Birkenhead's Cammell Laird ship repair yard is looking to expand its popular apprenticeship programme as it takes on more work.
The scheme is already massively oversubscribed, with around 850 candidates applying for the 46 places available this year. However it is intending to increase the number of available places to 100.
The Birkenhead yard is currently operating at full capacity, having taken on repairs to the Fred Olsen cruise liner Borealis, which is in one of the yard's four giant dry docks to have its hull repainted before the ship returns to service later this month from Liverpool cruise terminal.
