Over the past year our construction and building services students have had the opportunity to work on numerous projects in the community including restorative work at Papplewick Pumping Station, working with the Council to improve Mansfield’s market space, and assisting with the management of green spaces as part of the Big Warsop Project.
Our construction and the built environment students have also been on-site with Keepmoat Homes looking at their latest development in Shirebrook.
In April 2016, the college hosted the East Midlands regional heats of SkillBuild 2016 and certificates of achievement were handed out by the college’s deputy principal for teaching and learning Chris Thomas.
Aimed at finding Britain’s best trainee tradesperson it saw 79 students from 17 colleges compete in a wide range of craft-based challenges including bricklaying, carpentry, joinery, plastering, painting and decorating, cabinet making and floor and wall tiling.
Nine students entered by the college achieved top three positions in their respective categories with three of them earning the top spot.
The regional heats involve students working on test plans which around six hours to complete, with the highest scorers from the senior categories put forward to compete in the national final.
Organised by the CITB (Construction Industry Training Board), SkillBuild has been running for more than 20 years as a way of recognising the importance of trainees and their skills.
Success at the SkillBuild regional heats will give entrants the opportunity to challenge for a place on the WorldSkills UK team and progress to compete at the 2017 WorldSkills competition in Dubai.