Great Western Railway: does its customer service apprenticeships over 18 months, plus four sponsor a UK visa?

Unconfirmed. Great Western Railway publishes no sponsorship policy for its customer service apprenticeships over 18 months, plus four, so we cannot state a firm answer. Great Western Railway is the FirstGroup operated franchise covering London Paddington to the West Country and South Wales. It runs three named apprenticeship routes. The customer service apprenticeship runs 18 months of on the job training and, unusually, includes the Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award as part of the programme. The engineering apprenticeship runs four years covering mechanical, pneumatic and electrical skills to a nationally recognised qualification. The plant technician apprenticeship also runs four years and covers inspecting, servicing, repairing and fault finding on infrastructure. All three include vocational training, a dedicated mentor, development sessions and team building. GWR supervises more than 240 apprentices across roughly 2,000 miles of network and holds the Investors In People 'We invest in apprentices' gold recognition. It publishes no entry requirements, no salary and no application window on the apprenticeship page, and registration of interest runs through the shared FirstGroup careers site rather than gwr.com.