To assist you with your application, please carefully read this document and then use the following checklist to ensure you have included all the information required.

Ensure all selection criteria are addressed on your application form.

Please note: Applications may not be accepted for judging, if all requested information / selection criteria has not been completed.

CHECKLIST

Please check box ☒, as each point is marked off.

Have you submitted your application/s using the appropriate generic application form/s from the HMA website at with all selection criteria being addressed as specified on the form/s? / ☐
Have you completed the company details on the front page? / ☐
Have you supplied your current company logo in high resolution colour in JPEG or TIFF and EPS file format and copied it onto your USB? / ☐
Have you supplied your company profile and copied it onto your USB?
(5 dot points) / ☐
Have you supplied a minimum of 2 photographs of the candidate in high resolution TIFF or JPEG format, and copied them onto your USB? / ☐

When you have completed ALL the categories you are submitting, save them ALL onto 1 USB in theirseparate respective foldersas outlined in the Guidelines on the HMA website – – Nominate for an Award - then post the USB to the HMA, as per the details below:

CAROL McEWAN

ADMINISTRATION MANAGER

HUNTER MANUFACTURING AWARDS INC.

C/- McEWAN AND PARTNERS,

PO BOX 332

THE JUNCTION NSW 2295

OR DELIVER TO

CAROL McEWAN

ADMINISTRATION MANAGER

HUNTER MANUFACTURING AWARDS INC.

C/- McEWAN AND PARTNERS,

SUITE 1, 91 FREDERICK STREET,

MEREWETHER NSW 2291

NOTE

You may also wish to enter a submission into the Hunter Business Chamber Awards. Please visit the Hunter Business Chamber website at more details.

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APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR – MANUFACTURING

Candidate Details

Name:
Position:
Date of Birth:
Email Address:

Company Details

Company Name:
Address:
Suburb:
Postcode:
Website:
No. Of Years Company has been Operating

Contact Person Details

Contact Name:
Email Address:
Phone Number:
Mobile Number:

The contact person may be contacted in the case of a company/plant site visit by a judge


Apprentice of the Year - Manufacturing

Nominations are open toapprentices in their final year (or who have recently completed) for consideration of the Apprentice of the Year – Manufacturing Award at the annual Hunter Manufacturing Awards.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION BEFORE COMPLETING YOUR APPLICATION FORM TO ENSURE YOU ARE SUBMITTING IN THE CORRECT CATEGORY.

Definition - APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR – MANUFACTURING

Nominations are open to any final year or recently completed manufacturing male or female apprentice who has demonstrated excellence in all aspects of their trade and training.

The judges will look for examples of excellence in manufacturing that include, but are not limited to:

  • Participation in their formal training
  • Outstanding performance in the workplace
  • Contribution to the advancement of the employers’ business
  • Contribution to community or sport (not essential)
  • Ability to be an ambassador for the manufacturing sector

Note - Applicants may find that their application into the APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR – MANUFACTURING category may also be a ‘fit’ for another category, such as RISING STAR AWARD. By adapting the information to fit the criteria of other categories you give yourself the opportunity for your product, process,etc. to be profiled in more than one sector.

EACH OF THE LISTED CRITERIA MUST BE ADDRESSED AND WHERE POSSIBLE, EVIDENCE PROVIDED

Photographs, drawings, etc. may be included as an ATTACHMENT to this Application Form and labelled clearly and then copied onto the USB with your Application Form, e.g. Question 3 – Evidence provided.

Please address the following criteria and restrict the content of each criteria response to 200 words or less. For example; Question 1 can only have a maximum of 200 words.

APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR - MANUFACTURING

Please address the following criteria and restrict the content of each criteria response to 200 words or less.

Any accompanying documentation provided ‘as evidence’, may either be inserted as part of this form, or, as an attachment to this application. Attachments must be labelled according to the question number – e.g. ‘question 3- evidence provided’ and copied onto the USB along with a copy of this form. / JUDGE’S USE ONLY
Please restrict the content of each criteria response to 200 words or less. / Actual Score / Criteria Value
QUESTIONS 1 – 6 – APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR - MANUFACTURING
  1. Why have you selected this career pathway?
/ 10
  1. What aspects of your apprenticeship resulted in the greatest professional and personal growth and satisfaction?
/ 15
  1. How did you showcase excellence to your employers during your apprenticeship? Is there a particular project which provides evidence of this excellence?
/ 20
  1. What makes you an effective ambassador of your industry/ trade?
/ 20
  1. How would you promote the apprenticeship system to encourage others who are interested in entering your training pathway?
/ 15
  1. What are your future professional plans once you have completed your apprenticeship?
/ 20
TOTAL / 100

Question 1: Why have you selected this career pathway?

Question 2: What aspects of your apprenticeship resulted in the greatest professional and personal growth and satisfaction?

Question 3: How did you showcase excellence to your employers during your apprenticeship? Is there a particular project which provides evidence of this excellence?

Question 4:What makes you an effective ambassador of your industry/ trade?

Question 5:How would you promote the apprenticeship system to encourage others who are interested in entering your training pathway?

Question 6: What are your future professional plans once you have completed your apprenticeship?

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