Double win for Sellafield apprentices at national awards
It was a double win for Sellafield Ltd apprentices Daniel Hagan and Aiden Bennett at the prestigious UK Nuclear Skills Awards in Manchester.
TV favourite Julia Bradbury handed out the awards at the event, hosted by the National Skills Academy for Nuclear (NSAN).
Daniel, aged 26 from Egremont won Scientific Apprentice of the year. He said: “My training experience with Sellafield has been excellent, I’ve had the opportunity to work in different environments around the many facilities, it’s given me a good grounding for my career.
“I was happy just to be nominated, but winning the NSAN Award will allow me to use this opportunity to help promote the wide range of careers offered by the nuclear industry.”
Aidan, aged 20 from Maryport, won Manufacturing Apprentice of the Year. He said: “It feels surreal. It's a real honour to have won as there was so much competition from great companies all over the UK.”
Laura Johnson was a finalist in the Science Graduate of the year category and Sellafield Ltd sponsored Nuclear graduate, Aislin Lenehan, was an Engineering Graduate of the Year finalist.
Head of Training for Sellafield Ltd, Les Studholme was thrilled with the result. He said: “We are hugely proud of the calibre of trainees we have at Sellafield Ltd.
“Young people like Aidan, Daniel, Laura and Aislin will be driving forward the decommissioning programme at Sellafield for many years to come, they are great ambassadors for the company and for the nuclear industry.
“As we switch from a production line mentality to an entrepreneurial approach we are developing our training programme to attract the young innovators we need to drive our transformation.
“These awards demonstrate the huge opportunities on offer for young people at Sellafield and the value we place on high quality training and development.
