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NTA 2009

NTA 2010

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National Training Awards 2010

Industry leaders, employers, training providers and sponsors gathered at the British Library on Wednesday 17 March to celebrate talented individuals in the building services engineering sector.

The National Training Awards gala is unique in the sector, ranging across all building services engineering industries.  Individual awards celebrate high achievement in operative, technical and management categories.

With green issues to the fore, our special guest speaker, Ben Law, woodsman and environmental expert, inspired guests with his vision of sustainable living at his home in Prickly Nut Wood.  Ian Livsey, SummitSkills Chair presented his discretionary award in recognition of environmental excellence, as well as announcing the exciting news that SummitSkills had won the bid to operate a new National Skills Academy for green skills in building services engineering.

Triumphant WorldSkills medal winners were presented with the Chair's discretionary awards in recognition of outstanding performance at WorldSkills 2009 in Calgary.  In his videoclip, Kevin Brennan MP commended Richard Sagar and Christopher Lonsdale for putting the UK's building services engineering on the world map.

Click here to view the National Training Awards photo gallery

See below for details of all the winners at the 2010 National Training Awards.

Award Categories

• Heating & Ventilating Operative of the Year
  Jamie Johnston of Kinetics Ltd
  Trained by Liverpool Community College
• Plumbing Operative of the Year
  John Walsh of TW Beavan & Sons
  Trained by Liverpool Community College
• Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Operative of the Year
  Graham Thomson of Tudor NW
  Trained by Liverpool Community College
• Electrotechnical Operative of the Year
  Sam Edwards of Bailey Building Services
  Trained by Bailey Engineering Academy
• Experienced Existing Worker of the Year (Mechanical)
  Alan James Young of Scan Building Services Ltd
  Trained by North Glasgow College
• Experienced Existing Worker of the Year (Electrical)
  Robbie Spillard of Smith & Byford
  Trained by Kingston College
• Technician Engineer of the Year
  Gemma Scott of Smith Group UK Ltd
  Trained by Liverpool Community College
• Happold Bursary
  Phillip James Donovan of Cambridge Piped Services Ltd
• Alfred Manly Management Award
  Keith Ketchley of NG Bailey
• Alfred Manly Management Award
  Brian McFarlane of Vaughan Engineering Ltd
• Professional Engineer of the Year - Ann Noblett Memorial Scholarship
  Lisa-Jayne Huntriss of Capita Symonds
• National Operative of the Year
  Graham Thomson of Tudor NW
  Trained by Liverpool Community College
• Chair's Discretionary Award in Recognition of Environmental Excellence
  Gemma Scott of Smith Group UK Ltd
• Chair's Discretionary Award in Recognition of Outstanding Performance at WorldSkills 2009
  Richard Sagar and Christopher Lonsdale