premises (FTTP) broadband at speeds up to 1Gbps. Economy Secretary Keith Brown said: “Educating the next generation of digital engineers is absolutely vital to ensuring we meet our digital ambitions.
“I therefore welcome this investment from Openreach in their fibre training school, which will underpin the rollout of high-speed broadband to communities across Scotland.”