20,000 JLR partners and colleagues trained in electrification and digital
London, May 30, 2024 , (Oilandgaspress) –– Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is today announcing significant progress in upskilling its workforce for electrification.
More than 20,000 JLR colleagues and partners have been trained in electrification and digital skills as part of JLR’s Future Skills Programme.
The UK’s largest luxury car manufacturer has trained:
- More than 2,400 manufacturing employees in its UK production facilities with EV skills
- More than 95 per cent, or 10,000, of JLR’s retail partner technicians, ensuring workshops are prepared to service JLR’s next generation luxury electric vehicles
- Nearly 3,000 engineers trained in electrification
- Around 2,500 in data and digital
- And more than 4,200 JLR and retail partner apprentices and Early Careers employees are currently in training.
With work to transform JLR facilities for electric vehicle production progressing quickly, electrification training for over 11,000 JLR manufacturing colleagues is now underway.
And in FY24, JLR further expanded its skills base by opening a further 950 electrification roles in engineering.
Future Skills training is being led by the JLR Learning Academy which invests around £20m a year to train JLR employees and partners, so they can achieve their potential.
Looking forward, JLR will be training at least a further 15,000 employees across manufacturing, engineering and workshops as part of the programme.
Electrification is creating more opportunities for people from diverse backgrounds. In contrast to traditional ICE engine work, EV work is often more focused on process-oriented approaches rather than intense manual labour, making it accessible to a wider range of employees, including those from neurodiverse backgrounds.
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