{"id":10233,"date":"2016-08-16T13:44:11","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T13:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/?p=10233"},"modified":"2016-08-16T13:44:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T13:44:11","slug":"top-apprentices-selected-as-eca-edmundson-electrical-awards-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/top-apprentices-selected-as-eca-edmundson-electrical-awards-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Top apprentices selected as ECA Edmundson Electrical Awards finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four leading apprentices from electrical and building services firms have reached the national final of the ECA Edmundson Electrical Awards 2016, following a rigorous regional judging process.<\/p>\n

The final four contenders seeking to become \u2018Apprentice of the Year\u2019 are:<\/p>\n

Henry Bartle – Chris Bowker Ltd – North<\/p>\n

Luke Towers – Eaton Electrical Ltd – East Midlands and South East<\/p>\n

Joshua Lee – P & R Hurt Electrical & Mechanical Services – South and West<\/p>\n

Thomas Murray – Blackbourne Integrated M&E – Wales and Northern Ireland<\/p>\n

Edmundson Managing Director Gordon Love commented: \u201cWe are delighted to have sponsored these awards for the best electrical apprentices and adult trainees in the country for over 40 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cEdmundson has a long established policy of developing young people through an apprenticeship scheme and in the last six years have also developed a graduate scheme recruiting and training graduates for sales and management roles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe electrical industry continues to provide great opportunities for young people to develop a rewarding and enjoyable career.”<\/p>\n

ECA CEO Steve Bratt added: \u201cMassive congratulations to all four ECA Edmundson Electrical Awards national finalists, who stood out among a number of high quality entries this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith top prizes on offer to the overall winner, including an all expenses paid study trip to France, I wish them all the best of luck in their efforts to become the 2016 Apprentice of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n

All four national finalists will be awarded \u00a3500 and will receive a state of the art toolkit. They will now move onto a final judging stage, held at the end of August, which will determine the overall winner.<\/p>\n

The national winner will then be announced during an awards ceremony held on 21 September in London. The winner will be awarded an additional \u00a3500, will go on a study tour in France, hosted by leading manufacturer Schneider, and will become an industry ambassador for the following 12 months.<\/p>\n

Since their creation in 1975, the ECA Edmundson Electrical Awards have recognised top quality work and training among high fliers from ECA member-firms. The 2015 Apprentice of the Year was Mike O\u2019Donovan of building services company T Clarke.<\/p>\n

\"Henry\"Joshua\"Luke\"Thomas<\/p>\n

Pictured top: Henry Bartle and Joshua Lee; bottom: Luke Towers and Thomas Murray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four leading apprentices from electrical and building services firms have reached the national final of the ECA Edmundson Electrical Awards 2016, following a rigorous regional judging process. The final four contenders seeking to become \u2018Apprentice of the Year\u2019 are: Henry Bartle – Chris Bowker Ltd – North Luke Towers – Eaton Electrical Ltd – East […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1474,1468,1470,1466,1475,1467,1471,1469,1472,1146,1473],"class_list":["post-10233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-blackbourne-integrated-me","tag-chris-bowker-ltd","tag-eaton-electrical","tag-eca-edmundson-electrical-awards-2016","tag-gordon-love","tag-henry-bartle","tag-joshua-lee","tag-luke-towers","tag-pr-hurt-electrical-mechanical-services","tag-steve-bratt","tag-thomas-murray","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Henry-Bartle-North-national-finalist_v2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10240,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10233\/revisions\/10240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}