WORLDSKILLS
AUGUST 22 – 27 2019 KAZAN 2019
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A tribute to the team - from FE Week is the only newspaper dedicated to the further education and skills sector in England. competitors to admin crew
Editor: Nick Linford Head Designer: Nicky Phillips managers. his take on events. An impressive cast of industry Then, we introduce you to the Designer: Simon Kay Fraser professionals, many of whom are former competitors and training managers who Commissioning Editor: competitors, the training managers focus performed so admirably to make the UK JL Dutant their charges’ existing skillset towards the proud. Whieldon competition tests. What follows is our account of the four Sub Editor: Sarah Wise Reporter Those long hours spent practising and days of competition, from the progress Chief Reporter: Billy Camden learning though, can have a toll on the competitors made on the first day to the Reporter: Fraser Whieldon team members. end of competing on day four. Sales Team Leader: Bridget Stockdale t has been a long journey for Team UK So, it is to the immense credit of For anyone who missed the breath- to get to Kazan and I’ve been privileged WorldSkills UK’s team leaders for lifting taking closing ceremony – never fear! Administration: Georgina Heath Ienough to spend some of it with them. competitors’ moods when it all goes pear- We have all the highlights from Russia’s EA To Managing Director & Financials: They are a truly amazing bunch, the shaped, and maintaining the morale of the fabulous farewell to WorldSkills. Victoria Boyle team, drawn from any number of different team. And we have all the medal and backgrounds and skillsets, bound by a But neither they, nor the competitors medallion results announced on the night common purpose of representing their or the training managers, would have of the ceremony, along with pictures of all Managing director: Shane Mann home on the international stage. made it to Kazan without the legion of the UK’s winners. And what a job they did! Two gold administrative staff at WorldSkills UK But WorldSkills isn’t just about the If you are interested in placing a medals, one silver, one bronze, 15 organising everything. victories, which is why we have two product or job advert contact medallions of excellence. A real tour de So, this supplement is a tribute to pages devoted to interviews with the new force. everyone who made this great national WorldSkills International president, and E: [email protected] Despite the many hours the 37 success story happen. his predecessor, and a report of what T: 020 81234 778 competitors have poured into honing We start with the road competitors took Team UK got up to when they took in their skills however, they would not to Kazan, as well as a piece by WorldSkills a performance of Hamlet at a Russian have got this far without their training UK boss Neil Bentley-Gockmann giving school.
’d like to pass on my huge in partnership with Pearson, found congratulations to everyone who that two in three businesses (68 per Itook part in the WorldSkills 2019 cent) expect the need for staff with event in Kazan, Russia last month and Cindy higher level skills to grow in the years offer a special mention to Team UK ahead, but more than half of those who scooped two golds, one silver, one surveyed feared that they will not be bronze and 15 medallions of excellence. Rampersaud able to access enough workers with the WorldSkills is held every year with required skills. competitors from around the world to Senior Vice President for BTEC and The pace of change and technological demonstrate their excellence in a range Apprenticeships at Pearson advancement is accelerating fast, and of different skilled trades. students around the world will need to As the global hub for skills excellence, be prepared if they are to flourish. They WorldSkills has an important role will need a love of learning, as well in bringing together young people, as great careers advice, support and education providers, governments, and mentoring. Most of all, they will need a industry to celebrate the power and WorldSkills 2019 and the mindset and a skillset to thrive in this importance of vocational education. brave new world. And research shows there has never Events such as WorldSkills, that been a more important time to promote future of work and skills showcase such a huge and impressive excellence in skills both in the UK and array of talent from across the globe, worldwide. prove that if we get skills education The workforce of today is shaping right (and based on what we saw in up to look very different from the if education can deliver these skills it continuous learning will be crucial to Kazan, it seems we are) there should be workforce of tomorrow. Technologies won’t just help individuals; it will also flourishing in a changing world of work. nothing to fear. such as artificial intelligence and have a positive impact on society in Many jobs of the future have yet to be automation are transforming the terms of social mobility too. invented and it is likely that multiple way we work and live, and the global Here at Pearson, we commissioned careers will be the norm. The need to economy will demand thinkers who can the Future of Skills: Employment in 2030 develop skills to help us to flex, adapt act and work effectively with others, report in 2017 with researchers from and prepare for this ‘yet-to-be-imagined’ and practitioners who can think as Nesta and the Oxford Martin School. future will be essential. well as practice the hard and soft skills The report showed that the importance Employers too have a stake. A recent to do a great job. As a knock-on effect, of skills and a culture of lifelong survey of CBI member companies, also @PEARSON @FEWEEK WWW.FEWEEK.CO.UK 3 JOURNEY TO KAZAN
eaching Kazan airport in the dead the competitors would have to be up at 6.30 for of night on Monday was a massive yoga and stretching. Rmilestone for many on Team UK, who Their training managers, many of whom are had spent years training for the competition former competitors themselves, helped the that lay ahead of them. competitors get acquainted with what would WorldSkills is a biennial competition be expected of them in Kazan. that took place this year from Friday 23 to WorldSkills UK deputy chief executive Ben Monday 26 August in the Russian city of Blackledge said: “The WorldSkills UK training Kazan. managers are the unsung heroes behind the It featured over a thousand competitors success of Team UK. from 63 countries taking part in 56 “With every medal and medallion, we competitions based around trade skills. brought home from Russia there is a familiar Team UK fielded 37 competitors in 32 story of hundreds of hours of world class competitions, chasing gold, silver or bronze training developed and delivered by these medals in such varied disciplines as visual Team UK in Charles de Gaulle Airport skilled training managers. merchandising, restaurant service, and “The knowledge and experience that they plastering and drywall systems. Kazan had been whittled down from 150 set will get better. bring continues to yield success not just at this The eyes and expectations of their home apprentices and learners from all around “It’s going to come down to their year’s Skills Olympics but across many years. nations were upon them after the last the country, after heats in March and April. interpersonal skills, time management “We thank these industry icons.” WorldSkills competition, held in Abu Dhabi FE Week visited one of these selection problem-solving and how they deal with Before the team set off for Kazan, a special in 2017, where the UK came tenth in the total battles, in Nottingham in March, to see the pressure.” send-off event was held in Parliament where medal points chart. rigour for ourselves. Once the final team was chosen, the then skills minister Anne Milton told they In 2017, Team UK earned one gold medal, There, we met the training manager competitors were put through their paces at competitors there were about to face the three silver medals, three bronze medals for car painting, Richard Wheeler, who a boot camp at Loughborough University, “biggest challenge” of their lives. and 13 medallions for excellence. was having to choose between two good where they were trained by a number of She told Team UK and their families she The gold was won by Kaiya Swain, after candidates for the squad: “Over the period professional coaches. was “incredibly proud” of them, and that she was voted the world’s best young beauty of 18 months, I have been training these Competitors were taught how to diet, they are now ambassadors not just for their therapist. guys up in frequent intervals. They will exercise and sleep to get them in prime chosen skill but for all young people across the Those team members who made it to obviously go away, practise, and their skill condition and then each morning in Kazan, country. IT’S BACK TO THE CLASSROOM FOR TEAM UK WITH VISIT TO RUSSIAN SCHOOL
eam UK took in a performance of science experiment, where they mixed English!” a pole the fastest, and a version of Blind Hamlet and even enjoyed a sports day hydrochloric acid with magnesium to see But the school was not finished with Man’s Bluff where a blindfolded competitor Ton a visit to a Kazan school before it hiss and bubble. them yet – there was also a dance from had to figure out where a bucket was so competing began at WorldSkills 2019. They also got the chance to paint a some younger pupils and a mini-sports they could hit it with a stick. A traditional part of the WorldSkills wooden model of a tulip, which is the day. Team UK leader Greg Houghton thanked event is when each country’s team visits national flower of the state of Tatarstan, This involved Team UK taking part in the school, saying: “It is a great life a school in their host country, so Team where Kazan is located (pictured below). activities like egg and spoon races, seeing experience for our competitors to come UK were welcomed to School No 9 in the Beauty therapy competitor Rebecca who can carry two buckets of water on here and meet some of the students.” suburbs of Kazan. West said: “It’s nice to see a different kind A graduate of the school helping out on of school and learn about what they do and the day, Alex, said: “At first, I was very to see their performances. surprised to see someone interested in our “And how good they are at speaking school. “But now I’m very glad people can see how it is to be in our school and experience a piece of our culture.” Inside the school, each country gave a presentation on their homeland – the school pupils on Russia and Kazan and Team UK on England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. And there was a performance by the pupils of scenes from Shakespeare’s Hamlet and songs by the Beatles, finishing with a collaborative rendition of With A Little Help From My Friends. After that, the team was ushered into classrooms to take part in a Team UK having an egg and spoon race at the school 4 www.pearson.com/uk/ WORLDSKILLS KAZAN 2019
GLITTERING OPENING CEREMONY KICKS OF WORLDSKILLS KAZAN
Team UK at the opening ceremony
The team baking the bread at the opening ceremony
eam UK flew the flag at the dazzling the world’s only android with citizenship Entertainment was provided by various opening ceremony for WorldSkills and a passport. musical acts, such as Yolka, Alexander TKazan 2019. Through a tailor-made app, the attendees Panayotov, Yan Ge, and the indie band Competitors from England, Scotland, could witness the spectacle with augmented Therr Maitz, and around 300 dancers. Wales and Northern Ireland joined a parade reality. The pyramid eventually opened up to of national teams at the opening of the At one point, this featured a giant whale reveal a pulsing red column, with what ceremony, and were cheered on by family, swimming towards the audience before looked like circuitry racing up its sides, friends and team experts. vanishing in a huge gush of water. and dancers waving the flags of all the said his country was “very proud” of it. More than 50,000 people attended the Throughout the show, bakers on a portable participating countries. After his speech, the WorldSkills flag was ceremony, which was held at the Kazan kitchen travelled around the arena, baking The competition was officially opened by raised next to that of the Russian Federation Arena the day before the tournament, a traditional Russian loaf on a mobile oven Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev, – officially inaugurating the start of the Thursday 22 August. and grain mill on a mocked-up tractor. who said WorldSkills “has grown into competition. People in the UK could watch it live on Three experts and three competitors tasted a competition for the future, forming a WorldSkills president Simon Bartley also the internet, or enjoy a special broadcast by the bread when it was completed before the diverse multicultural and international addressed the audience and said: “What our WorldSkills UK on SKY 192 and Freesat 161. end of the show. platform where participants can work, competitors show is that skills change lives. The audience were treated to live musical At the centre of the arena was a giant, compete, and communicate”. “That they can transform societies and and dance performances, as well as an upside-down pyramid, which the acts This is the first time Russia has hosted economies, and bring prosperity and appearance by Saudi Arabia’s Robot Sophia, incorporated into their performances. a WorldSkills competition, and Medvedev stability across all the world’s continents.” @PEARSON @FEWEEK WWW.FEWEEK.CO.UK 5
GLITTERING OPENING CEREMONY KICKS OF WORLDSKILLS KAZAN
Kazan Arena during the opening ceremony
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MEET TEAM UK
CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
This sector covers all of the skills associated the electrical installers had to fit the complex with the construction sector. wiring systems. Competitors in this field had to do And while the plumbing and heating everything involved in a building project from competitors kept occupants warm, the the foundation, grounds, building, finishing refrigeration and air conditioning team were and maintaining all sorts of buildings. there for when it needed to be cool. For example, the landscape gardeners Thirteen skills featured in this category, and had to sort out the backyard while the Team UK had a competitor in 12 of them, with cabinet makers furnished the indoors and the exception being concrete construction work.
Architectural Stonemasonry Training manager
Ethan Conlon Marc Pate
Employer: Employer: APS Masonry Man of Stone Provider: Bath College Joinery competitor Christopher Caine
Bricklaying Training manager Landscape Gardening
Lewis Greenwood Michael Burdett Samuel Taylor
Employer: Employer: Employer: PDS construction York College Garden TLC Provider: Training manager Provider: York College Myerscough College Simon Abbott
Employer: Abbott Landscapes Cabinet Making Training manager Landscape Gardening
Owen Aldous Christian Notley MBE Shea McFerran
Employer: Employer: Employer: Callow & Co Chichester College Logan Landscape Provider: Provider: Chichester College CAFRE
Carpentry Training manager Painting and Decorating Training manager
Jack Goodrum Gareth Evans Callum Bonner Michael Swan
Employer: Employer: Employer: Employer: Peter Goodrum Ltd University of Wales Trinity Clackmannanshire council Dundee and Angus College Provider: St David – Construction Provider: The College of West Anglia Wales Innovation Centre Forth Valley College of Further and Higher Education
Electrical Installation Training manager Plastering and Drywall Systems Training manager
Thomas Lewis Gareth Jones Curtis Johnson David Kehoe
Employer: Employer: Employer: Employer: Blue Electrical Coleg Gwent Self-employed British Gypsum Provider: Provider: Cardiff and Vale College SERC
Joinery Training manager Plumbing and Heating Training manager
Christopher Caine Andrew Pengelly Thomas Thomas Ronald Ferris
Employer: Employer: Thomas has a BTEC in Employer: DH Carpentry & Joinery Chichester College Business Studies - Merit n/a Provider: Pembrokeshire College Employer: Aer Cymru Provider: Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor @PEARSON @FEWEEK WWW.FEWEEK.CO.UK 7
Floristry competitor Elizabeth Newcombe MEET TEAM UK
Refrigeration Training manager
Orlando Rawlings Mark Forsyth
Employer: Employer: Daikin UK Coriolis International Ltd Provider: Grimsby Institute of Further Education and Higher Education
Wall and Floor Tiling Training manager
Mark Scott Paul Doran CREATIVE ARTS
Employer: Employer: AND FASHION J McGoldrick & Sons Ltd Southern Regional College Provider: City of Glasgow College Fine arts and fashionable design and creation One category entered by the team this are all included in this sector, which has six time around, unlike 2017, was floristry, with skills. Elizabeth Newcombe. It covers everything from multimedia The UK has, in the past, done well in this creative, interior decoration and fashion. section – winning silver in visual merchandising Team UK entered competitors in more than in 2017. half of the areas. The categories not entered Elizabeth had previously secured a are fashion technology, and graphic design medallion for excellence at EuroSkills 2018, technology. before her WorldSkills debut this year.
3D Digital Game Art Training manager
Patrick Buckley Mike Spence
Employer: Employer: n/a Arcademic Ltd Provider: INFORMATION AND West Cheshire College COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY Floristry Training manager Cloud computing competitor Eduard Adam Elizabeth Newcombe Jane Benefield
The information and communication technologies. Employer: Employer: Self-employed Moreton Morrell College technology sector encompasses everything Five skills feature in this category including Provider: from network creation and maintenance, cloud computing and cyber security, which were Guildford College to development and finishing information the only ones contested by Team UK this year.
Cloud Computing Training manager Visual Merchandising Visual Merchandising
Eduard Adam Wei Jie Konnar Doyle Julianne Lavery
Employer: Employer: Employer: Employer: n/a University of West London n/a University of Westminster Provider: Provider: Bradford College City of Glasgow College
Cyber Security (team competition)
Kyle Woodward
Kyle has a BTEC in IT (Networking and systems support) Training manager Provider: Kamadchisundaram Cardiff and Vale College Sureshkumar
Employer: NESCOT Cyber Security (team competition)
Adrian Cybulski
Employer: n/a Provider: Glasgow Clyde College
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Mechatronics competitors Jack Dakin and Danny Slater
Manufacturing Team Challenge
Andrew Joyce
Employer: Carnaud metalbox Provider: MANUFACTURING Stegta
AND ENGINEERING Manufacturing Team Challenge Training manager TECHNOLOGY Isaac Khan Daytun Unitt Employer: Employer: Carnaud metalbox Coleg Cambria The biggest of all the sectors, manufacturing mobile robotics, plastic die engineering, Provider: Stegta and engineering technology covers 15 polymechanics and automation, prototype skilled areas that are related to industrial modelling, water technology and welding. development and creation. Team UK won a bronze medal in Manufacturing Team Challenge Team UK entered in six categories: CNC mechatronics and mechanical engineering milling, CNC turning, construction metal CAD at EuroSkills 2018, and our competitors James Thomason work, electronics, manufacturing team for both of those disciplines returned for Employer: challenge, mechanical engineering CAD, and WorldSkills 2019. Carnaud metalbox mechatronics. A medallion for excellence was also Provider: Stegta The areas it did not enter were: industrial awarded to UK welder Scott Kerr at that control, industrial mechanic millwright, competition.
Chemical laboratory technician Training manager Mechanical Engineering: CAD Training manager
Tonicha Jade Roberts Dr Dirk Wildeboer Ross Megahy Barry Skea
Tonicha has a BTEC Employer: Employer: Employer: Level 3 in Applied Middlesex University University of Strathclyde New College Lanarkshire Science (Forensic Science) Provider: Employer: New College Lanarkshire and Eurofins Forensic Services University of Strathclyde
CNC Milling Training manager Mechatronics Elliott Dawson Mike Watson Jack Dakin
Employer: Employer: Employer: Fort Vale GKN Aerospace Toyota Manufacturing UK Provider: Provider: Training manager Training 2000 Limited Toyota Manufacturing UK Calum Knott
Employer: CNC Turning Training manager Mechatronics Festo Didactic
Jack McCarthy Adam Youens Danny Slater
Jack has a BTEC Employer: Employer: Level 2 & 3 in Coleg Cambria Toyota Manufacturing UK mechanical engineering Provider: Provider: Toyota Manufacturing UK DMG MORI UK
Construction Metal Work Training manager
Tyler Atkinson Andy Whitehouse
Employer: Employer: WEC Group LTD Dudley College of Technology Provider: Burnley College
Electronics Training manager
Thomas Andrews Steven Williams
Employer: Employer: Sonardyne Int Ltd Gower College Swansea Provider: Alton College Chemical laboratory technology competitor Tonicha Roberts @PEARSON @FEWEEK WWW.FEWEEK.CO.UK 9 MEET TEAM UK
Hairdressing competitor Phoebe McLavy TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL SERVICES
Skills covered in this category are related to the personal care, such as beauty therapy, hotel service industry. reception, hairdressing, as well as health and An incredibly varied area and one that’s social care. probably the tastiest, was social and personal Team UK had competitors in all categories services. This included competitions in the food except bakery and health and social care. and beverage industry, such as the restaurant The UK has traditionally done well in this Car painting competitor Conor McKevitt service, bakery, cookery and patisserie area, scoring gold medals in beauty therapy tournaments. at WorldSkills 2017 and EuroSkills 2018, and And it also covered those in hospitality and bronze in hairdressing at EuroSkills. Six skills from the transportation world are skills, but didn’t enter anyone for automobile covered in this sector, which includes creating, technology, freight forwarding, heavy vehicle repairing and maintaining transportation maintenance or autobody repair. Beauty Therapy Training manager vehicles. Autobody repair was a success story of the Rebecca West Jenna Wrathall Bailey MBE Transportation in these competitions could UK at WorldSkills 2017, where competitor mean anything, from repainting a small family Andrew Gault picked up a bronze medal. Employer: Employer: Donagheys Garage Jenna Wrathall Bailey Training hatchback to repairing a helicopter so that it’s But the team surpassed itself in car painting, Provider: fit to take to the skies. with Daryl Head earning a silver medal. North West Regional College Team UK had a competitor in three of the
Cooking Training manager Aircraft Maintenance Training manager Haydn Jakes Sam Everton Sean Owens Martin Yates Haydn has BTEC Qualifications in Level 2 Public Services, Level Employer: Employer: 2 Aviation Studies, Level 3 Engineering and Employer: Crwst Council SO Consultancy Level 3 Aeronautical Engineering n/a Provider: Employer: Marshall Aerospace and Pembrokeshire College Defence Group Provider: Nottingham University
Hairdressing Training manager Automobile technology Training manager
Phoebe McLavy Linzi Weare Declan Porter Barry McDaid
Employer: Employer: Employer: Employer: Morgan Edward Salon Reds Hair Company Donagheys Garage North West Regional College Provider: Provider: Coleg Sir Gar North West Regional College
Restaurant Services Training manager Car Painting Training manager
Collette Gorvett Dr Shyam Patiar MBE Conor McKevitt Richard Wheeler
Employer: Employer: Employer: Employer: n/a n/a Wrights Accident Repair Centre Coleg Gwent Provider: Provider: Gower College Swansea Riverpark Training 10 www.pearson.com/uk/ WORLDSKILLS KAZAN 2019
DAY ONE – TEAM UK GET IN THE GROOVE
eam UK made a good start on the road styles much, but a little bit of each style, to medal success, when hairdressing so I just incorporated them into the plan,” Tand cabinet making both made strong Phoebe said. progress after the end of the first day of the Watching Phoebe on her first day was four-day WorldSkills 2019 competition. her tutor from Coleg Sir Gar, Adrienne Speaking to FE Week, hairdresser Chick, who had spoken to Phoebe the night Phoebe McLavy said the day went “really, before and described her as being in “good really well”. spirits”. “I am really pleased with the tests I have “She has worked hard for this and I think done, so I am feeling very confident, very Phoebe is someone who takes things in her excited and ready for tomorrow”. stride, one day at a time.” FE Week first interviewed Phoebe at Adrienne added that: “As long as she her training salon, Reds Hair Company enjoys it and does her best, that’s all that in Gloucestershire, amidst an 85-day matters.” preparation course for the tournament, With Adrienne was Nicola Grant-Rees where she was competing against over 30 from Gell College, who tutored restaurant others. service competitor Collette Gorvette. The course also involved taking part in She said Collette had been on “a fantastic Manufacturing team challenge competitor James Thomason competitions in Thailand and Canada, and journey”. practising various cuts, including a wet “She’s totally committed for this and shave and bridal hair. even put her career on hold for it.” bosses from interiors and joinery company On day one of the competition she had Team UK’s cabinet maker Owen Aldous Callow and Co, George Callow and Luke to do a men’s cut and dye the hair of a competed on day one against roughly 30 Griffiths, both of whom are former She’s totally mannequin, as well as cut and colour other people. WorldSkills competitors. committed for female hair in a ‘fashionable style’. While under the watchful eyes of his Ex-cabinet making hopefuls Luke, who “I had not practised the competed at WorldSkills 2009 in Calgary, this and even and George, who won gold at WorldSkills put her career Cabinet making competitor Owen Aldous 2013 in Leipzig, said their employee had “matured very quickly” after joining on hold for it WorldSkills UK, and it was a “great experience for him”. Although he did not spot them while he too short, so he will have to make it longer. was competing, Owen, who like his two He was due to face a speed test as well, employers, is from Chichester College, said: but the day’s competing in cabinet making “It was really nice for them to be here, as was cut short when the afternoon sun we had a good chat about techniques.” streaming in through the windows of the Besides that, Owen believed the day went hall they were competing in meant some “quite well,” and was only let down by a participants could not see what they were couple of mistakes. doing. He was tasked with making a side table Regardless, Owen said he was still with two doors and a drawer in the bottom, confident going into the second day: “It and he cut a groove in the wrong place so should be OK by the end and it’s too late to it would be showing; and he cut something get annoyed by it.”
Team UK outside the Kazan Kremlin @PEARSON @FEWEEK WWW.FEWEEK.CO.UK 11
DAY TWO – DINING OUT ON WORLD-CLASS SKILLS
FE Week reporter Fraser Whieldon sampled Team UK was represented in the the high life by taking part in the restaurant restaurant service competition by Collette service competition at WorldSkills 2019 Gorvette of Gell College. in Kazan. However, competition rules forbade us from being served by a competitor from or someone whose idea of fine dining is our home country – so having arrived at eating pasta at the kitchen table, rather the fine dining area, myself and three other Fthan in bed in front of the telly, I was a diners were escorted to our table by our little sceptical of it and wondered whether I server, French competitor Louis Cozette. would enjoy all the pomp and ceremony. He first brought us bread and served Nevertheless, I kept my reservation at some water, along with a shot of vodka the restaurant service competition area for (it was Russia after all!) and then the 11am, from when I would be served a four- Gewürztraminer wine for our salmon and course meal. caviar aperitif, which was served on a My apprehension was not lessened when, teaspoon. on approach, I saw the competitors crafting That was followed by a shrimp cocktail elaborate shapes out of napkins – what’s for a first course; a Russian okroshka the point of that, I wondered. They would soup consisting of raw vegetables, boiled be unravelled as soon as we sat down! potatoes, eggs, and cooked meat for second My reason for this brief foray into the course; a beef stroganoff with a glass of high life was that fine dining is one of the cabernet sauvignon for third; and a cheese areas of the WorldSkills restaurant service board paired with a ruby port for the Restaurant service competitor Collette Gorvett competition, which also includes coffee, fourth and final course. bar service and casual dining. All of the meals, by the way, were
prepared by Louis next to the table – However, it wasn’t me he needed to and were to die for. As was the booze impress, it was the experts, who were – I squirrelled away a note of the checking every detail. Gewürztraminer’s brand for the purposes They even tested the temperature of the of good journalism and to see if I could plates Louis was serving the food on, and pick up a bottle after I flew home… corrected him when he tried to serve us And it was my immense a selection of cheeses rather than the full disappointment as a Team UK supporter board. to find… that Louis was very good. Whilst I doubt that I’m going to be giving Attentive, helpful and informative, up my own approach to fine dining, I am he kept everyone’s glass topped up, he much closer to becoming a convert to answered my question about why he Louis’ way than I was before. twice distilled the Cabernet Sauvignon Yes, there is a lot of pomp and ceremony (it’s basically to artificially age the wine), and yes, I had to keep telling myself not to and did not wait until my mouth was full put my elbows on the table, but it is a great of food to ask if I was enjoying my meal. experience – and free as well!
Fraser Whieldon (far right) pictured at the fine dining
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DAY 3 - THOMAS FLUSH WITH SUCCESS AS HE STEAMS PAST THE FINISH LINE
he day before the WorldSkills 2019 been. skills. Irish competitor Ruairí competition ended, Team UK’s “Then I thought I had to go for it and Grealish was the competitor whose Tplumbing and heating competitor get it done. I really pulled it together and bar service skills were tested on our Thomas Thomas soldered his last joint managed to get it all finished.” group. it’s a table of two and consists of only two and bent his last pipe in the final test of his Thomas was keen to thank everyone that He had to prepare cocktails for our party: courses. discipline. has helped him, including his college Coleg a Singapore sling, a vodka martini and a Myself and my dining partner both On his third and final day, the Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, his training manager screwdriver. had salmon with baby potatoes, cherry Meirion-Dwyfor learner had to finish Ronald Ferris, and WorldSkills UK. I do not know if they get marked on their tomatoes and creamy sauce with caviar constructing a toilet room and a speed test. He was not the only one to finish on day panache in this test, but if so, Ruairí would for our main course; and cheesecake for As he finished, a throng of Team UK three, however; also crossing the line was receive good marks: he had good patter dessert. supporters gathered by his work station CNC turning competitor Jack McCarthy with us, had plenty of the party tricks like It was served to us by French competitor and burst into applause. who, like Thomas, received a rapturous catching the ice in a glass to entertain with, Louis Cozette… hold on a second. After Thomas came to greet them, reception from a crowd of UK supporters. and spoke knowledgably about the drinks Yes, the same guy who served us at fine roaring in delight and draped in a Union Beforehand though, FE Week had he was preparing. dining also served me at casual dining – flag, he told FE Week: “I can’t believe I another go at the restaurant service And I’m sure they tasted great too. what are the chances! actually managed to finish. competition – this time: bar service and Unfortunately, we were only allowed a The meal itself was of as good a quality “The first two days could have gone casual dining. sip before being rushed off to take part in as the fine dining food was, and the setting better. I was second-guessing myself and Along with fine dining and coffee, these casual dining. was much more my speed than the fine did not feel as confident as I should have are two other tests of the competitors’ This test is much like fine dining, except dining. TEAM UK HELPS BUILD TOILET ROOMS FOR RUSSIAN ORPHANS
eam UK plumbing and heating help build the facilities for Derbyshkinskiy competitor Thomas Thomas joined with Orphanage in Kazan. Tformer WorldSkills rivals to build three Thomas told FE Week he was “happy toilet rooms for a Russian orphanage. to be involved,” adding: “It sounds like a Following three days of competition, the really good thing they are doing.” plumbing and heating competitors worked Open since 1976, the orphanage cares for Manufacturing team challenge competitor Isaac Khan as a team with their training managers to 179 special needs children and teenagers between the ages of four and 23. Residents are provided with social adaptation help, education, medical care and work experience by the 171 staff who work there. Outgoing WorldSkills International president Simon Bartley said: “We are so pleased competitors from so many nations have come together to improve the plumbing and fresh water systems of a local orphanage. “This project brings together young people from across the globe to use their skills for the good of others in the host community. “It’s a real example of how skills changes lives.” After the toilet rooms were built on the Monday of the tournament, they were Plastering and drywall systems challenge Thomas Thomas and his training installed between Wednesday 28 August manager Ronald Ferris competitor Curtis Johnson Architectural stonemasonry competitor Ethan Conlon and Saturday 31 August. @PEARSON @FEWEEK WWW.FEWEEK.CO.UK 13
DAY 4 - TEAM UK RALLY AS THEY CROSS THE FINISHING LINE
eam UK finished WorldSkills 2019 with thunderous applause and deafening Tcheers from a caravan of supporters. A crowd of fellow competitors, team leaders, family members, friends and WorldSkills UK leaders cheered and clapped as each of the 35 competitors finished on the final day. Floristry competitor Elizabeth Automobile technology competitor Declan Porter Newcombe, who finished shortly after 3pm, said she was “overwhelmed” by the support, while Rebecca West thanked her supporters in an emotional interview straight after she had finished her beauty help him in his future career – calling therapy competition earlier in the day. WorldSkills a “life experience”. “I’m feeling very overwhelmed, but Painting and decorating competitor happy with my performance today,” she Callum Bonner took time out after he said. “I want to say thank you to all of my finished his tests to tell FE Week how training team – especially my training one of his pieces, a mural of a man up a manager Jenna – and all of my supporters ladder painting the Russian flag had been at home.” inspired by Banksy. As numerous competitions were Asked which of the pieces he was Chemical laboratory technology competitor Tonicha Roberts finishing on the fourth day, many of which most proud of, he said “all of them, to at the same time, supporters communicated be honest. I think I’ve done well with via a number of WhatsApp group chats to competitor Chris Caine, who said he was Jack Goodrum said he was “over the everything.” ensure there was a good crowd to cheer on “happy overall” with the way he had moon” after he finished his carpentry It was a long day for the supporters, each competitor as they finished. finished his piece, which he had completed competition and “couldn’t be happier” he who were joined throughout the day This roving group bounced around the over four days - less time than it would take managed to get to compete at WorldSkills. by a growing band of competitors after competition halls, armed with Union flags, in his day job. “Feeling positive” about the result of they had finished, with the competitions horns and chants. Chemical laboratory technician Tonicha his labours was refrigeration and air running until just before 7pm. Hairdresser Phoebe McLavy was among Roberts was surrounded by supporters and conditioning competitor Orlando Rawlings, This marked the unofficial end of the first to finish on the final day, and felt flags when she said her competition had after he “cracked on” and “managed to get the competition, but the official closing her tests went “really, really well” and she been a “rollercoaster”. a lot done” on the final day. ceremony, where medals would be was pleased with what she had done after According to Tonicha, the first day had Eduard Adam found his cloud computing presented to those chosen few who had finishing her task on time. been “horrific”; the second “amazing”; and competition “very challenging”, but he had risen above the other competitors, was yet There was a big reception for joinery the third had been “horrific” again. “definitely” learned some skills that would to take place.
Mechatronics competitors Jack Dakin and Danny Slater
Electronics competitor Thomas Andrews Carpentry competitor Jack Goodrum and with training manager Steven Williams training manager Gareth Evans CONGRATULATIONS TO #TEAMUK Image credit: WorldSkills UK AT WORLDSKILLS KAZAN 2019!
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WORLDSKILLS COMES TO A CLOSE WITH GLORIOUS MEDAL CEREMONY
Kazan Arena at the closing ceremony
Aircraft maintenance gold medal winner Haydn Jakes
eam UK celebrated a brilliant night This did nothing to dampen the “absolutely buzzing”. WorldSkills 2019’s legacy for the of medal victories including two celebrations of Team UK medal winners, “Just makes you feel all of the hard work benefit of citizens of all our countries so Tgolds, one silver, one bronze and 15 with a picture of aircraft maintenance gold has all paid off. A massive thank you to that each person, regardless of his or her medallions of excellence, at the closing medal winner Haydn Jakes’ half-shocked, everyone who was a part of my training age and health status, could realise their ceremony to WorldSkills 2019. half-ecstatic celebration making many and all my support team. A big thank you to potential, choose their own path of training Centre to the ceremony was the medal newspapers over the next few days. everyone who has helped me out.” and development, and acquire highly presentations, where the best competitors He told FE Week after the ceremony: “I’m “Amazing” was how bronze medal needed skills throughout their lifetime. in each of the 56 WorldSkills competitions feeling really excited about what is going to winner for hairdressing, the UK’s Phoebe WorldSkills International president were presented with medals based on happen next. McLavy, described her own feelings. Simon Bartley addressed the competitors whether they came in first, second or third “I wasn’t really expecting a gold medal. The ceremony was an incredible way at this, his last competition as the place. So, for that to actually happen was a really to close out the event in host city Kazan, international president, saying: “You came Those who picked up medallions of pleasant surprise.” which also included a special appearance here as the best of the best and leave even excellence did so because they achieved The other UK gold medal winner on the from one of the world’s most powerful better. the international standard in their chosen night was Rebecca West for beauty therapy, leaders. “You are WorldSkills ambassadors and I skill. and she told FE Week she felt “really, really The audience of 50,000 in the stadium ask you to use every opportunity to spread Proceedings at the ceremony took a amazing and so proud”. were addressed by Russia’s president the message that ‘skills change lives’.” turn, however, when the heavens opened Picking up a silver medal for car painting, Vladimir Putin, who offered his At the end of the medal ceremony, the and competitors, VIP guests awarding as well as the best of nation for getting wholehearted congratulations to the WorldSkills flag was handed over by the the medals and the event presenters were the highest score of any UK competitor, competitors, adding: “Our common Russian hosts to China, marking the start of drenched by the rain. was Conor McKevitt, who said he was responsibility is to preserve and use the run-up to WorldSkills 2021 in Shanghai. @PEARSON @FEWEEK WWW.FEWEEK.CO.UK 17
WORLDSKILLS COMES TO A CLOSE WITH GLORIOUS MEDAL CEREMONY
Russian president Vladimir Putin
Construction metal work competitor Tyler Atkinson
Beauty therapy gold medal winner Rebecca West WorldSkills Shanghai 2021 handover performance 18 www.pearson.com/uk/ WORLDSKILLS KAZAN 2019 TEAM UK - THE RESULTS
inning a medal at WorldSkills is fantastic bunch and we could not have Competition First place Second place Third place UK the driving force of every Team asked for much more of you from this WUK. cycle. Whether it be a gold, silver or bronze “Working with you for the past 18 Kazan (2019) 12th one, or a medallion for excellence showing months, we’ve seen some massive China Russia Korea they have reached an international development; we’ve seen some real lows – standard in their trade, it is what all 37 and we’ve seen some absolutely amazing Abu Dhabi (2017) 10th of them will have been working towards highs. over the past days, months and years. “Some of you are leaving with medals, China Korea Switzerland The three medals were presented to some of you with medallions. Some of you the winning competitors at a ceremony might not leave with something in your Sao Paulo (2015) 7th at the Kazan Arena that was broadcast to hand. Brazil Korea Chinese Taipei an international audience via TV and the “But you’ve all got the experience internet. you’ve been through, you’ve all got the Competitors took to the podiums memories you’ve made. You’ve got the Leipzig (2013) 10th at the centre of the arena to be given people sat around you. Korea Switzerland Chinese Taipei their medals, and were cheered by the “All of those, every past competitor thousands of people sat in the stadium. will tell you, will mean far more than London (2011) 5th The medallions were presented at a anything you can hang around your Korea Japan Switzerland separate gathering of WorldSkills UK in neck.” the city of Kazan, during a reception to Well done to every single member of celebrate all of the team members. Team UK for getting to Kazan and thank Calgary (2009) 6th At the reception, team leader Greg you for representing us – here are the Korea Switzerland Japan Houghton said: “The whole team is a medal and medallion winners. the competition that he hoped Team despite it being only a matter of months UK would finish in the top ten of before the national finals at WorldSkills WORLDSKILLS UK BOSS: NO participating countries – as they LIVE, where competitors will start to be have done for the past ten years of picked out. competitions. Meanwhile Germany, whose success QUICK FIX FOR MEDAL POSITION In the end, the team brought home Bentley-Gockmann has measured the a haul of medals and medallions, but UK against over recent years, beat the here is no quick fix to improve Team Neil Bentley-Gockmann. did not break into the top ten for medal UK in the medal points table for the first UK’s medal position at WorldSkills, Speaking to FE Week in Kazan, points; instead falling to twelfth place. time since WorldSkills Leipzig in 2013. Tsays WorldSkills UK chief executive Bentley-Gockmann had said during “We did not hit the mark,” Bentley- Asked about this, he said Germany’s Gockmann admitted to FE Week after the government had ordered a review after tournament, “but what I saw in Kazan is Sao Paulo, but he was “not sure” what Total medal points countries are investing more and bigger they had done to improve. 0 countries are taking huge teams”. “I do not think there is more we China, which entered 29 competitions can do right now. With regards to the in Sao Paulo in 2015, entered 56 in Kazan; preparation the training managers put 40 while host nation Russia, having entered on for Team UK, we could not have 30 in 2015, this year also entered 56. asked for more. The bigger entrants, Bentley- “There is no easy, immediate 30 Gockmann found, had long-term funding solution. No quick fix.”
TOTAL MEDAL POINTS MEDAL TOTAL from their governments and had invested He said that winning two golds, one in training up their training managers. more than the final tally won at the 2017 20 Whereas, the WorldSkills UK chief Abu Dhabi competition, felt “absolutely CALGARY LONDON LEIPZIG SAO PAULO ABU DHABI KAZAN was unable to say how many people they fantastic” and the “whole of Team UK (2009) (2011) (2013) (201 ) (2017) (2019) could afford to send to WorldSkills 2021, has delivered for us”.
MEDAL POINT COUNT
United Kingdom Total medal points Position No. of competitors Gold Silver Bronze MfEs Germany’s position No. of countries competing Kazan (2019) 28 12 32 2 1 1 15 11 63 Abu Dhabi (2017) 32 10 30 1 3 3 13 14 59 Sao Paulo (2015) 46 7 36 3 3 2 21 8 59 Leipzig (2013) 34 10 29 2 1 3 17 8 53 London (2011) 46 5 36 4 2 6 12 12 51 Calgary (2009) 37 6 25 3 0 6 13 12 47
Medal point count: Gold = 4, Silver = 3, Bronze = 2, Medallion For Excellence = 1 (Number of competitors=skills entered by the Member. Concurrent skills competitions run for the home nation are excluded from all the calculations.) (Number of competitors=skills entered by the Member. HM Skills are excluded from all the calculations.) All data sourced from the WorldSkills website. @PEARSON @FEWEEK WWW.FEWEEK.CO.UK 19 TEAM UK - THE RESULTS
Medallions of excellence recipients
Aircraft Maintenance Haydn Jakes
Employer: Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group Provider: Nottingham University
Electronics Painting and Decorating Joinery Mechatronics Thomas Andrews Callum Bonner Christopher Caine Jack Dakin
Employer: Employer: Employer: Employer: Sonardyne Int Ltd Clackmannanshire council DH Carpentry & Joinery Toyota Manufacturing UK Provider: Provider: Provider: Provider: Alton College Forth Valley College of Further Pembrokeshire College Toyota Manufacturing UK and Higher Education
Beauty Therapy Rebecca West
Employer: Donagheys Garage Provider: North West Regional College Mechatronics Cooking Restaurant Services Bricklaying Danny Slater Sam Everton Collette Gorvett Lewis Greenwood
Employer: Employer: Employer: Employer: Toyota Manufacturing UK Crwst Council n/a PDS construction Provider: Provider: Provider: Provider: Toyota Manufacturing UK Pembrokeshire College Gower College Swansea York College
Car Painting Conor McKevitt
Employer: Electrical Installation Floristry Refrigeration Chemical laboratory Wrights Accident Repair Centre Thomas Lewis Elizabeth Newcombe Orlando Rawlings technology Provider: Tonicha Jade Roberts Employer: Employer: Employer: Riverpark Training Blue Electrical Self-employed Daikin UK Employer: Provider: Provider: Provider: Eurofins Forensic Services Cardiff and Vale College Guildford College Grimsby Institute of Further Provider: Education and Higher Education n/a
Wall and Floor Tiling Landscape Gardening Landscape Gardening Plumbing and Heating Hairdressing Mark Scott Samuel Taylor Shea McFerran Thomas Thomas Phoebe McLavy Employer: Employer: Employer: Employer: Employer: J McGoldrick & Sons Ltd Aer Cymru Logan Landscape Aer Cymru Morgan Edward Salon Provider: Provider: Provider: Provider: Provider: City of Glasgow College Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor CAFRE Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor Coleg Sir Gar 20 www.pearson.com/uk/ WORLDSKILLS KAZAN 2019 WHAT HAPPENS NEXT FOR WORLDSKILLS? WORLDSKILLS’ DESTINY WITH NEW GUY DE GOEY
he new WorldSkills International president wants to support new member countries Tin developing a competition infrastructure and spread the benefits of implementing skills competitions in national curriculums. The Dutch 56-year-old spoke with FE Week a week after taking the reins of the international organisation, about how he wants to share best practice with countries that are new to the fraternity. “The UK, the Netherlands, Korea, Russia – those are all strong WS members, but there are a few countries where it is not developed as such and with the knowledge we have from countries who brought it to the next level, we should be able to help them and make them stronger. “One of the big objectives in that is that we want to have Africa more involved in skills competitions.” Namibia, one of eight African members,
was announced as the next host of WorldSkills WorldSkills International president Jos de Goey Africa at Kazan, and de Goey believes this will be an opportunity to get other African countries involved in the organisation. Skills competitions were what de Goey used five new skills; including industry to turn around Netherlands’ own WorldSkills WorldSkills UK looks to 4.0, industrial robotics, and building organisation in the early 2000s. information management. After having started as an expert in A notice underneath these skills manufacturing team challenge to encourage the future after Kazan says these are the skills that WSUK are other nations to take part, he took a role at currently scoping, but stressed “there is no WorldSkills Netherlands in 2001. commitment for a UK entry in this skill in Beforehand, the Netherlands focused only on orldSkills 2019 may have only is looking at three new competitions for WorldSkills Shanghai 2021”. participating in WorldSkills competitions and finished in August, but Team UK Team UK to partake in at the next global A WorldSkills UK spokesperson said: did not do any other activities or competitions. Wis already setting its sights on competition, Shanghai in 2021. “In line with the industrial strategy we But de Goey helped them spread their future competitions… An advert to recruit new training are developing our portfolio of skills wings, and embed skills competitions in the It has been revealed WorldSkills UK managers lists positions overseeing competitions to reflect economies which country’s national curriculum – now, 95 per are essential for UK productivity and cent of schools there are involved in such growth. tournaments. “By demonstrating these skills on They appear to be something of a must an international stage will showcase with de Goey, who said: “I think there are the breath of talent across the UK still countries who can benefit from skills manufacturing and engineering industries. competitions.” “In order to progress with our plans, He says he has found it “challenging” taking we need industry experts to join our over the new role from his “good friend” community of training managers to Simon Bartley. spearhead the development of a training Although he had been president of programme for BIM and industrial WorldSkills Europe before, this is a different robotics. scale, he says – with 82 member nations “For Industry 4.0 we need investment meaning more diverse challenges to manage. from education and business to establish But, he warned: “The real work still has to local level skills competition activity in the start.” lead up to WorldSkills Shanghai in 2021.” @PEARSON @FEWEEK WWW.FEWEEK.CO.UK 21 WHAT HAPPENS NEXT FOR WORLDSKILLS? Looking back with Bartley
Young people are the whole purpose Made up of former competitors (who are organisations to reach out to parents, of what I was doing,” said the former all called champions), trust members act teachers and decision-makers. “WorldSkills International president as ambassadors for the organisation while “I think it would do any harm Simon Bartley as he spoke with FE Week also feeding into its actions. whatsoever for the UK government, after stepping down from the role last “It accelerated the move of bringing through its skills policies, to put as week. young people into the centre of our much emphasis on skills and crafts Bartley took the job in 2011 after consciousness, giving them a real voice in and technical education as it does in having run UK Skills and WorldSkills not only the affairs of WorldSkills, but in university education,” he said. London 2011, and ended his tenure by setting out a future that would be good for “I hope in due course the UK being publicly thanked by Vladimir Putin them, based on skills,” Bartley explains. government comes to some sort of at WorldSkills Kazan for his trust and On what he regrets, he said he would understanding with the Russian support. have liked to have embarked on a project government, and would allow UK Yet when asked what he will miss most to create parity of esteem between people ministers and officials to understand about the role, it is not the hobknobbing who go to university and those who do what has been happening in Russia with world leaders, but: “Visiting the further education, which he believes will with regards to their work in spreading young people, more than anything else.” take two generations. vocational, craft and technical excellence.” It was a desire to involve young people But he says WorldSkills has played a On what is next for him, he does not more with the work of WorldSkills that “significant” role in helping more people know. But he has been polishing his UK led to his proudest achievement from the understand skills are important; through enamel badge, and told us: “Given the presidency, the WorldSkills Champions competitions, conferences, and through opportunity I will be out there supporting Trust. encouraging nations to use their skills the UK team”. Simon Bartley
WorldSkills UK chief executive Neil if we want to create world-class systems, Bentley-Gockmann on Team UK’s we need to be better at mainstreaming “amazing success” and why we need to DR Neil the pedagogical innovation, training and be a bit more Russian… assessment methods that lie behind Team UK’s success into colleges and training mazing. There is not a better word Bentley- providers across the UK. I can think of to sum up the past How? By taking a leaf out of the book Acouple of weeks which saw the Skills of our international peers in WorldSkills. Olympics take place in Kazan, Russia. It Gockmann We need to be a bit more like China, was a spectacular global celebration of Russia, Brazil and Korea, the nations Chief Executive, young people and skills that will live long at the very top of the benchmark medal in the memory of all who attended. And WorldSkills UK tables. Each of these nations has set up I’m so proud of the young women and men dedicated training centres not just to of Team UK who made the journey home elevate their young people and training with 19 medals. That means that well over Let’s take our global experience managers to the highest global standards, half the team attained the all-important but to embed these standards back into world-class standard in a wide range of to boost workforce development their national systems of technical skills. All of this not only underlines the education to boost training standards for UK’s worldwide reputation for excellence, to world-class levels all. Now is the time for us to follow suit. it also clearly highlights the further We should establish a WorldSkills centre
contribution WorldSkills UK can make to succession at international competition collective games in skills, then we need for global excellence in the UK. Our boosting workforce development through for Jenna Wrathall Bailey our training to get much better at learning from them training managers would be at the heart our network of expert training managers. manager, who was awarded the MBE for and so many others that work within our of it, able to share with their peers their The secret of Team UK’s success is, her dedication to helping young people network and the skills system As our world-class know-how and insights across after all, a combination of talent and hard succeed. And our aircraft maintenance recent report, based on interviews with skill systems and draw on international work from the young people who compete gold this year was yet another success for our training managers, and produced expertise from other centres of excellence and the training managers who impart one of the stalwarts of the WorldSkills UK in partnership with the University of in leading WorldSkills members. This their expertise. The latter are often in family, Martin Yates. Jenna and Martin Oxford, makes clear: too much of the has got to be the solution to help boost the background, but without them none are simply world-class, at the top of their focus in skills development is currently workforce development and technical of this success, year after year, would be respective games and, crucially, work around ensuring a level of competency, education systems to world-class levels possible. Our beauty therapy gold medal within our skills systems. rather than consistent levels of excellence to help better prepare young people and in Russia was an unbelievable third in If we want to get to the top of our achieved by our training managers. So, employers for the future. 22 www.pearson.com/uk/ WORLDSKILLS KAZAN 2019
WELL DONE TEAM UK!
Landscape Gardening competitors Samuel Taylor and Shea McFerran Joinery competitor Christopher Caine
Bricklaying competitor Lewis Greenwood
Hairdressing bronze medal winner Phoebe McLavy
Manufacturing team challenge competitor Andrew Joyce
Car painting silver medal Painting and decorator competitor Callum Bonner winner Conor McKevitt @PEARSON @FEWEEK WWW.FEWEEK.CO.UK 23
3D digital game art competitor Patrick Buckley CNC turning competitor Jack McCarthy Restaurant service competitor Collette Gorvett with training manager Dr Shyam Patiar MBE
Cyber security competitors Kyle Woodward and Adrian Cybulski Mechanical engineering CAD competitor Ross Megahy
CNC milling competitor Elliott Dawson
Wall and floor tiling competitor Mark Scott Refrigeration competitor Orlando Rawlings Electrical installation competitor Thomas Lewis CONGRATULATIONS Image credit: WorldSkills UK TO HAYDN! GOLD MEDAL WINNER IN AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE AT WORLDSKILLS KAZAN 2019
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