CPA Bulletin

www.cpa.uk.net CPA Bulletin > August 2024 11 CPA President Brian Jones said: “Stars of the Future is one of the CPA’s flagship events and one that we’re very proud of. We’d like to congratulate all the nominees and winners - it’s a tremendous achievement in itself for apprentices to be nominated by their employer or training provider for a Stars of the Future award. Testimony to the success of the awards is that many previous Stars of the Future award winners have gone on to secure senior positions in the construction plant industry. “We would like to thank all our sponsors, without whom we simply could not stage such an event or reward our winners so considerably. Award winners received some fabulous prizes, including tool kits, machine training courses, iPads, an overseas trip to visit a Liebherr crane manufacturing plant in Germany, another overseas trip to one of Wolffkran’s manufacturing facilities in Luckau, Germany, and a VIP day courtesy of JCB. Special thanks also go to each and every one of our 13 judges for the time they took in going through all the nominations so thoroughly,” he continued. Stars of the Future had a two-tier judging process - the CPA selection panel and a panel of external judges who decided the eventual winners of each category. The external judging panel included Arran Willis of Liebherr-GB, Siôn Morgan Jones of ACOP Group, Kirsty Archbold-Laming of Southern Hoist Services, Leigh Sparrow of Vertikal Press, Graham Black of Earthmovers Magazine, Tim Brownbridge of BAM Nuttall, independent judge Rob Allen, Georgina Williams of JCB and Sean Scarah of Balfour Beatty. Graham Black, Editor of Earthmovers Magazine , who was part of the external judging panel, said: “It was a genuine honour to be asked to be a CPA Stars of the Future judge once again and the quality of the candidates was exceptional this year. Our job as judges was to identify the mega stars of the future and what often separates these high-achieving individuals is their video submission that they submit as part of their nomination. “One of the reasons for this long-standing event is to attract more Plant Mechanics, Plant Technicians, Plant Operators and other occupations into our industry. Stars of the Future has been a great success and it was fantastic to see so many outstanding individuals in the room during the awards ceremony,” he continued. ASSOCIATION NEWS: 4