Get interactive at the Get Skilled Stands What to think about during Welcome to your time at Skills South West Skills South West 2019 Discover your talent by getting hands-on and trying different skills Take a moment to: What’s it all about? Consider what questions you want to know the answers to. Get Skilled in Bricklaying, Painting Get Skilled in Building and Write your questions here: Find your future at the South GET GET West’s largest careers, jobs, skills SKILLED and Decorating and Plastering SKILLED Construction and apprenticeship event. 1 Presented by Skills Group 4 Presented by Barratt David Wilson Homes You can try out new skills, talk to employers, find out about college Learn the art of brick and block cavity walling and how Have a go at cutting skirting and architrave using a to join to a quoin (corner). You can also get creative in chop saw and fixing skirting to a wall. You can also test courses, meet apprentices and get hands-on with activities, challenges the Graffiti Art Station or why not have a go at the your bricklaying abilities and try out some carpentry and competitions. highly skilled art of plastering. equipment. Look at the exhibitor list and prioritise who you want to see first. This is your chance to get information about work, training and Write 3 exhibitors here: learning outside of school and college. Ask lots of questions and talk to Get Skilled in Digital Industries all the people on the stands. Our exhibitors are here to help you find a GET GET Get Skilled in Military and job, sign up for college, get paid as an apprentice and give fair and SKILLED Presented by City College Plymouth SKILLED Protective Services, Plumbing balanced advice. 2 Wednesday 9.30am-3pm – Take part in the Caesar 5 and Professional Cookery Cipher (wheel) Challenge to win a prize by decoding If you don’t know what you want to do or which careers and industries the message in the set time and get involved in the Presented by Cornwall College Group you are interested in, make sure you try all the activities and find out stop-frame animation workshop using Lego. Join the Military Academy for a day and try on the Think about your future: what opportunities are available to you. Wednesday 4.30pm-7pm – Play with some VR headsets uniform, get involved in activities using metal Will you stay in education at sixth form, college or with a training provider? detectors to find objects in a sandpit and try to survive and test your broadcast journalism skills in the Radio Y N It’s your future, so let Skills South West help you decide. News Desk where you can record and edit your own with ration packs provided. bulletins using Adobe Audition software. You can also join the Equine team and sit on a prop Will you follow an academic route or do work-related learning? Thursday 9.30am-1pm – Have a go at the ‘Spider’ horse to ride the facilities at the Duchy College campus Y N through a VR demo. Robot demo, play with some VR headsets and test your Events Prospects Events is a trading name of Optimus Education Limited which is part Will you look for an apprenticeship or a traineeship? Y N of Shaw Trust, one of the largest 25 charities in the UK, helping to transform broadcast journalism skills in the Radio News Desk the lives of young people and adults across the UK and internationally. where you can record and edit your own bulletins What do you think about doing some voluntary work, or using Adobe Audition software. Our specialist services help people gain an education, enter work, develop their career, improve their even starting your own business alongside your studies? Y N wellbeing or rebuild their lives. Get Skilled in Creative Arts GET SKILLED Presented by Plymouth College of Art 3 Discover how to use a variety of materials to make, create and innovate. PLYMOUTH PAVILIONS, PLYMOUTH Wednesday 13 March 9.30am-3pm Learn some new skills in macro photography, design Live Opportunities Board your own tote bags and get involved in the Draw-a- & Open Evening 4.30pm – 7pm Saurus collaborative drawing tree. Visit the Live Opportunities Board to Thursday 14 March 9.30am-1pm see what jobs, work experience, There will also be the opportunity to test out the Tilt Brush, where you can test your virtual reality painting training and apprenticeship vacancies abilities! are currently available. GROWING FUTURES Even more hands-on activities: Try on firefighting Take part in live uniform with Join the conversation hairdressing demos with Start your journey to university or college at Next Steps the Devon and Skills Group , covering the HANDS-ON @SkillsEngland #CareerGoals South West’s pop-up research centre. Take part in the Somerset Fire latest trends in plaiting, ACTIVITIES Exhibitor Challenge to enjoy treasure-hunting for facts Rescue Service. HANDS-ON pony’s, waves, curls and around the event floor or pick up an iPersona phone ACTIVITIES HANDS-ON and influence the influencers’ study route. up-do’s. You can also get ACTIVITIES manicures and hand massages from the full- time level 2 beauty team. Discover more at: www.skillsengland.co.uk Test out an electric car and Take a 9-minute have a go on the virtual aircraft driving simulator tour with the HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES with Vospers. HANDS-ON Royal Air Force. ACTIVITIES HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES 14-24 YEAR OLDS FAMILIES & INDIVIDUALS HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES Visit iconic Find out the four basic properties EVENT SPONSOR: EVENING OPENING GROUP VISITOR Part of the See if you will landmarks in SPONSOR: SPONSOR: of a submarine continue to grow Plymouth through an interactive map with Babcock series taller using an HANDS-ON International ORGANISED BY: ultrasound with with Plymouth ACTIVITIES HANDS-ON City Council . Group. ACTIVITIES Medical Mavericks. 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