Apprentice of the Year 2012 - Sam Roberts
Sam is a fourth year apprentice engineer, based at
Unilever's Trafford Park manufacturing site – the
home of PG Tips, Scottish and Lyon's tea.
Sam works with the production engineering team and is responsible for keeping
the lines which make pyramid tea bags running, as well as resolving any
breakdown
issues.
He was selected as CPA's Apprentice of the Year for his exemplary work ethic and
his dedication to his role, seeking out every opportunity to learn and better
himself and putting his new skills and fresh ideas to good use at Unilever.
During his apprenticeship, Sam has not only completed several projects on
breakdowns, energy saving and cost efficiencies, he has also achieved
distinctions in
all of the first three years of his academic studies, with similar results
expected for his final year.
Although most apprentices tend to closely shadow the shift engineer, Sam's
confidence and knowledge mean that he's able to work independently much of the
time,
fixing many issues unaided. Sam's hunger for knowledge and his determination to
excel at his job means that he frequently goes above and beyond to learn more
and to develop himself, including taking operations manuals home to study in
his
own time to become more proficient and capable on site.
Sam has clear ambitions of converting his foundation degree into a full degree
and eventually becoming a Production Engineering Technician - a “go-to” expert
in
his field. But work isn't the only thing in his life. Until recently, Sam was
training as a recruit in the
Royal Marines Reserves - a gruelling and challenging task in itself!
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Last reviewed: 14 Feb 2013