Supporting the next generation.
The RRBSA helps knowledge, training and experience pass from established specialists to the apprentices who will care for Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars in the decades ahead.
A Proudly supported by The Armiger FoundationAn apprentice developing traditional coach-trimming skills at RRBSA member P & A Wood
Preserving knowledge by putting it to work.
The future of the heritage motor industry depends upon talented people being given the opportunity, encouragement and practical experience to develop.
Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars demand specialist understanding. Written information is important, but it cannot replace the judgement gained by working alongside experienced technicians, seeing difficult problems first-hand and learning why a particular approach succeeds.
The RRBSA brings together businesses with generations of experience. By supporting apprentices and the people who train them, the Association helps ensure that valuable skills remain active, relevant and available for the future.
Protecting skills. Strengthening the future.
Supporting apprentices benefits individual technicians, specialist businesses, owners and the important motor cars entrusted to their care.
Rare skills
Traditional engineering, restoration and diagnostic skills must be practised and shared if they are to survive.
Practical judgement
Working alongside experienced specialists develops the judgement needed when a manual cannot provide the complete answer.
Career confidence
Recognition, encouragement and meaningful responsibility help talented apprentices see a long-term future in the sector.
Business continuity
Developing skilled people helps specialist businesses plan confidently and maintain their standards across generations.
Responsible preservation
Well-trained technicians protect originality, safety and long-term value when working on historically important motor cars.
A shared future
The whole specialist community becomes stronger when knowledge is shared and emerging talent is supported.
RRBSA Technical Development Training - sharing practical knowledge across generations
Knowledge that lives in the workshop.
Some knowledge can be studied. Other knowledge has to be demonstrated, repeated and understood through experience.
It may be the sound that reveals a developing problem, the feel of a component that is not quite right, the correct use of a specialist tool or the patience required to preserve rather than replace an original part.
By bringing experienced specialists and developing technicians together, RRBSA member businesses create the conditions in which this understanding can be passed on properly.
The skills that protect these motor cars tomorrow must be taught, practised and valued today.
Supported by the Armiger Foundation.
The RRBSA's work with apprentices is proudly supported by the Armiger Foundation, whose purpose is to support apprentices in the heritage motor industry.
This support helps the Association encourage training and development, recognise excellence and create opportunities for knowledge to be passed from experienced specialists to those building their careers.
Together, the RRBSA and the Armiger Foundation share a commitment to ensuring that specialist ability is not lost and that the next generation has the opportunity to develop the skills, confidence and judgement the industry will need.
RRBSA Apprentice Excellence Awards.
Supported by the Armiger Foundation, the RRBSA Apprentice Excellence Awards recognise apprentices who demonstrate ability, commitment, progress and the right attitude towards specialist work.
Ability
Developing practical competence and applying technical understanding carefully and consistently.
Commitment
Showing determination to learn, improve and contribute positively within a specialist business.
Progress
Building confidence, accepting responsibility and achieving meaningful development over time.
Craftsmanship
Approaching every task with care, patience and respect for the motor car and the work of others.
Oscar Pinder receiving an Armiger Foundation Excellence Award at RRBSA member RR&B Garages
Heritage skills with a future.
Supporting apprentices is not about preserving the past unchanged. It is about combining established knowledge with modern training, technology and working practices.
The next generation will diagnose, restore and maintain these motor cars in a changing world. By giving them strong foundations and access to experienced specialists, the RRBSA helps them approach that responsibility with confidence.
Protecting the people who will protect the motor cars.
By supporting apprentices, recognising excellence and encouraging experienced specialists to share what they know, the RRBSA is helping secure the skills upon which the future care of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars depends.