2013 NECA Apprentice Awards

The NECA Apprentice Awards are held each year to recognise the important contribution apprentices, employers and host companies make to the electrical and communications contracting industry. The Awards are open to all current NECA members to nominate their best and brightest apprentices.

These awards are available to fourth year apprentices, or those who have recently graduated, who have demonstrated a commitment to developing a highly successful career in electrotechnology through excellence in personal development, academic study and workplace competency.

About the Apprentice Awards

The NECA awards are designed to recognise and reward apprentices and their employers for outstanding performance and commitment to the electrotechnology industry.

These awards present an excellent opportunity for employers who have dedicated time, effort and resources to the future of our industry by nurturing and supporting their workers to gain recognition from their peers and the community.

It is also an opportunity for those nominated and winning apprentices to stand out from the crowd and be recognised for their dedication, hard work and commitment in this challenging industry and to be able to demonstrate that commitment as their careers progress.

NECA has long had a commitment to the training and development of apprentices, recognising that apprentices are the future of the industry in terms of both today's trades people and tomorrow's managers and business owners.

NECA owns Group Training Companies that employ over 2,000 apprentices and part own companies that employ a further 2,000. Through this experience we have recognised the need to increase awareness of the vast range of opportunities within the electrotechnology industry, both for talented young people who are determining which path they will take as they leave school, and for older workers who may be considering a career change.

NECA has been involved with these Apprentice Awards for three decades and will continue to work to ensure a high level of awareness and respect for electrical and communications apprentices in the future.

Categories

Entrants are assessed in the following categories:

• Commercial/Domestic

• Communications

• Industrial

Applicants are initially assessed at a state level, with finalists being invited to an interview with a judging panel. The first, second and third place getters at state level receive a monetary prize and are invited to collect their awards at a state awards event, along with their employers, who also receive a certificate of achievement.

State winners from each category will then be invited to submit a project relevant to the award category to be judged for the NECA National Apprentice Awards.

NECA National Awards Awards

Each state winner will be forwarded application details and a short-list of finalists from each category will then be selected to attend a formal interview.

Overall winners and place getters for each category will be selected at this final stage, with winners, finalists and their employers or hosts being invited to receive their award at the NECA National Apprentice Awards, to be held in Sydney on 27 November 2013.

Winners and finalists from each category will also be invited to attend the National Excellence Awards dinner on 28 November 2013 in Sydney.

Monetary prizes will be awarded to all national winners and finalists.

Previous Winners

To find out was named as the Apprentice of the Year in previous years follow the links below.

• 2012 NECA Apprentice of the Year Awards
• 2011 NECA Apprentice of the Year Awards
• 2010 NECA Apprentice of the Year Awards
• 2009 NECA Apprentice of the Year Awards
• 2008 NECA Apprentice of the Year Awards

Further information

For further information contact your NECA State Chapter.

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