{"id":1811,"date":"2026-04-09T08:41:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:41:34","slug":"vital-duo-named-as-besa-national-apprenticeship-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/?p=1811","title":{"rendered":"Vital Duo Named As BESA National Apprenticeship Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no\"><meta http-equiv=\"X-UA-Compatible\" content=\"IE=edge\"><meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><title>Vital Duo Named As BESA National Apprenticeship Finalists<\/title><meta name=\"description\" content=\"\"><meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"\"><meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\"><meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index,follow\"><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Vital Duo Named As BESA National Apprenticeship Finalists\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\"><meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"website\"><meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/media\/press-releases\/vital-duo-named-as-besa-national-apprenticeship-finalists\/\"><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vital Duo Named As BESA National Apprenticeship Finalists\"><meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-case-study rte\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-case-study__wrap\">\n<p>We are delighted to congratulate two of our Net Zero apprentices who have been announced as finalists in this year\u2019s BESA National Apprentice of the Year awards.<\/p>\n<p>Aidan Whetham and Ibrahim Qadir\u00a0 have both been announced as the only apprentices from their regions to be shortlisted in the national awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-image rte\" data-anchor=\"\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-image__wrap\">\n<div class=\"rich-text-image__img-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rich-text-image__img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/media\/pghbxc22\/besa-awards-52-copy.jpg?crop=0,0.066610434149438041,0,0.08261078716342804&amp;cropmode=percentage&amp;width=835&amp;height=474&amp;rnd=133397773688030000\" alt=\"BESA.Awards 52 Copy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-image__text-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Ibrahim Qadir collecting his certificate at the northwest BESA awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/javascript:\" class=\"js-read-more-rte read-more-btn\">Solution detail<span class=\"btn__link font-ico-plus\"><\/span><span class=\"btn__link font-ico-minus\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-case-study rte\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-case-study__wrap\">\n<p>Jenny Jackson, Vital Energi\u2019s Resources Manager explains, \u201cThese awards are extremely prestigious and very competitive, so we are delighted that both Ibrahim and Aidan have made the 8-person shortlist and we wish them, and all the other talented finalists, every success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Apprentices have enrolled on Vital Energi\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/careers\/apprenticeship-programmes\/\">Net Zero Apprenticeship<\/a> \u00a0and are currently taking their Building Services Technician Apprenticeship in partnership with the City of Liverpool College.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-image rte\" data-anchor=\"\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-image__wrap\">\n<div class=\"rich-text-image__img-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rich-text-image__img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/media\/fbgnmzg4\/aiden-whetham.jpg?anchor=center&amp;mode=crop&amp;width=835&amp;height=474&amp;rnd=133397775202830000\" alt=\"Aiden Whetham\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-image__text-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Aidan Whetham collecting his certificate at the Scottish BESA awards.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/javascript:\" class=\"js-read-more-rte read-more-btn\">Solution detail<span class=\"btn__link font-ico-plus\"><\/span><span class=\"btn__link font-ico-minus\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-case-study rte\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-case-study__wrap\">\n<p>Jenny Jackson continues, \u201cThe Net Zero sector faces a severe skills gap and our apprenticeship programme was designed to find, support, develop and retain the talented and enthusiastic individuals who will lead us to our net zero targets.\u00a0 We certainly feel that Ibrahim and Aidan will make a huge contribution to the green energy sector over the course of their careers and we\u2019re delighted their hard work and dedication have been recognised by BESA.<\/p>\n<p>Both apprentices will now head down to an awards ceremony in London in early October where the winner of the National Technical\/Project Engineer of the year will be announced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff Vital Duo Named As BESA National Apprenticeship Finalists We are delighted to congratulate two of our Net Zero apprentices who have been announced as finalists in this year\u2019s BESA National Apprentice of the Year awards. 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