Openreach providing 30 new jobs in Dorset
It's part of a wider national scheme that will see thousands of them created
Broadband provider Openreach are "bucking the current economic trend" by creating 30 new jobs in Dorset.
They're providing engineering opportunities as they plan to expand their full fibre roll out.
These jobs have been created as part of a wider national scheme that sees more than 5,000 additional staff roles available, over 2,500 directly with the company and the rest with their partners.
This includes 200 in the South West.
They want to see their broadband rolled out to 20 million homes and businesses by the late 2020s.
Connie Dixon is Regional Partnership Director for the West at Openreach:
"While many businesses across the country are cutting back, Openreach are hiring and we're looking to the future so we're continuing to invest heavily in both our network and people and that's about driving the digital revolution that will help us to bounce back from the pandemic and Salisbury is already a fantastic example of the position that they are in to be able to do that, because it's our first fully fibred city so more than 22,000 homes and businesses can already get full fiber and that puts the community at a huge advantage.
As a major employer and infrastructure builder, we believe Openreach can play a leading role in helping the UK to build back better and greener. Our Full Fibre network build is going faster than ever and we're now looking for people across the South West to build a career with Openreach and help us upgrade broadband connections and continue improving service levels throughout the region. We're also investing in our supply chain, which will support the creation of thousands of jobs based all over the UK.
We know the network we're building can deliver a host of green benefits - from consuming less power to enabling more home working and fewer commuting trips - and we're going to take that a step further, by committing to build and maintain that network using state of the art electric vehicles across our 27,000-strong fleet. We'll have completely transitioned to EVs by 2030."
Openreach says people will not need engineering skills to apply for the jobs - among its recent recruits have been shop workers, ex-servicemen and women and a trainee vet.
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, said:
"Throughout this crisis I've been clear that our number one economic priority is to protect jobs, so I'm delighted to welcome this announcement of 5,000 new skilled roles.
We're investing billions of pounds across the UK as part of our Plan for Jobs to ensure nobody is left without hope or opportunity."
You can find out all the details about the roles by visiting their website.