Coca-Cola Europacific East Kilbride's first feminine engineer has been topped Scotland's Apprentice of the Yr 2022 after bottling success as a contemporary apprentice.
Jennifer Kolonko has pioneered new and modern options to engineering issues that lower waste and championed variety inside the firm.
In addition to the highest title, Jennifer’s achievements noticed her win the Fashionable Apprentice SCQF Stage 6+ class sponsored by the Younger Individual’s Assure at this 12 months's Scottish Apprenticeship Awards.
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Jennifer, from Hamilton, was topped the nation's high apprentice on the Scottish Apprenticeship Awards, which befell nearly on Wednesday, March 9 to recognise the resilience and laborious work of Basis, Fashionable and Graduate Apprentices.
Additionally they shine a highlight on these employers, suppliers and people who champion apprenticeships.
Jennifer was introduced winner by TV presenter Jennifer Reoch and former apprentice and Clyde 1 DJ Jonny Campbell. Talking on her win, Jennifer mentioned: “It makes me really feel very proud and I really feel like I need to promote to different folks to hitch apprenticeships.”
Sharon Blyfield, head of early careers on the agency, instructed Lanarkshire Dwell : “Throughout her apprenticeship, Jennifer performed an important position in main a undertaking to enhance mechanical effectivity throughout the positioning on the Capri-Solar line.
"She noticed a possibility to cut back the variety of jams.
"She designed and applied a system information to help colleagues in establishing the quickest routes to resolve points.
"It has drastically improved mechanical effectivity, decreasing waste by 30 per cent and producing as much as 10 per cent extra product.”
Jennifer has additionally accompanied senior members of employees at a Scottish Parliament open day to advertise the significance of apprenticeships throughout Scotland and acted as a Simply Be ambassador, an initiative which works to enhance inclusion and variety within the office.
Sharon mentioned: "As the primary feminine engineer on the East Kilbride web site, Jennifer is altering the narrative round engineering, an business that has historically been dominated by males.
"She’s paving the way in which for future feminine engineers to observe in her footsteps as apprentices, volunteering to speak in faculties and to younger folks in the neighborhood.”
Minister for increased training, additional training, youth employment and coaching, Jamie Hepburn mentioned: “The Scottish Apprenticeship Awards are a unbelievable option to have fun the voices of apprentices and their employers from throughout the size and breadth of the nation.
“Jennifer is a superb instance of how apprenticeships work for Scotland.”
Jennifer began her SCQF Stage 6 Fashionable Apprenticeship with the world's largest impartial Coca-Cola bottler in August 2017 and accomplished it in April 2021.
Her profession has gone from energy to energy and she or he is now a senior technical operator on the Capri-Solar line and is in accountable for two manufacturing traces.
Jennifer mentioned: “My Fashionable Apprenticeship has given me the data of the best way to do issues correctly and higher methods of drawback fixing and that is improved my confidence lots.
“Via the apprenticeship you get to work with skilled engineers and so they cross their data onto you.”
The Scottish Apprenticeship Awards befell throughout Scottish Apprenticeship Week from March 7 -11 to exhibit that apprenticeships work for folks, employers and Scotland's economic system.
Expertise Growth Scotland chairman Frank Mitchell mentioned: “In terms of supporting sustainable abilities via workforce improvement or offering alternatives for younger folks, we all know that apprenticeships work.
“The mix of dedication from employers and the backing of Scottish Authorities will guarantee apprenticeships work for everybody, making a big contributor to Scotland’s restoration and productiveness progress.”
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