08/07/2026
The IRTE Northern Centre once again held their annual Young Engineer and Apprentice Awards with the finalists from the bus and commercial vehicle workshop industry in attendance at the Northern Centres first TechKNOW evening, held at the Barton Manor hotel near Preston in June.
Hon. Secretary of the Centre Corneilius Mitchell gave those present from the transport engineering industry as well as parents and company representatives an insight into how difficult the task had been this year to break down the written submissions sent into him by workshop managers, mentors, fleet engineers and service managers regarding their employees such was the quality of the entrants.
He stated that in one section he was unable to split two of the candidates, so the centre had awarded the winners accolade to two of the entrants within that category.
He thanked those that had submitted the entries and stated that they were all winners just by having such capable and willing members of staff within their employment.
Corneilius then explained that he had judged the entrants on the following topics, qualifications gained or presently being undertaken, IRTE accreditation, CPD, attitude, willingness, team membership, and any other related information that was submitted to him.
As in previous years those selected as finalists were categorised into different award sections with bus/coach being one and commercial vehicle the other, with each section then having an apprentice and a qualified winner.
The presentations were made by IRTE Northern Centre Hon. Chairman Tom Reed, with each of the winners receiving a certificate of achievement and a £100 SNAP-ON tools Voucher, all the other finalists were presented with a highly commended certificate.
Over the coming days, we will be celebrating the winners individually across our social media channels, so keep checking back!
