Keighley College’s Technical Engineering Centre (TEC) has been officially opened.
The multi-million pound facility is part of the Providence Park industrial development located at the former Universal Mills site, on the corner of Dalton Lane and Bradford Road.
Costing £12m, Providence Park was partially funded using £6.5m of government money via the Keighley Towns Fund, with about half of that being used to build the Keighley College TEC.
Purpose-built for equipping apprentices with in-demand technical skills, the new centre is being used to teach up to 120 learners at any one time, with its lower floor equipped with a kitted-out engineering workshop.
A future technologies lab is fitted out with a laser cutter, printing machines and testing equipment on the building’s upper level, along with two IT rooms and a teaching space.
Bradford Council’s lead member for regeneration, transport and planning, Alex Ross-Shaw, said: “Keighley has always had a proud manufacturing and engineering heritage.
“This new centre will allow local people to learn highly-specialised skills and create employment opportunities for the future.
“Alongside the new TEC, Providence Place is also home to five new buildings housing 23 industrial units. We expect about 100 jobs will be created in total across the whole site.”
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