On this page, you will find details of the various events held around the country to celebrate the accomplishments of your apprentices. If your region is not currently covered by an EEF competition, why not enter your apprentices for the LSC national awards, sponsored by City & Guilds (details at foot of page)?
East Midlands and Mid-Anglia
Contact: Barry Herd, EEF East Midlands and Mid-Anglia, tel 01767 681 722, email barryherd@eef-midang.org.uk
The 2007 awards ceremony was held on 15 June 2007 at EEF East Midlands and Mid-Anglia, Barleythorpe.
Daniel Walker , a third year apprentice from Shearline Precision Engineering won the overall prize. He impressed the judges with his technical and academic achievements, commitment to his career, and also his enthusiasm for sharing his experiences with other young people.
The other winners were Steve Euerby (Rolls-Royce third year), Kyle Duncan (Rolls-Royce first year) and Matthew Wright (Timsons first year).
Picture: l-r Bob Watson - Chief Executive of EEF East Midlands and Mid-Anglia, Daniel Walker, Dennis Kent - Managing Director of Carlton Lasers and President of EEF EMMA
West Midlands
Contact: Jane Sargeant, EEF West Midlands, tel 0121 456 0298, email jane.sargeant@eef-westmids.org.uk.
The 2006 awards ceremony was held on 23rd November 2006 at the ICC in Birmingham.
The 12 finalists were Joseph Baker - Sandvik Hard Materials, Nimesh Chauhan - Openreach, Peter Mason - Grupo Antolin, Stuart Morrison - Rolls-Royce plc, Nicholas Newman - Dunlop Aerospace Braking Systems, Anthony O'Mahoney - Mettis Aerospace Ltd, Aaron Taylor - Denso Manufacturing UK Ltd, Tom White - Goodrich Engine Control Systems, Steven Baister - Rolls-Royce plc, Jamie Bright - Cadbury Trebor Bassett, Darshan Desai - CCS Technology, John Hall - Specail Metals Wiggin, Christian Mullings - Openreach, John Read - Denco Ltd, Richard Smith - EU-Matic, and Sadeque Uddin - Goodrich Actuation Systems.
Two overall winners were Jamie Bright, and Aaron Taylor.
The Company Best Practice Award – Small Company, was won by CCS Technology in Coventry, which employs 2 apprentices in a workforce of 11, and uses Midland Group Training Scheme to deliver the programme.
The Company Best Practice Award – Large Company, was won by Goodrich Actuation Systems in Wolverhampton, which uses the EEF Technology Centre.
The Education and Training Best Practice Award went to Midland Group Training Scheme (a GTA).
South West
Contact: Pat Strickland, EEF Western, tel 0117 973 1471, email PStrickland@eef-west.org.uk
The 2006 Awards were held at the Winter Gardens on 6th December 2006. Robert Llewellyn presented the overall prize to Nathan Cole of Rolls-Royce plc and Filton College.
Picture: l-r Mike Perrett, Alan Croker, Nathan Cole, Val Cooke and Robert Llewellyn
Wales
Contact: Marilyn Morgan, EEF Cymru Wales, tel 01656 641 790, email MMorgan@eef-cymruwales.org.uk
The winners from the 2006 awards were: Gavin Stuart (Initial Stage) Hyfforddiant Mon Training, Jamie Griffiths (2nd to 4th year) of FSG Tool & Die Ltd (SME) and Training Services Wales, Kimberley Williams (2nd to 4th year) of Anglesey Aluminium Metals Ltd (Non SME) and Hyfforddiant Mon Training. The prizes were presented by Ruth Badger and Jo Salter.
Picture: back row l-r Martin Bibey (EEF Cymru Wales), Ruth Badger (Speaker), Jo Salter (Speaker), Jeffrey Cuthbert Assembly Member, Welsh Assembly Government; front row l-r Gavin Stuart, Kimberley Williams, Jamie Griffiths
Other regions
Not all our Associations run these competitions. If your company is located in an area which is not covered, you may like to consider entry into the LSC National Apprentice Awards, sponsored by City & Guilds. This covers the whole country, and all industrial sectors, with prizes for the Apprentice of the Year, Personal Achiever of the Year, and Employer of the Year. The ceremony will be held in June 2007 at the London Hilton, Park Lane. For more information, see the EEF events listing.
June 2007