The Roger Lyon Apprentice of the Year Award
Open award for members and non-members
Award criteria
Purpose: To recognise the best BINDT apprentice.
Details of the award: The award will consist of a certificate, a cheque for £300 and an invitation to the NDT Annual Conference Dinner with one night’s accommodation.
Eligibility: An NDT apprentice who has completed their end-point assessment (EPA) through BINDT.
Nomination arrangements: All apprentices, of Operator, Technician and Engineer level apprenticeships, will be automatically shortlisted for this award once they have passed their BINDT end-point assessment.
Using the EPA scoring sheets, the prize will be automatically awarded to the highest scoring apprentice. Any top scores that are tied would be referred to the Education and Professional Development Committee (EPD) to decide the winner.
They could then attend the conference, at their employer’s cost, or the exhibition, which is free of charge.
Awarding arrangements: The certificate and cheque would be awarded to the winner, at their choice of either the CM or NDT Annual Conference Dinner.
Committee: Education and Professional Development Committee.
Details of the award: The award will consist of a certificate, a cheque for £300 and an invitation to the NDT Annual Conference Dinner with one night’s accommodation.
Eligibility: An NDT apprentice who has completed their end-point assessment (EPA) through BINDT.
Nomination arrangements: All apprentices, of Operator, Technician and Engineer level apprenticeships, will be automatically shortlisted for this award once they have passed their BINDT end-point assessment.
Using the EPA scoring sheets, the prize will be automatically awarded to the highest scoring apprentice. Any top scores that are tied would be referred to the Education and Professional Development Committee (EPD) to decide the winner.
They could then attend the conference, at their employer’s cost, or the exhibition, which is free of charge.
Awarding arrangements: The certificate and cheque would be awarded to the winner, at their choice of either the CM or NDT Annual Conference Dinner.
Committee: Education and Professional Development Committee.
Winners
2024/2025 winner: Will Haywood
The Roger Lyon Apprentice of the Year Award for 2024/2025 has been won by Will Haywood.
Will is currently working within Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear to support the manufacture of heat
exchangers and ultimate diesel generators for EDF’s Hinkley Point C project. Since starting his journey in non-destructive testing (NDT) via the NDT Engineer degree apprenticeship, Will has had the opportunity to work across multiple high-integrity sectors including aerospace and nuclear, both for defence and civil applications. Will is particularly passionate about mentoring early career engineers on their journey, as well as driving wider collaboration and awareness of NDT between engineering functions. He is now preparing to pursue a master’s degree at the University of Cranfield in engineering and management to support his aspirations of becoming a senior leader within Rolls-Royce. Outside of work, Will enjoys playing golf and travelling around the world. 2018/2019 Lily O’Hare
2019/2020 Lily O’Hare
2020/2021 Lisa Grears
2021/2022 Matthew Beecroft
2022/2023 Joseph Brown
2023/2024 Greig Dobson
Details of all Institute awards can be found here.
