Yorkshire Water Win The WWEM Instrumentation Apprentice Competition 2018

Yorkshire Water have won this year’s WWEM Instrumentation Apprentice Competition at the WWEM Conference & Exhibition, taking place at the Telford International Conference Centre. The team of Dan Calvert and Natalie Oliver narrowly won the final of the competition beating the team of Alex Ward and Josh Den Boer from United Utilities.

Trophies were presented to Dan and Natalie at the WWEM Gala Dinner and training days are being organised with the sponsors of the competition, including ABB, ATi, Partech, RS Hydro,Siemens, Siris, and Vega, to further develop the skills that they demonstrated during the competition.

Andy Godley of the WRc, a supporting company of the Apprentice Competition, highlighted the importance of instrumentation apprenticeships within the water industry and the need for all companies to come together to support their development.

Oliver Grievson, of WIPAC & Z-Tech Control Systems, who originally conceived the concept of the competition at WWEM in 2014, said:

“Each year we have talented apprentices come to compete at the Instrumentation Apprentice Competition and show that we have a wealth of technical talent within the water industry who will have a pivotal influence within the industry as we deliver the concept of Water 4.0”