Building Plymouth Apprentice of the Year nominations are now OPEN!
Building Plymouth has officially launched the search to find Plymouth’s Trade and Technical Construction Apprentices of the Year 2027.
These annual awards recognise the importance of the construction and built environment industry for Plymouth and the part that employers’ and their apprentices play in ‘Building Plymouth’. The awards also seek to acknowledge the apprentice’s exceptional contribution to their workplace and appreciate their commitment to the apprenticeship experience.
Held in collaboration with the Plymouth Manufacturers’ Group, the awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday 10 February 2027 at Market Hall during National Apprenticeship Week and will see two overall construction winners recognised – The Ron Simmonds Trade Construction Apprentice of the Year and Building Plymouth Technical Construction Apprentice of the Year.
Ron Simmonds was a former Alderman and Mayor of the City and trained as an apprentice bricklayer – the trade trophy pays tribute to the contribution he has made to Plymouth. The technical shield was added in 2017 to celebrate the technical and higher-level apprentices working within construction and the built environment in Plymouth.
Nominations are open to both Plymouth residents (with home post codes within the Plymouth City Council boundary) and to those local apprentices who can evidence that they work in a regular Plymouth location (even if they live outside the Plymouth City Council boundary.) The nominees must be employed within the local construction and built environment sector who are working towards an Apprenticeship Programme (any level or specialism), or who have completed an Apprenticeship during the calendar year 2026.
There are no age restrictions.
How to enter:
• Complete the “Construction Apprentice of the Year Nomination Form” (please note the word count) and submit electronically to hello@buildingplymouth.co.uk
Please download the form and guidance document here:
Construction_Apprentice_of_the_Year_NominationForm 2026 (1).docx
• The closing date for entries – 5pm, Friday 11 December 2026
• We have organised a webinar to give you some hints and tips on how to complete the application to make it stand out! If you would like to attend please use the link here
• The Awards will be presented to the winners on Wednesday 10 February 2027