Apprentice Jake is bidding for national award
A Sunderland College engineering apprentice is in the running for a national award after his work was recognised by Britain’s leading manufacturing organisation.
Jake Richardson, who is studying an apprenticeship in advanced manufacturing, won the Engineering Apprentice of the Year: Final Year prize at the North East, Yorkshire and Humberside Make UK Awards.
Jake, from Peterlee, who achieved a distinction in HNC in Manufacturing Engineering, is completing his apprenticeship at Houghton-based ZF Automotive UK, and will now compete for the national award.
The 22-year-old said: “I am extremely happy to have won the Make UK regional award. It has given me an amazing feeling for all the hard work and effort that I put in and shown that an apprenticeship was the right choice for me as I received on-the-job training, got paid and had the opportunity to study engineering at college.
“I would like to thank thank everyone at
Sunderland College who have supported me through my course.”
John Richardson, engineering manager at ZF Automotive, said: “Jake is a worthy recipient of the award, as he has proved to be hard working and dependable apprentice who has a positive attitude, a good eye for detail, and is fully aware of the importance of the quality of his work.”
Wayne Smith, engineering programme leader at Sunderland College, said: “We are extremely proud of what Jake has achieved.”
“The college and ZF Automotive work very closely on their apprenticeship programme and we wish Jake the very best of luck at the national awards.”