NDT 2023 Apprenticeship Day

Following the success of last year’s Apprenticeship Day at Materials Testing 2022, BINDT’s events team has expanded this section of the NDT 2023 conference to include a number of exciting new features and opportunities for all of the apprentices that have completed their apprenticeship programmes over the last year.

In order to recognise apprenticeship success, BINDT is inviting all apprentices that have successfully completed their end-point assessment (EPA) over the last year to the annual NDT 2023 conference, which is co-located with the CM 2023 conference in Northampton, UK. There will be a special NDT apprentice awards ceremony, a chance to hear from inspiring NDT professionals and apprenticeship case studies, as well as a tour through the NDT exhibition and a free two-course lunch.

The invitation is for Thursday 14 September 2023 and will consist of the below agenda, all of which will be free to attend.

We hope you would like to join us and, if you can attend, please confirm by email to Karen Cambridge (karen.cambridge@bindt.org) by Friday 7 July 2023 at the latest; this will ensure you are covered for attendance and catered for tea, coffee, lunch and cream tea.

Please note that the views expressed in this column are those of the author and do not represent the views of Skills Training UK or BINDT.

Sam Cunningham is with Skills Training UK and is a member of BINDT’s Education & Professional Development Committee, which oversees the development of the NDT apprenticeships.

Employers in England looking to recruit an apprentice can find up-to-date guidance at: www.gov.uk/recruit-apprentice

Details of the current apprenticeship vacancies in England are available at: www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship

Agenda – Thursday 14 September 2023Park Inn by Radisson Hotel, Silver Street, Northampton NN1 2TA
09.30-09.45 Meet and greet with Sam Cunningham
 Hotel foyer
10.00-11.20 Apprentice talks covering apprentice and employer experience
 Room C
11.20-12.00 Tea and Coffee and exhibits though the years
 Buckingham Suite
12.00-13.00 Special plenary talks – Chair: Dr W Gardner, UK
 NDT though the years: 1950s and 1960s, by D Wells, UK
 Ultrasonics and eddy current though the years: 1970s and 1980s, by A Wooldridge, UK
 NDT though the years: 1990s to the current day, by R Smith, UK
 Room A
13.00-14.15 Formal two-course lunch (starter and main) – Hotel restaurant
 Awards to be presented:
 The Len Gelman Award for CM
 The William Gardner Award
 The BINDT Annual Best Conference Paper Award
 Apprenticeship Prize Award Ceremony
14.15-16.15 Exhibits and demonstrations.
 Prizes will be given and presented for various competitions for the drones and the robots, followed by
 cream tea and 60th Annual Conference cake cut by David Gilbert, CEO of BINDT
 Buckingham Suite
16.15 Finish


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