Screwfix Trade Apprentice is back, entries now open

This year’s winner will receive a trade bundle worth £10,000, including £5,000 of tools, a £3,000 training budget, and £2,000 worth of technology

Entries for this year’s Screwfix Trade Apprentice competition are officially open! Returning for its twelfth year, Screwfix is searching to uncover the very best in emerging trade talent across the UK and Ireland.

The annual competition provides a national platform for trade apprentices to showcase their skills, share their views and reinforce the important role apprentices play in addressing the trade skills gap.

This year’s Screwfix Trade Apprentice champion will receive a career-boosting trade bundle worth £10,000, including £5,000 of tools, a £3,000 training budget, and £2,000 worth of technology.

Meanwhile, the winner’s college will also receive £2,000 worth of Screwfix vouchers to spend on new workshop equipment to further develop the next generation of trade professionals.

Dan O’Shea, an apprentice electrician from Longford in Ireland, was crowned Trade Apprentice 2025. At 20, Dan impressed judges with his passion for renewable technologies and his hope to encourage even more young people to enter the industry.

Commenting on his win, Dan said: “Winning the Screwfix Trade Apprentice was such an honour, but it was really only the start.

“My entry took no more than 15 minutes, and never in a million years did I think it would lead to this. I look forward to keeping a close eye on the competition to see who will be crowned the next Screwfix Trade Apprentice champion.”

Free to enter, Screwfix Trade Apprentice 2026 is now open to all trade apprentices who are currently enrolled at college, either on a part-time placement with an employer, or as a full-time college student.

Apprentices can apply themselves or be nominated by their college or employer. All applicants must be over 16.

 Apply at Screwfix.com/SFTA. Entries are open until midnight on Sunday, 15^th February.