Picture by Roger Bamber: 30 July 2003: Spokesmen...Southern Water apprentice Caroline Gardiner and newly qualified technicians Craig Fox and Dan Hibbert examine the workings of the 99 year old Tangye 420hp steam driven water pumping engine at Brede waterworks, near Battle, East Sussex. After a government White Paper has recently identified skill gaps and plans to raise them, Southern Water is boosting its apprenticeship scheme with 10 apprentices on its books at the moment with a further 6 a year planned as it seeks to cover the future gap., Picture by Roger Bamber: 30 July 2003: Spokesmen...Southern Water apprentice Caroline Gardiner and newly qualified technicians Craig Fox and Dan Hibbert examine the workings of the 99 year old Tangye 420hp steam driven water pumping engine at Brede waterworks, near Battle, East Sussex. After a government White Paper has recently identified skill gaps and plans to raise them, Southern Water is boosting its apprenticeship scheme with 10 apprentices on its books at the moment with a further 6 a year planned as it seeks to cover the future gap.