Danielle Newlands, Modern Apprentice in Land-Based Engineering

Danielle Newlands is in her second year as a Land-based Engineering Modern Apprentice at SRUC Oatridge Campus As part of her studies, Danielle is also employed by Ravenhill Ltd based in Elgin

Danielle worked in the childcare industry before realising it was not a good fit for her and so applied for a job as an apprentice welder, but was then invited for interview by Ravenhill, and the rest is history

Her favourite machines are Kioti Groundcare tractors and she loves getting a machine back up and running sweetly when it’s been needing a service or other repair Danielle's career plan is to develop with Ravenhill over the remaining two and a half years of her apprenticeship, and to become well known in the sector as a respected engineer in her field.

One word to describe her job Unexpected!

Danielle says she cannot fault her experience with SRUC Oatridge Her lecturers have always gone out of their way to make sure she is on track and well supported in her training, which has been great so far