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ENNIS employer Ecolect Technical Services Limited has won a prestigious award at the 2022 Generation Apprenticeship Employer of the Year Awards, taking home a ‘pioneering micro-employer’ award at the ceremony.
Seven businesses from around the country have been crowned Generation Apprenticeship Employers of the Year by Simon Harris TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in an awards ceremony which took place on Thursday, December 8th, 2022 in the Morrison Hotel, Dublin.
Commenting on their award win, the Ecolect Technical Services Ltd Team, based on the Tulla Road, said, “Absolutely thrilled to be nominated for the award. Our apprentices are the future of our company and are key to its further growth and expansion”
Founded in 2001, Ecolect Technical Services Limited are a leading provider of innovative mechanical, electrical and instrumentation engineering solutions. It provides services to customers across sectors including Data Centres, Life Sciences, Industrial, Commercial, Substations and Renewables and operate across Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe. The company won the award in recognition of its example of a pioneering micro and small company that benefits apprentices.
The winning employers were selected under two themes, with 26 nominations drawn from micro and SME businesses under theme one, and 57 nominations drawn from micro, SME and large businesses under theme two.
Minister Harris said, “I want to congratulate Ecolect Technical Services Limited and all of the winners of the 2022 Generation Apprenticeship Employer of the Year Awards. The standard of entries and nominees reflects the high quality of the apprenticeship system here in Ireland, of which businesses and employers are the backbone.
“Without employers, there would be no apprenticeship system. We have ambitious aims for apprenticeship in this country, and in order to achieve those aims, we need the expertise, passion, training, support and guidance that employers provide.
“That is why today we are announcing new measures to support small and medium businesses take on apprentices. One More Job will be aimed at providing the help needed to ensure more companies can be part of the apprentice journey.”
The Generation Apprenticeship Employer of the Year awards showcase and celebrate the dedicated employers – now almost 9,000 in number, an increase from just over 6,000 in 2019, who employ apprentices across Ireland, and use apprenticeship as an important source of talent and skills.
The awards also celebrate the efforts employers are making to develop apprenticeship opportunities across a range of Irish industries; growing business, improving performance and efficiency, attracting and retaining talented, and developing forward-thinking individuals who thrive and form part of Ireland’s future skills talent.
