Tidd Ross Todd (TRT) has awarded its top apprentices at the annual Gallagher Rotary Awards Dinner.
The Kiwi-owned transport and construction firm was one of six successful Waikato companies who made presentations to their top performing trainees and apprentices.
Matt Youngman was named TRT Apprentice of the Year followed by finalists Chris Gillespie and Matthew Morgan.
Youngman was an apprentice in TRT’s mechanical service team achieving his automotive heavy engineering road transport apprenticeship in a record 18 months.
It’s an achievement the whole TRT team is proud of.
The awards, sponsored by Gallagher, were hosted by the combined Frankton and Te Rapa Rotary Clubs and held at Wintec Atrium events centre on November 20.
The finalists were supported by TRT’s senior team including chief operating officer Lawrence Baker, manufacturing director Bruce Carden, engineering director Robert Carden, HR manager Jamie Priemus and HR coordinator Ashton Way.
“By having an active apprenticeship programme at TRT, we recognise the responsibility as business owners and managers to not only create a skilled team for our future, but also for the future of our trades in New Zealand, especially when we are experiencing shortages in talent and qualified trades people,” Baker says.
