Ryobi Apprentice of the Year 2017. From left – Alessandro Niola, Machining Apprentice, David Watson, Alan Brown, Matthew McGoldrick, Robert O’Callaghan, Tadashi Takeguchi, Gwyneth Evans, Peadar Boyd. 3rd Nov 2017

Apprentice of the year for the Academic year 2016/17 in Ryobi took place on Friday 03/11. It was also a great occasion to welcome our new first year apprentices onsite and to thank the 5 guys who have just completed their apprenticeship: Steve Costello, Matt Halliday, Jonathan Orr, Peadar Boyd and Thomas McDowell.

It was a great opportunity to celebrate and to recognise the achievements and commitment of every apprentice and to thank the mentors, supervisors and managers for their continued support of the programme.

Ryobi is grateful for the support it receives from the Department of Employment and Learning and our training provider, Northern Region College, as well as on-going assistance from Invest Northern Ireland to support its business improvement activities.

 

We place a very high value on the apprentice programme and strongly believe in its potential.  It’s an opportunity and our responsibility to develop a pool of talented people who will be our future skilled technicians, engineers and managers and who will play a significant role in the continued success and growth of the company.  We are proud to have 41 high calibre apprentices at various stages of their apprenticeship, and we believe there are great opportunities for everyone to continue to develop and grow within Ryobi, both during and beyond their apprenticeship.

Ryobi Apprentice of the Year 2017. From left – Alessandro Niola (Learning & Development Officer), David Watson (Managing Director), Peadar Boyd (Apprentice – now Design Engineer) Tadashi Takeguchi (Deputy Managing Director), Gwyneth Evans (HR Manager). 3rd Nov 2017

 

Winners
Y5 Peadar Boyd
Y4 Matthew McGoldrick
Y3 Barry Petticrew
Y2 Alan Brown
Y1 Marcus McKee

Runner-ups
Y5 Jonathan Orr
Y4 Robert O’Callaghan
Y3 Alex Pourgholi
Y2 Machining Apprentice
Y1 Craig Smyth

 

 

 

Ryobi Apprentice of the Year 2017. From left – Alessandro Niola (Learning & Development Officer), David Watson (Managing Director), Alan Brown (Apprentice of Year – Year 2) Tadashi Takeguchi (Deputy Managing Director), Gwyneth Evans (HR Manager). 3rd Nov 2017

Ryobi Apprentice of the Year 2017. From left – Alessandro Niola (Learning & Development Officer), David Watson (Managing Director), Matthew McGoldrick (Apprentice of Year – Year 4) Tadashi Takeguchi (Deputy Managing Director), Gwyneth Evans (HR Manager). 3rd Nov 2017