Nominate your Stars of the Future
11 January 2023
Two new categories have been added to the CPA’s Stars of the Future Awards for 2023, which are now open for entries.
The awards recognise and reward the skills and achievements of construction plant apprentices and trainees and employers can nominate entrants via the association’s website.
The new categories are Young Plant Operative of the Year and Apprentice Mentor of the Year. Awards will also be made for Plant Mechanic of the Year (Level 2), Plant Technician of the Year (Level 3), Plant Operative of the Year, Plant Installer of the Year, Lifting Technician of the Year, Hire Controller of the Year, College of the Year, the Judges’ Special Award and the Best Personal Statement Award.
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at the Heart of England Conference and Events Centre near Coventry, on 6 July.
Stars of the Future winners will be in contention for a number of prizes, as well as national recognition. Previous prizes have included tool kits, iPads and all-expenses overseas trips to visit exhibitions and manufacturing facilities.
Nominations are invited from employers including plant-hire companies, manufacturers, contractors, suppliers and others operating in the construction plant sector.
Kevin Minton, chief executive of the CPA said: “Stars of the Future is firmly established as the leading event of the construction plant sector for recognising and rewarding the skills and calibre of the industry’s apprentices and trainees, and it offers a great opportunity for companies to nominate their outstanding apprentices and trainees who they see as being the industry’s future leaders.
“The standard of entries gets higher every year and last year we received 72 nominations from across the industry. With around 900 apprentices across the six main plant-based occupations, we expect we will receive even more nominations this year.”
The national winners for Stars of the Future 2022 were: Jack Howell of Marubeni-Komatsu and NSCG Stafford College (Plant Mechanic of the Year), Jack Chubb of Phoenix Hire & Sales and Bridgend College (Plant Technician of the Year), Eleanor MacMillan-Currie of WM Currie and Son (Plant Operative of the Year), Jake Hodgson of Wolffkran (Plant Installer of the Year), Yasmin Bell of Sunbelt Rentals (Hire Controller of the Year), Steve Lumb of Wolffkran (Lifting Technician of the Year), Tom Baxendell of Bachy Soletanche and Reaseheath College (Best Personal Statement) and Luke Cooper of Boels Rental and Reaseheath College (Judges’ Special Award).
Photo shows National winners from the 2022 Awards.
● Read the earlier story about Jack Chubb of Phoenix Hire & Sales’ achievement here.
