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
2023/2024 winner: Greig Dobson
The Roger Lyon Apprentice of the Year Award for 2023/2024 has been won by Greig Dobson.
Greig started an NDT Engineer Level 6 degree apprenticeship in 2019 when he was working as a Plant Inspector for EET Fuels (Essar Oil UK Ltd), who own and operate the Stanlow Oil Refinery. His previous studies included a Level 3 apprenticeship in process engineering maintenance and a Higher National Certificate (HNC) in mechanical engineering. Through his Level 6 apprenticeship, Greig attained a first-class BEng (Hons) in non-destructive testing from the University of Northampton and achieved an overall distinction in the apprenticeship, completing the end-point assessment at the end of March 2023. Greig worked as the non-destructive testing (NDT) focal point for several years while undertaking plant inspections and upon completing the apprenticeship was able to achieve the role of Non-Destructive Testing Engineer at EET Fuels. Greig’s technical responsibility, spanning the whole site, includes applying advanced technologies and innovative methodologies to overcome refinery challenges, developing and maintaining procedures related to NDT techniques, ensuring optimised application to in-service inspection requirements and leading work to develop and authorise the use of new and innovative NDT methods. Greig has developed a particular skill identifying a wide spectrum of stress corrosion cracking mechanisms using phased array and spends a lot of his time reviewing inspection and phased array data in relation to service-related defects. Other aspects of his work include reviewing technical scopes of work for challenging inspections and engineering critical assessments and driving improvements in method choices and applications.
Greig considers receiving the Roger Lyon Apprentice of the Year Award a great honour and is looking forward to future projects and learning opportunities within the NDT industry.
Past winners:
2018/2019 Lily O’Hare
2019/2020 Lily O’Hare
2020/2021 Lisa Grears
2021/2022 Matthew Beecroft
2022/2023 Joseph Brown
Details of all Institute awards can be found here.
