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29.09.11
Young Engineer wins 'Apprentice of the Year'
A 21 year-old is celebrating after being awarded Apprentice of the Year at one of Darlington's longest-serving companies.
After four years of working at Mech-Tool, Jared Howell, from Ferryhill, has been awarded Mech-Tool Engineering Ltd's Apprentice of the Year 2011.
This apprenticeship award is allowing Jared to undertake a BTEC Higher Certificate in Mechanical Engineering. He is also training to be a draughts person at Mech-Tool, a role which involves producing mechanical and technical drawings of MTE products for use of both clients and the fabrication facilities. This highly technical career requires excellent math skills and attention to detail.
Jared said: “I’m absolutely thrilled, although a little shocked, to have won this apprenticeship award, especially when I was in competition for it with many other outstanding candidates.
“I’m now looking forward to the opportunities it will lead to within the company. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed working at Mech-Tool over the last four years and hopefully this award will mean a long and fruitful career for me here.”
Mech-Tool specialises in fire, blast and noise protection products. For the last 18 months, Jared has been an integral part of a team devising a concept for Mech-Tool’s core product whilst delivering cost-saving services to the business.
Having excelled in these tasks, he is widely regarded by his peers as a competent engineer with an extremely promising future at the company.
Kevin Harland, operations manager at Mech-Tool, said: “We are delighted to be welcoming such an enthusiastic and hard-working engineer to the team of apprentices here at Mech-Tool. He’s an incredibly high-calibre staff member and we want to help him reach his full potential with us.”
Mech-Tool has been taking on up to four apprentices annually, from young people straight from school or college, to semi-skilled operatives who have shown the aptitude and desire to undertake NVQ Level 3 qualifications. The company currently has another three apprentices lined up for September.
Kevin said: “Apprentices are an incredibly vital part of our organisation. In return for offering a first-class training programme, we receive fully-trained and competent individuals who each bring their own innovative ideology to Mech-Tool.
“These apprentices assist in developing our product ranges with a flexible, ‘can-do’ attitude towards their work, and we are always grateful for their enthusiasm and input.”
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