Howden Academy

Headquartered in Scotland, with companies in 17 countries and nearly 3,800 staff, Howden is a truly international company. We are now growing, and recruiting, faster than ever and it has become necessary to devise a more formal introduction to Howden technologies, markets, products, practices and terminology.

Howden Academy reduces the time taken to turn new graduate or graduate level engineers into effective Howden employees by providing job-specific application engineering training through a quality-assured centre of excellence.

Training covers subject areas such as Howden organisation, Howden markets, Howden products and Howden job descriptions and duties. The curriculum is broken down into 19 units and approximately 82 bite-sized training modules. The teaching style will be very interactive and hands-on, with classroom tutorials supported by e-learning technology such as “Blackboard” and site visits to Howden facilities.

The second phase of the project will establish an interactive online library of quality material and e-learning modules as part of a wider framework for the ongoing development of Howden engineers. Eventually all Howden products and engineering roles will be covered within Academy’s curriculum.

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