Burry Port design and manufacturing business is investing in the future by recruiting a new apprentice.
Josh Palmer, 18, of Burry Port, is already working part-time at specialist tailored sheet metal solutions firm Amcanu.
In September, he will start an apprenticeship linked to a HNC mechanical engineering course at Coleg Sir Gar's campus at The Graig, Llanelli.
We pride ourselves in helping to develop and nurture staff at Amcanu, said managing director Owain Davies.
We already have excellent links with Coleg Sir Gar and recruiting Josh as an apprentice is just another step along the road for us.
We are a go-ahead firm keen to make sure staff get the best training possible and keen to give local youngsters an opportunity to take those important first steps on the job and career ladder.
Josh, a former pupil at Burry Port's Glanymor School, said: I'm very grateful to Amcanu for giving me the chance of an apprenticeship. A HNC qualification is my first target, but I hope to go on to do a degree.
At school, I originally wanted to be an architect, but when I checked things out at Coleg Sir Gar I could see that there was a big demand for engineering skills.
I'm throughly enjoying my time here at Amcanu. I've been working on the punch press and I've also been working on the computer side of things helping to programme the punch press. It's been great fun here.
Amcanu specialises in prouducing acoustic insulated enclosures for use in an industrial environment.