AN apprentice at Banbury car dealer Jay-Bee Motors has become a Renault technician after completing a three-year advanced apprenticeship programme.

Andrew Prichard, aged 20, a former Drayton School pupil, combined practical workshop experience with eight weeks of intensive training each year at a Renault dedicated training centre.

He said: "Completing the apprenticeship and becoming a Renault technician is a great qualification to have achieved."

Andrew's boss, service manager Colin Corne, said: "Completing the apprenticeship is a tremendous achievement. The job requires skills in several disciplines - hydraulics, electronics, and mechanics.

"After their apprenticeship the newly-qualified technicians return to the workshop with exactly the right skills and knowledge to work on Renault cars and vans, meaning we can offer our customers the reassurance that their vehicles are in the hands of skilled professionals."

Andrew received the modern apprenticeship certificate awarded by the Motor Industry Training Council, which is endorsed by Renault and City and Guilds.