Wales’ Work-based Studying Stars Recognised at Digital Awards Ceremony

Apprentices with inspirational tales, employers dedicated to creating a extremely expert workforce and devoted work-based studying practitioners who go the additional mile for his or her learners have been recognised at a digital awards ceremony final night time (Thursday).

The celebrated Apprenticeship Awards Cymru 2022 introduced collectively 23 finalists from throughout Wales who’ve excelled on the Welsh Authorities’s Apprenticeship Programme. They logged in on-line to listen to the winners of 9 awards introduced.

Spotlight of the 12 months for apprentices, employers and work-based studying suppliers and practitioners, the awards are organised by the Welsh Authorities and supported by the Nationwide Coaching Federation for Wales (NTfW) and headline sponsor Openreach.

Financial system Minister Vaughan Gething congratulated all of the award winners and finalists.

“This Welsh Authorities has bold plans to make Wales an engine for sustainable, inclusive development and provides each younger particular person the absolute best begin on the earth of labor,” he stated.

“I consider apprenticeships are very important to this imaginative and prescient and that’s why we’re investing £366 million over the following three years within the supply of our apprenticeship programme. I’m decided we do all we are able to as a authorities to assist ship the long-term financial advantages our younger folks deserve.

“We’re a small nation however we’ve got massive ambitions, and our purpose is to foster a tradition in Wales the place recruiting an apprentice is the norm for employers.”

Connie Dixon, partnership director for Wales for Openreach, stated.

“Congratulations to all of the winners at this 12 months’s Apprenticeship Awards Cymru. Each finalist has made a helpful contribution to their organisation which has rightly been recognised.

“At Openreach we recognise the massive contribution our apprentices make in the way in which they carry new expertise, vitality and methods of working to the enterprise.

“As we proceed to construct our ultrafast Full Fibre community throughout Wales our apprentices will play an important position – not solely to Openreach but in addition to the broader Welsh economic system.”

Two award winners, Chrystalla Moreton, 20, from Fairwater, Cardiff and Kiera Dwyer, 24, from Rhydyfelin, Pontypridd, have each overcome main challenges of their lives to develop promising careers.

Engineering apprentice Chrystalla, who received the Tomorrow’s Expertise Award, works for bolstered metal producer Celsa Metal UK in Cardiff. In search of to turn into a job mannequin for ladies within the metal {industry}, she is described as a “shining star” by her employer, a finalist within the Giant Employer of the Yr class.

Chrystalla Moreton, winner of the Tomorrow’s Expertise Award.

Having to revise her unique plan to affix the Military following a household tragedy took its toll on Chrystalla’s psychological well being. She is now making up for misplaced time as she works in direction of a Mechanical Engineering Apprenticeship in Manufacturing Providers, delivered by coaching supplier TSW, while additionally supporting her siblings.

“After being on the lowest level in my life, it is a huge turnaround,” stated Chrystalla.

Pharmacy technician Kiera, who has Irlen Syndrome, also called visible stress, was named Apprentice of the Yr. She has proven dedication, dedication and dedication to attain a collection of {qualifications} to assist Sheppards Pharmacy, a part of the Avicenna group, in Abercynon.

Kiera Dwyer, Apprentice of the Yr.

Engaged on the entrance line through the pandemic, Kiera needed to cope with a collection of traumatic household occasions, together with the lack of her beloved grandfather. She has taken on further duty, permitting pharmacists extra time with sufferers, leading to a satisfaction ranking of as much as 100% for the neighborhood pharmacy.

To beat the visible stress, she invested in further studying aids for written work and revision to finish a Pre-registration Pharmacy Technician Coaching Programme Apprenticeship which included a BTEC Degree 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science by awarding physique Pearson and a Metropolis & Guilds Degree 3 in Pharmacy Service Expertise.

The apprenticeship was delivered by Well being Training and Enchancment Wales (HEIW) supported by ALS Coaching.

Increased Apprentice of the Yr Award winner Jayne Williams has turn into the “apprenticeships poster lady” inside HM Courts and Tribunals Service on account of her ardour for studying and growth.

Jayne Williams, Increased Apprentice of the Yr Award winner.

Jayne, 58, from Newport, has seen her position as a court docket clerk expanded to cowl working employees coaching, teaching, facilitation and academy programs. Prior to now 12 months, she helped prepare 690 HMCTS colleagues through on-line workshops.

She was the primary HMCTS worker to attain a Increased Apprenticeship (Degree 4) in Recommendation & Steerage, delivered by coaching supplier ACT. Jayne now hopes to proceed her studying journey with extra {qualifications}.

Digital inner high quality assurer Angelina Mitchell, 28, who works for coaching supplier ACT in Cardiff, was named Work-based Studying Practitioner of the Yr.

Angelina Mitchell, Work-based Studying Practitioner of the Yr.

Pioneering the supply of the Digital Studying Design Apprenticeship Framework in Wales, Angelia believes her position is to open the door for learners to achieve the talents to confidently use know-how.

A former secondary college instructor of recent overseas languages, Angelina joined ACT on the lookout for a brand new profession problem and wanting to assist others turn into tech savvy.

To grasp her learners’ journey, she accomplished the apprenticeships herself and delivers them bilingually, having received the Work Welsh Learner of the Yr Award (intermediate). Ninety per cent of her learners full their qualification and Angelina has an 88% employer engagement ranking.

Named Medium Employer of the Yr, FSG Instrument and Die, based mostly in Llantrisant, has developed a global fame for the distinctive expertise of its award-winning apprentices who’ve helped enhance the corporate’s manufacturing course of.

FSG Instrument and Die, Medium Employer of the Yr.

Apprentices employed by the instrument and die producer excel in nationwide and worldwide competitions and have helped streamline its manufacturing course of, thereby enhancing effectivity by six per cent.

They’ve additionally invented smaller electrical automotive batteries for a buyer and are trialling sustainable manufacturing supplies for a greener future.

FSG Instrument and Die has a workforce exceeding 90, together with 12 apprentices who’re working in direction of Apprenticeships as much as diploma degree in Mechanical Engineering, delivered by coaching supplier TSW Coaching and the College of Wales Trinity St David in Swansea.

The Giant Employer of the Yr Award went to Kepak Group Restricted in Merthyr Tydfil which has created its personal inner trainers to develop the following technology of workers to construct the corporate’s expert workforce.

Trainee butcher Henry Lawson and human assets supervisor Hayley Value with trainee butcher Jordan Jones, intakes supervisor Geraint Jones, coaching co-ordinator Malwina Caentano and beef boning corridor supervisor David Bennett at Kepak Group, Giant Employer of the Yr Award winner.

Adopting this work-based coaching strategy simply 18 months in the past with assist from by coaching supplier Cambrian Coaching Firm, Kepak has already seen a 15% discount in employees turnover and first-generation apprentices are being promoted to extra senior roles.

Forty workers are working in direction of apprenticeships together with Meat and Poultry Trade Expertise (ranges 2 and three), Meals Trade Expertise (ranges 2 and three), Meals Staff Main (degree 2), Meals Administration (degree 3), Meals Manufacturing Excellence (degree 4) and Administration (degree 4 and 5).

The opposite award winners have been:

Basis Apprentice of the Yr, Boglárka-Tunde Incze from Llanrug.

Domiciliary care staff chief Boglárka-Tunde Incze from Llanrug was named Basis Apprentice of the Yr. She modified profession path through the pandemic, having initially used a Bachelor of Laptop Sciences Diploma to work for worldwide corporations.

Boglárka-Tunde Incze, Basis Apprentice of the Yr.

Apprenticeships are serving to Boglárka-Tunde to make a distinction to the lives of individuals she cares for in their very own houses and to colleagues she works with. Initially from Romania, Welsh learner Boglarka works part-time for Gofal Bro Cyf and is a Marie Curie palliative healthcare assistant.

Having accomplished Ranges 2 and three Apprenticeships in Well being and Social Care with Itec Expertise and Employment, she wish to qualify as an assessor.

Small Employer of the Yr, Willow Daycare, Carmarthen.

Carmarthen-based day care supplier Willow Daycare, winner of the Small Employer of the Yr Award, launched on the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic with a robust concentrate on coaching employees by apprenticeships.

Rebecca Davies, proprietor of Willow Daycare, Small Employer of the Yr.

Proprietor Rebecca Davies began the enterprise within the grounds of Glangwili Normal Hospital, recognising a determined scarcity of childcare assist, significantly for the NHS employees.

The variety of kids attending Willow Daycare, which has 20 workers, has elevated from seven to 130 a 12 months later. Apprenticeships in Youngsters’s Care, Play, Studying and Growth from Ranges 2-5 in addition to Playwork Degree 3 are delivered by TSW Coaching.

Macro Employer of the Yr, Cwm Taf Morgannwg College Well being Board

The Macro Employer of the Yr Award went to Cwm Taf Morgannwg College Well being Board, which has launched an industry-leading apprenticeship programme to provide specialist healthcare professionals to fulfill future challenges posed by an ageing Welsh inhabitants.

Rhian Lewis, studying and growth enterprise associate for {qualifications} with laboratory apprentices at Cwm Taf Morgannwg College Well being Board, winner of the Macro Employer of the Yr Award.

After figuring out that one in 4 folks in Wales will probably be aged 65 and over by 2036, the board developed its technique 4 years in the past to embrace work-based studying. Increased Apprenticeship (Degree 4) in Well being Care Science – the primary of its form in Wales – are delivered in partnership with coaching supplier Educ8 Coaching.

Bridging the hole between Degree 3 well being associated apprenticeships and a level, the Increased Apprenticeship allows learners to progress to turn into a registered scientist. Greater than 550 employees have accessed an apprenticeship.

The Apprenticeship Programme is funded by the Welsh Authorities with assist from the European Social Fund. For extra details about recruiting an apprentice, go to: https://gov.wales/apprenticeships-genius-decision or name 03000 603000.

Cafwyd cyfle i wobrwyo prentisiaid sydd â straeon ysbrydoledig, cyflogwyr sy’n ymroi i ddatblygu gweithlu medrus iawn ac ymarferwyr dysgu seiliedig ar waith sy’n mynd yr ail filltir ar ran eu dysgwyr, mewn seremoni rithwir neithiwr (nos Iau).

Roedd 23 o gystadleuwyr, o bob rhan o Gymru, sydd wedi rhagori ar Raglen Brentisiaethau Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cyrraedd rhestrau byrion Gwobrau Prentisiaethau Cymru 2022. Roedd angen mewngofnodi ar lein i glywed enwau enillwyr y naw gwobr yn cael eu cyhoeddi.

Y gwobrau yw uchafbwynt y flwyddyn i brentisiaid, cyflogwyr, a darparwyr ac ymarferwyr dysgu seiliedig ar waith. Cânt eu trefnu gan Lywodraeth Cymru a’u cefnogi gan Ffederasiwn Hyfforddiant Cenedlaethol Cymru (NTfW) a’r noddwr pennaf, Openreach.

Llongyfarchwyd holl enillwyr y gwobrau a’r rhai a gyrhaeddodd y rhestrau byrion gan Weinidog yr Economi, Vaughan Gething.

“Mae gan Lywodraeth Cymru gynlluniau uchelgeisiol i wneud Cymru’n beiriant i greu twf cynaliadwy, cynhwysol ac i roi’r cychwyn gorau posibl ym myd gwaith i bob particular person ifanc,” meddai.

“Rwyf i o’r farn bod prentisiaethau’n hanfodol i’r weledigaeth hon a dyna pam yr ydyn ni’n buddsoddi £366 miliwn dros y tair blynedd nesaf yn darparu ein rhaglen brentisiaethau.  Rwy’n benderfynol o wneud ein gorau glas fel llywodraeth i helpu i sicrhau’r manteision economaidd hirdymor y mae ein pobl ifanc yn eu haeddu.

“Er mai gwlad fach ydyn ni, mae gennym uchelgeisiau mawr a’n nod yw meithrin diwylliant lle mai recriwtio prentis yw’r norm i gyflogwyr.”

Dywedodd Connie Dixon, cyfarwyddwr partneriaethau Openreach yng Nghymru,

“Llongyfarchiadau i holl enillwyr Gwobrau Prentisiaethau Cymru eleni.  Mae pawb sydd ar y rhestrau byrion wedi gwneud cyfraniad gwerthfawr i’w sefydliad ac mae’n iawn bod hynny’n cael ei gydnabod.

“Rydyn ni yn Openreach yn cydnabod y cyfraniad enfawr y mae ein prentisiaid yn ei wneud wrth ddod â sgiliau, egni a ffyrdd newydd o weithio i’r busnes.

“Wrth i ni barhau i adeiladu ein rhwydwaith ffeibr cyflym iawn ledled Cymru bydd ein prentisiaid yn chwarae rhan hanfodol – nid dim ond yn Openreach ond hefyd yn economi ehangach Cymru.”

Mae dwy o enillwyr y gwobrau, Chrystalla Moreton, 20, o’r Tyllgoed, Caerdydd a Kiera Dwyer, 24, o Rydyfelin, Pontypridd, wedi goresgyn heriau mawr yn eu bywydau a mynd ymlaen i ddatblygu gyrfaoedd addawol.

Prentis peirianneg yw Chrystalla, a enillodd y wobr Doniau’r Dyfodol ac mae’n gweithio i’r cwmni dur cyfnerthedig Celsa Metal UK yng Nghaerdydd. Mae’n awyddus i fod yn batrwm i ferched yn y diwydiant dur ac, yn ôl ei chyflogwr, oedd ar restr fer y wobr Cyflogwr Mawr y Flwyddyn, mae’n “seren ddisglair”.

Bu’n rhaid i Chrystalla newid ei chynllun gwreiddiol o ymuno â’r Fyddin yn dilyn trychineb deuluol a effeithiodd ar ei hiechyd meddwl. Erbyn hyn. mae’n gwneud iawn am yr amser a gollwyd gan weithio tuag at Brentisiaeth Peirianneg Fecanyddol mewn Gwasanaethau Cynhyrchu a gyflenwir gan y darparwr hyfforddiant TSW. Mae hefyd yn parhau i gefnogi ei theulu.

“Ar ôl cyfnod isel iawn, mae hwn yn drawsnewidiad enfawr,” meddai Chrystalla.

Kiera, technegydd fferyllol sydd â Syndrom Irlen, a elwir hefyd yn straen gweledol, enillodd wobr Prentis y Flwyddyn. Mae wedi dangos penderfyniad, ymroddiad ac ymrwymiad wrth sicrhau cyfres o gymwysterau i gefnogi ei gwaith yn Sheppards Pharmacy, rhan o grŵp Avicenna, yn Abercynon.

A hithau’n gweithio ar y rheng flaen yn ystod y pandemig, bu’n rhaid i Kiera ddelio â nifer o ddigwyddiadau trawmatig yn y teulu, gan gynnwys colli ei thad-cu a oedd yn annwyl iawn ganddi. Mae wedi cymryd cyfrifoldeb ychwanegol er mwyn rhoi mwy o amser i’r fferyllwyr ymdrin â chleifion. O ganlyniad i hyn, mae’r fferyllfa gymunedol yn cael sgôr o hyd at 100% gan gleifion.

Er mwyn dod dros y straen gweledol, buddsoddodd Kiera mewn cymhorthion dysgu ychwanegol ar gyfer gwaith ysgrifennu ac adolygu er mwyn cwblhau Prentisiaeth Rhaglen Hyfforddi Technegwyr Fferylliaeth Cyn-gofrestru a oedd yn cynnwys Diploma BTEC Lefel 3 mewn Gwyddor Fferyllol trwy’r corff dyfarnu Pearson, a Metropolis & Guilds Lefel 3 mewn Sgiliau Gwasanaethau Fferylliaeth.

Cyflenwyd y brentisiaeth gan Addysg a Gwella Iechyd Cymru (AaGIC) gyda chymorth gan ALS Coaching.

Mae’r Gwasanaeth Llysoedd a Thribiwnlysoedd bob amser yn troi at Jayne Williams, enillydd gwobr Prentis Uwch y Flwyddyn, i annog pobl i wneud prentisiaethau, diolch i’w brwdfrydedd dros ddysgu a datblygu.

Mae swydd Jayne, 58, o Gasnewydd, fel clerc llys wedi’i ehangu i gynnwys hyfforddi employees, mentora, hwyluso a chyrsiau academi. Yn y flwyddyn ddiwethaf, helpodd i hyfforddi 690 o gydweithwyr y Gwasanaeth Llysoedd a Thribiwnlysoedd drwy weithdai ar-lein.

Hello oedd y cyntaf o weithwyr y Gwasanaeth i gwblhau Prentisiaeth Uwch (Lefel 4) mewn Cyngor ac Arweiniad, gan y darparwr hyfforddiant ACT. Yn awr, mae Jayne yn gobeithio parhau â’i thaith ddysgu trwy ennill rhagor o gymwysterau.

Angelina Mitchell, 28, sy’n swyddog sicrhau ansawdd mewnol digidol gyda’r darparwr hyfforddiant ACT yng Nghaerdydd, a enwyd yn Ymarferydd y Flwyddyn Dysgu Seiliedig ar Waith.

A hithau’n gwneud gwaith arloesol yn cyflwyno’r Fframwaith Prentisiaethau Dylunio Dysgu Digidol yng Nghymru, mae Angelina yn credu mai ei rôl yw agor y drws i ddysgwyr feithrin y sgiliau i ddefnyddio technoleg yn hyderus.

Bu Angelina’n dysgu ieithoedd tramor fashionable i ddisgyblion ysgol uwchradd ac ymunodd ag ACT gan ei bod yn chwilio am her newydd yn ei gyrfa a’i bod yn awyddus i helpu eraill i ddefnyddio’r dechnoleg ddigidol.

Er mwyn deall taith ei dysgwyr yn iawn, mae hithau wedi dilyn y prentisiaethau ac mae’n eu cyflenwi’n ddwyieithog ar ôl ennill Gwobr Dysgwr y Flwyddyn ‘Cymraeg Gwaith’ (canolradd). Mae naw deg y cant o ddysgwyr Angelina’n cwblhau eu cymhwyster ac mae’n cael sgôr ymgysylltu â chyflogwyr o 88%.

Cwmni FSG Instrument and Die o Lantrisant a enwyd yn Gyflogwr Canolig y Flwyddyn. Mae ganddo enw da yn rhyngwladol oherwydd sgiliau eithriadol ei brentisiaid sydd wedi helpu i wella proses weithgynhyrchu’r cwmni.

Mae prentisiad y cwmni gwneud tŵls a deiau yn serennu mewn cystadlaethau cenedlaethol a rhyngwladol ac maent wedi helpu i symleiddio ei broses weithgynhyrchu, gan wella effeithlonrwydd o chwech y cant.

Yn ogystal, maent wedi dyfeisio batris llai ar gyfer ceir trydan ar gais cwsmer ac maent yn treialu deunyddiau gweithgynhyrchu cynaliadwy ar gyfer dyfodol gwyrddach.

Mae dros 90 yn gweithio i FSG Instrument and Die, yn cynnwys 12 o brentisiaid sy’n gweithio tuag at Brentisiaethau hyd at lefel gradd mewn Peirianneg Fecanyddol, a gyflenwir gan y darparwr hyfforddiant TSW Coaching a Phrifysgol Cymru y Drindod Dewi Sant yn Abertawe.

Aeth gwobr Cyflogwr Mawr y Flwyddyn i’r Kepak Group Restricted, Merthyr Tudful sydd wedi creu ei hyfforddwyr mewnol ei hun er mwyn meithrin y genhedlaeth nesaf o weithwyr a datblygu gweithlu medrus.

Ddim ond 18 mis ar ôl i Kepak fabwysiadu’r drefn hyfforddi newydd hon sy’n seiliedig ar waith, gyda chefnogaeth y darparwr hyfforddiant Cwmni Hyfforddiant Cambrian, mae’r cwmni eisoes wedi elwa o weld gostyngiad o 15% yn nhrosiant employees ac mae’r prentisiaid cyntaf eisoes yn symud i fyny i swyddi uwch.

Mae deugain o weithwyr yn gweithio tuag at brentisiaethau sy’n cynnwys Sgiliau’r Diwydiant Cig a Dofednod (Lefelau 2 a 3), Sgiliau’r Diwydiant Bwyd (Lefelau 2 a 3), Arwain Tîm Bwyd (Lefel 2), Rheoli Bwyd (Lefel 3), Rhagoriaeth Gweithgynhyrchu Bwyd (Lefel 4), a Rheolaeth (Lefel 4 a 5).

Enillwyr y gwobrau eraill oedd:

Prentis Sylfaen y Flwyddyn, Boglarka-Tunde Incze o Lanrug.

Arweinydd tîm gofal cartref, Boglarka-Tunde Incze o Lanrug a enwyd yn Brentis Sylfaen y Flwyddyn.  Newidiodd gyfeiriad ei gyrfa yn ystod y pandemig ar ôl cyfnod yn defnyddio’i Gradd Baglor mewn Cyfrifiadureg i weithio i gwmnïau rhyngwladol.

Mae prentisiaethau’n helpu Boglarka-Tunde i wneud gwahaniaeth i fywydau’r bobl y mae hello’n gofalu amdanynt yn eu cartrefi ac i’w chydweithwyr. O Romania y daw Boglarka yn wreiddiol. Mae’n dysgu Cymraeg ac yn gweithio rhan amser i Gofal Bro Cyf ac fel cynorthwyydd gofal iechyd lliniarol gyda Marie Curie.

Mae wedi cwblhau Prentisiaethau Lefel 2 a 3 mewn Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol gydag Itec Expertise and Employment a hoffai gymhwyso fel asesydd.

Cyflogwr Bach y Flwyddyn, Willow Daycare, Caerfyrddin.

Lansiwyd meithrinfa Willow Daycare, enillydd gwobr Cyflogwr Bach y Flwyddyn, yng Nghaerfyrddin yn anterth y pandemig Covid-19 gan roi pwyslais cryf ar hyfforddi employees trwy brentisiaethau.

Agorodd y perchennog, Rebecca Davies, y busnes ar dir Ysbyty Cyffredinol Glangwili, ar ôl gweld bod prinder difrifol o gymorth gofal plant, yn enwedig i employees y GIG.

Mae gan Willow Daycare 20 o weithwyr ac mae nifer y plant sy’n mynychu wedi codi o saith ar y dechrau i 130 ymhen blwyddyn. Cyflenwir Prentisiaethau o Lefelau 2 i 5 mewn Gofal, Chwarae, Dysgu a Datblygiad Plant yn ogystal â Gwaith Chwarae Lefel 3 gan TSW Coaching.

Macro-gyflogwr y Flwyddyn, Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Cwm Taf Morgannwg.

Aeth gwobr Macro-gyflogwr y Flwyddyn i Fwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Cwm Taf Morgannwg sydd wedi lansio rhaglen brentisiaethau flaengar i gynhyrchu gweithwyr gofal iechyd proffesiynol arbenigol i wynebu’r heriau a ddaw gan fod poblogaeth Cymru’n heneiddio.

Ar ôl canfod y bydd un o bob pedwar o bobl Cymru’n 65 oed neu’n hŷn erbyn 2036, datblygodd y Bwrdd ei strategaeth bedair blynedd yn ôl i ymgorffori dysgu seiliedig ar waith. Cyflenwir Prentisiaeth Uwch (Lefel 4) mewn Gwyddor Gofal Iechyd (HCS) – y gyntaf o’i math yng Nghymru – mewn partneriaeth â’r darparwr hyfforddiant, Educ8 Coaching.

Mae’r Brentisiaeth Uwch yn pontio’r bwlch oedd rhwng prentisiaethau Lefel 3 ym maes iechyd a gradd, gan alluogi dysgwyr i fynd ymlaen i fod yn wyddonwyr cofrestredig. Mae dros 550 o employees wedi manteisio ar brentisiaeth.

Caiff y Rhaglen Brentisiaethau ei hariannu gan Lywodraeth Cymru gyda chymorth Cronfa Gymdeithasol Ewrop (ESF). Os hoffech wybod rhagor am recriwtio prentis, ewch i: https://llyw.cymru/prentisiaethau-dewis-doeth neu ffonio 03000 603000.