The 2009 National Training Awards (NTA) has celebrated the achievements of the building services engineering sector’s finest talent at a ceremony hosted by SummitSkills
All industries of the sector were represented, with award categories in plumbing, electrotechnical, heating & ventilating and refrigeration & air conditioning.
The ninth NTA ceremony welcomed two special guest speakers. Nigel Vardy, British record-breaking mountaineer and also an expert in electrical engineering, presented the majority of the winners with their awards, certificates and £125 of retail vouchers, courtesy of EAL. In addition, bursaries and scholarships were presented to help winners further their education.
Lord Young, skills minister awarded the overall winner of the operative discipline awards – National Operative of the Year – with sponsor Unite the Union, and congratulated all the winners on their achievements: “It’s great to see excellence celebrated in the building services engineering sector. The award winners have demonstrated talent and dedication and are proof of the rewards that training brings to both workers and businesses.”
SummitSkills would like to thank its sponsors and supporters: AG Manly Charitable Trust, APHC, CIBSE, CIPHE, EAL, ECA, ESTTL, HVCA, HVCA (RAC), NET, SNIPEF, SELECT, The Happold Trust, UK Skills and Unite the Union.
2009 National Training Award winners as follows:
Heating & Ventilating Operative of the Year
Winner: Philip Jason Shaw
Employer: George Birchall Ltd
Training provider: BEST and Stoke on Trent College
Sponsored by the Heating and Ventilating Contractors’ Association (HVCA)
Plumbing Operative of the Year
Winner: John Paul Hutchison
Employer: Bailey Building Services
Training provider: Bailey Engineering Academy and Cardonald College
Sponsored by the Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors (APHC) and the Scottish & Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF)
Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Operative of the Year
Winner: Robert Priestley
Employer: Mansfield Pollard & Co
Training provider: BEST and the Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education
Sponsored by the HVCA (RAC)
Electrotechnical Operative of the Year
Winner: Jack Finister
Employer: NG Bailey
Training provider: Bailey Engineering Academy and Leeds College of Technology
Sponsored by the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) and SELECT
Technician Engineer of the Year
Winner: Mark Long
Employer: Eyre Electrical Ltd
Training provider: West Suffolk College
Sponsored by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
Experienced Existing Worker of the Year (Mechanical)
Winner: Thomas Needham
Employer: Dunbia (Sawley)
Training provider: Liverpool Community College
Sponsored by the HVCA
Experienced Existing Worker of the Year (Electrical)
Winner: Steven Rowley
Employer: East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Training provider: Hull College
Sponsored by National Electrical Training (NET)
The Happold Bursary
Winner: Thomas Mizuro
Employer: Mitie Engineering Maintenance
Winner: Oliver Hargreaves
Employer: Sayes & Co Ltd
Sponsored by The Happold Trust
The Alfred Manly Management Award
Winner: Lucy Doyne
Employer: Haden Young Ltd
Winner: David McQueen
Employer: Bailey Building Services
Sponsored by AG Manly Charitable Trust,
Professional Engineer of the Year (Ann Noblett Memorial Scholarship)
Winner: Luke Taylor
Employer: Bailey Building Services
Sponsored by Engineering Services Training Trust Ltd (ESTTL)
National Operative of the Year
Winner: Philip Jason Shaw
Employer: George Birchall Ltd
Training provider: BEST and Stoke on Trent College
Sponsored by Unite the Union
Source
Electrical and Mechanical Contractor
