Held at the West Midlands Safari Park in November, Ms Addis was one of three regional apprentices shortlisted for the awards. She joined Mazak in September 2016 and has just completed her three-year Advanced Level Apprenticeship in CNC machining.
Ms Addis stood out for a number of reasons, including her role as team leader, excellent academic performance, time spent mentoring younger apprentices, as well implementing a number of improvement projects throughout the company, including one which saved the business over 45 hours of CNC grinding time per month.
In a month of unprecedented success, she has also been shortlisted for the GTA England Apprentice of the Year Awards, which will take place in February 2020; collected the Final Year Apprentice Award at Mazak’s internal Apprentice Awards, and won 2019 Best Senior Craft Apprentice at Worcestershire Group Training Association’s (WGTA) Annual Awards.
Second year mechanical apprentice, Dan Coupland, was another Mazak winner at this year’s WGTA Annual Awards, picking up the Engineering Endeavour Award.
Richard Smith, European group managing director at Yamazaki Mazak commented: “Beth is without doubt one of our standout apprentices and has very quickly become a key member of the team. The resounding success she has experienced this year is thoroughly well-deserved.”
He continued: “Apprentices are the beating heart of our business and are an incredibly important part of futureproofing our operations here in Worcester for years to come. To Beth, Dan, and all the winners of our internal Apprentice Awards on behalf of everyone here at Yamazaki Mazak, I’d like to offer a huge congratulations. Our industry really is in safe hands.”
Ms Addis is one of 15 apprentices from the Worcestershire area to have completed their apprenticeships with Mazak in 2019. This year’s graduating cohort also includes Jemma Dighton, who is the first Industrial Cadet to complete her training at Mazak.
18 new recruits joined the Mazak Apprenticeship Scheme in September 2019. This takes the current total of apprentices training with Mazak, across a number of different disciplines, including CNC machining, electrical, mechanical, sheet metal and fabrication, to 47.
Applications for Mazak’s 2020 Apprenticeship Scheme opened on 1st December. For more information, please visit: www.mazakeu.co.uk/careers.
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