Apprenticeship Awards
Steve Hinton, Executive Chairman QED Consulting, Laura
Whapplington ‘Runner Up- Advanced Apprentice of the Year’
Apprentices have been rewarded for
their achievements at the Doncaster College Apprentice of the Year
Awards held at the College’s Hub campus on Tuesday, February
23.
The awards are designed to acknowledge and
celebrate apprentices’ exceptional contributions to their
workplace. All entries were judged and measured against criteria
around achievement and good progress in learning, commitment to
their own personal development, and producing work beyond
expectations. Inspirational and enterprising qualities were also
required in order to gain the awards. The ‘Personal Achiever of the
Year’ award acknowledged apprentices who had successfully overcome
barriers or obstacles, personally or in the workplace, to achieve
their goals and exceed expectations.
The ‘Apprentice Employer of the Year Award’
acknowledged and celebrated the employer’s commitment to developing
their workforce through Apprenticeships. The criteria required to
gain this award included commitment to embedding a training culture
within their company, offering a range of innovative benefits for
an Apprentice, commitment to future training and Apprenticeship
development and showing how apprenticeship’s can benefit the
Business.
This years winners and runners-up
were:
Apprentice of the
Year
Winner
- Jason Croxall from Beechfield Garage
Runner-up
- David Stroud from A.Bagnall Ltd
Advanced Apprentice of the
Year
Winner
- Melissa Cole from South Yorkshire Police
Runner-up
- Laura Whapplington from QED Consulting
Personal Achiever of the
Year
Winner
- Shadelle Wilson of Croda Chemicals
Runner-up
- Christopher Shaw from Shaw Building
Solutions
Apprentice Employer of the
Year
Winner
The winners were presented with certificates
and gift vouchers on the evening by Angela Kokes the Deputy
Principal of Doncaster College in front of family and friends.
A College spokesman said: “Apprenticeships are
a great way of investing in young talent and it’s great to see the
learners being recognised for their achievements. The College is
committed to promoting the apprenticeship scheme within our own
organisation. Over the years we have had many young people who have
started a foundation apprenticeship with us and have subsequently
progressed to advanced apprenticeship.”
The College would also like to thank
Enterprise College Doncaster who sponsored the event.
Doncaster College offers a wide range of
apprenticeship programmes from its Hub base. Further details can be
obtained by calling 0800 358 7575 or by visiting http://www.don.ac.uk/
Updated 11/03/2010