The Birmingham Apprenticeship Awards 2020 will celebrate achievement among individuals, their employers and education and training providers.
Our event this year is run in partnership with Ladder for Greater Birmingham, a campaign which is working to create hundreds of new apprenticeships across the region.
The awards will be held In November online as a result of the coronavirus crisis but will still be a stellar celebration of the apprenticeship movement in Greater Birmingham.
There will be 12 separate categories including crowning our overall Apprentice of the Year and here we focus on one of the six individual awards to be presented on the night.
Scroll down for more details about the event or click through here to go straight to the nomination form
Outstanding Apprentice of the Year (Construction and Property Industries)
The construction industry is vibrant in the region at the moment, from major infrastructure projects like HS2 to new office blocks and hotels. Applications are invited from all fields, whether training to be a brick layer or project manager, and we encourage applicants from supporting sectors such as chartered surveying to estate agencies.
Last year's winner in this category was Victoria Smith from property consultancy Cushman and Wakefield. She joined the firm's business rates team as an apprentice surveyor in 2017 and studied for a degree apprenticeship alongside on-the-job training.
She has also taken part in the UrbanPlan scheme, represented Cushman & Wakefield at careers initiative Property Needs You and led a debate on the future of high streets in the firm's London office.
The other award categories are:
- Outstanding Apprentice of the Year (Engineering and Manufacturing), sponsored by Birmingham Metropolitan College
- Outstanding Apprentice of the Year (Health, Education and Care - Private or Public Sector), sponsored by Skillsfirst
- Outstanding Apprentice of the Year (Professional Services)
- Outstanding Apprentice of the Year (Tech, Digital and Creative Industries)
- Outstanding Apprentice of the Year (Travel, Tourism and Hospitality)
- Apprentice of the Year (chosen from the six category winners above)
- Small Employer of the Year (1-50 staff)
- Medium Employer of the Year (51-249 staff), sponsored by BCTG
- Large Employer of the Year (250+ staff), sponsored by The Development Manager
- Training Provider of the Year, sponsored by The Ladder Foundation
- Education Engagement Award, sponsored by Birmingham & Solihull Training Provider Network
Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership is also an event supporter.
The awards are run in conjunction with the Ladder for Greater Birmingham campaign, an initiative launched in 2018 aimed at creating 1,000 new apprenticeships in Birmingham and Solihull. To find out more about the Ladder campaign and how employing apprentices can benefit your business, visit ladderforbirmingham.co.uk or call 03332 409 699
