2022 Apprentice Challenge now open for registrations

Join this year's Challenge to develop your skills, win £2,000 and exhibit your work at the TMMX awards!

Registration is simple; gather your team of up to six apprentices, compete the free registration form on the Challenge website before 7 February 2022 and then start brainstorming your project.

The objective for teams is to design and manufacture a product that automates a task in the home or garden. It could be a device to help get you out of bed in the morning or it could be something to make an otherwise boring task easier and quicker to do. The limit is your imagination!

All teams will produce and submit a report that includes a full design specification, manufacturing instructions, user manual and business case, developing engineering skills and experience on a project that is as close to the real world as possible. Feedback will be provided by a judging panel of senior engineers across different industries.

The prototypes will be judged at the finals event in September, where teams will present their working prototypes and the champions of this year's Apprentice Automation Challenge will be crowned. As well as a trophy and cash prize, they will go on to exhibit their work at the prestigeous TMMX Awards, organised by Challenge supporters The Manufacturer.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Apprentice Automation Challenge team and we look forward to receiving your team's application before the 7 February 2022 deadline.