Sandvik Coromant Apprentice Named Runner-up in National Craft Skills Award 2012
15 June 2012
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Sandvik Coromant announces that Sheffield based apprentice Jake Matthewman was honored as runner-up of the National Craft Skills Award that is issued yearly through an independent panel of judges presented by Semta the sector skills council for science, engineering and manufacturing technologies The award, sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers association, City of London, will include a £100 voucher as reward his performance.
Joe Hargreaves, Jake’s training coordinator from the Semta Apprenticeship Service said, “Jake Matthewman was among the highest level of entrants for this year’s craft skills award. He was chosen as runner-up for demonstrating a consistently high performance level and excellent achievements in his practical and academic work.”
Hargreaves continues, “For the last 10 years, the Semta Apprenticeship Service has offered apprenticeships for the metals and manufacturing sector with consistently high completion rate. We are always very pleased to see enthusiastic, dedicated talent in the engineering and manufacturing industry and congratulate Jake with his achievements; we look forward to working with new apprentices like Jake in the years to come.”
Robert Bloomfield, Senior Manager HR of Sandvik Coromant said, “Jake is part of our apprentice training programme in Sheffield and will progress to become a qualified engineer in our R&D facility. It is always very encouraging to see our Apprentices recognised for their hard work. We consider ourselves to be very fortunate to have three very capable Engineering Apprentices as that resource will equip us with valuable skills in the future”.
Jake will complete his three and a half year full advanced apprenticeship in mechanical manufacturing and engineering in June 2013 and a Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Manufacturing Engineering from Rotherham College of Arts and Technology (RCAT). His overall training will have included in-house technical and commercial training, application tooling and advanced engineering at Sandvik Coromant, Sheffield, UK coupled with coursework at the RCAT. Following his advanced apprenticeship, Jake wishes to continue on to Sheffield Hallam University studying towards a foundation degree in manufacturing engineering.
For more information visit the website at www.sandvik.coromant.com.
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