Triple Sellafield recognition for skills training and recruitment
Sellafield Ltd’s award winning training programmes were once again praised in front of the nation’s nuclear skills leaders.
From left to right: Matt, Michelle and Thea.
The annual UK Nuclear Skills Awards in Manchester highlight the stars of the present and future, and this year Matt Jackson, Thea Evans and Sellafield Ltd, along with Wigan and Leigh College were recognised in the Postgraduate of the Year, Advanced Apprentice of the Year and Best Training Provider and Employer Partnership respectively.
Matt, who is a technical manager in the Retrievals Value Stream, completed his PhD in nuclear engineering at The University of Leeds.
He said:
My PhD was a huge personal achievement. It’s great to be recognised for my contributions so far and I am glad to be able to continue working in support of the Sellafield mission.
Thea was recognised having gained a distinction in Business Administration.
Thea said:
The apprentice scheme at Sellafield is excellent and it’s no surprise the company receives recognition amongst its peers.
Since starting my apprenticeship, I’ve massively grown as a person and along the way had many achievements such as passing my ANIA exam and gaining a distinction in my End Point Assessment which was a huge goal for me.
Finally, Sellafield Ltd and Wigan and Leigh College were shortlisted due to the partnership that was formed a number of years ago to improve higher level curriculum through the introduction of new nuclear apprenticeship standards.
Shared working has enabled both parties to build capacity to deliver training in skills priority areas, and provide cost effective, quality provision.
Our head of education and skills, Michelle Lambon-Wilks said:
The fact that we’ve been recognised at these prestigious skills awards in such varied categories highlights how our company and partners are developing the existing and future talent to drive our company forward.
In September we will once again break our apprentice and graduate recruitment records across a range of disciplines to ensure we continue to invest in the future talent to tackle our 100 year clean up mission at the most complex site in Europe.