The ceremony, held near Selby in
The big winner of the night was
The awarding judges commended Josh for his role in delivering several complex projects at Cruachan. During the year he even earned an additional Higher National Certificate (HNC) on top of his normal studies.
On receiving his awards, Josh said: "I'm grateful to everyone at Cruachan for the incredible opportunity and the invaluable lessons I've learned. The support and mentorship have been instrumental in my professional growth.
"The knowledge and skills acquired here have prepared me well for future challenges. I look forward to applying what I've learned and continuing to progress in my career."
Other young apprentices from across Drax were also recognised at the event. Human Resources apprentice
Erin said: "I'm really proud of myself for winning this award. It feels amazing to have been recognised for my work and growth over the last year. I have learnt so much already at Drax and I'm looking forward to my second year."
One of the hosts for the evening was
Speaking after the ceremony, he said: "It is fantastic to be able to give young people the first step in their careers through our apprenticeship programme here at Drax. Our apprentices have unique talents and bring new perspectives that we can all learn from.
"All of the award winners and nominees should all be extremely proud of themselves, and we look forward to seeing how their careers progress here at Drax."
This year's winners were:
- The Paul Chambers Overall Outstanding Achievement -
- Business Apprentice of the year, Cyber Security (Year 3, Level 5-7) -
- Business Apprentice of the year, Human Resources (Year 2, Level 2-4) -
- Craft Apprentice of the year (
- Craft Apprentice of the year (
- Craft Apprentice of the year (
- Technical Apprentice of the year (Year 1) -
- Technical Apprentice of the year (Year 2) - Sam Easthill, age 23 from Cliffe.
- Technical Apprentice of the year (Year 3) -
- Technical Apprentice of the year (Year 4) -
The craft and technical apprenticeship initiative, spanning four years, offers new recruits an opportunity to work alongside highly qualified engineers, gaining skills in three key engineering disciplines: Mechanical, Electrical, and Control & Instrumentation. Drax also offers apprenticeship opportunities to areas in business support such as HR, cybersecurity, IT, facilities, and network security.
As Drax progresses plans to expand its new pumped storage hydro site at Cruachan in
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Editor's Notes
Drax has been running an apprenticeship scheme for almost two decades at its eponymous power station in
Drax runs a variety of initiatives to support STEM education and skills including offering power station tours, interactive workshops and work experience opportunities.
Applications will be opening soon for Drax's next work experience for students in Y10-Y12 or S4-S6 in
About Drax
Drax's around 3,000 employees operate across three principal areas of activity - electricity generation, electricity sales to business customers and compressed wood pellet production and supply to third parties. For more information visit www.drax.com
Power generation:
Drax owns and operates a portfolio of renewable electricity generation assets in
Having converted
Its pumped storage, hydro and energy from waste assets in
The Group also aims to build on its BECCS innovation at
Pellet production and supply:
The Group has 17 operational pellet plants and developments with nameplate production capacity of around 5 million tonnes a year.
Drax is targeting 8 million tonnes of production capacity by 2030, which will require the development of over 3 million tonnes of new biomass pellet production capacity. The pellets are produced using materials sourced from sustainably managed working forests and are supplied to third party customers in
Drax's pellet plants supply biomass used at its own power station in
Drax supplies renewable electricity to
To find out more go to the website www.energy.drax.com
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