The 2015 National Apprenticeship Awards open this week for nominations, with the search on to find the country’s top apprentices and apprenticeship employers.

Last year’s South East National Apprenticeship Award winners say Essex based employers swept the floor taking the entire employer South East Awards. 

Winners last year included:

  • Small Employer of the Year - Impossible Creations Ltd in Brentwood
  • BAE Systems Large Employer of the Year - e2v Technologies Ltd in Chelmsford
  • BT Macro Employer of the Year - Ford Motor Company in Brentwood
  • The Apprentice Champion of the Year Award went to Christopher Hawkins, 51 an Engineering apprentice at e2v Technologies based in Chelmsford.

Categories up for grabs at this years awards are: 

The Apprentice of the Year categories:

  •          Intermediate Apprentice of the Year
  •          Advanced Apprentice of the Year
  •          Higher Apprentice of the Year
  •          Apprenticeship Champion of the Year

The Employer of the Year categories - these are open to employers of all sizes and sectors and include the following:

  •          Small Employer of the Year
  •          Medium Employer of the Year
  •          Large Employer of the Year
  •          Macro Employer of the Year
  •          Newcomer - Small to Medium sized employers
  •          Newcomer - Large employers

 

For the fifth year running the very best employer category entries will have the additional bonus of featuring in the annual Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers list. 

The 2015 list will be announced at the prestigious National Apprenticeship Awards ceremony in January 2016.

This year the national ceremony will also celebrate traineeship employers and the support they provide young people to help them gain the skills and experience needed to successfully apply for an apprenticeship or job.

To find out more about this year’s National Apprenticeship Awards and for information on how to enter, please search National Apprenticeship Awards on gov.uk.

Entries can be made from later this week.

Further details on the information workshops taking place across the country throughout March and April are also available on the application site.