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Registered Charity No 1073475
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It is with sadness that the Guild records the passing away of the following Members.
National Officers and members pass on their condolences to both families.
Mr Graham Pellatt PPGB
Membership No. 04/86/50
Born 10th June 1950 in Titchfield, Hampshire.
Bricklaying apprentice with Heathfield Builders and later moved to John Hunt and Co Ltd. Enrolled at
Highbury College in Portsmouth on day release course. Achieved City and Guilds Craft and Advanced Craft
qualifications in bricklaying.
Started teaching in 1973 at Highbury College and joined the Guild of Bricklayers in 1986.
Graham was elected the 7th National Secretary of the Guild of Bricklayers at Reading in 1992 when Barrie
Roe stood down. He continued in this post until 1998.
Graham became the National President of the Guild of Bricklayers at the Annual General meeting in 2005 at
the Inn Lodge, Portsmouth taking over from Dennis Westwood.
Mr Jack Hall OMGB
Mr Jack Hall was made an Honorary Member of the Guild of Bricklayers in 1982 for all his help given to the
Guilds during his time as Head of Construction at Shirecliffe College.
Honorary Members help to raise the status of the Guild of Bricklayers in the eyes of the public and indeed
the various organisations that exist throughout the country.
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Contents Page
4 President Profile
5 Past Presidents, Life & Honorary Members, Trustees
6 Long Service Awards
7 Presidents year in office
8 National Officers
9 The Guild of Bricklayers
10 The National Conference
15 Editorial
16 The National AGM
17 Thanks to the Guild of Bricklayers Sponsors
18 Competition Reports
30 Guild of Bricklayers Regions
31 Membership
33 Invitation to the 2015 National Annual Conference
34 Invitation to the 2015 National Competitions Final
35 Knick Knack Corner
37 Master Bricklayer Certificate
38 Notes from the membership secretary
39 Bricklayers abroad – UKIERI Project
43 Did You Know?
48 The Unsung Heroes
Competitions Judges Training Day
50 UK Skills Show
52 The Construction Industry Needs You
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Profile of the President
Phil Hodgkinson PGB
My construction working life started in 1972, working for a small building
firm in Sheffield, working on a church and community hall. The bricks then
were imperial, larger than the modern bricks and a little heavier; these were
loaded on to the scaffold manually with the help of a hod. Throughout my
apprenticeship we worked
from Monday to Saturday with
one day of the week spent at
college from 9am to 9pm. My
training continued and
building on my qualifications I
have worked for a variety of
building firms and have been
teaching since 1994 teaching
for building companies, and in
prisons and colleges. Secretary
for the regional Yorkshire
section of the Guild of
Bricklayers, my proudest
moment is now becoming the
National President.
Phil Hodgkinson PGB
Phil Hodgkinson, seen here receiving his chain of office from the outgoing president Vic Scriven.
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Past Presidents
1932-33 W Blaber 1933-34 A T Winstone 1934-35 T Howarth
1935-36 F Taylor 1936-37 G A F Clarke 1937-38 G A F Clarke
1938-39 W F Clarke 1946-47 W F Clarke 1947-48 W F Clarke 1948-49 J C Hodge 1949-50 J Olney 1950-51 E A Davies
1951-52 W G Nash 1952-53 T Whitmore 1953-54 E L Braley
1954-55 C E Outen 1955-56 T Pickering 1956-57 G E Clayton
1957-58 S Smith 1958-59 J E Jeffrey 1959-60 D Bradford
1960-61 N C Sidwell 1961-62 E L Braley 1962-63 E L Elmes
1963-64 W F Wadge 1964-65 G A F Clarke 1965-66 J S Bradbury
1966-67 H F Turner 1967-68 R M Edwards 1968-69 N Bradley
1969-70 B Bradbury 1970-71 D McArthur 1971-72 J E Jeffrey
1972-73 H Timlin 1973-74 E H Fawcett 1974-75 G E Clayton
1975-76 T D Clarke 1976-77 E Johnson 1977-78 W F Elliott
1978-79 G H Fox 1979-80 N Bradley 1980-81 E Robson
1981-82 R J Baldwin 1982-83 R J Baldwin 1983-84 A Capewell
1984-85 B Bloodworth 1985-86 J Monaghan 1986-87 D Treece
1987-88 A Beesley 1988-89 D Carver 1989-90 J Rippon
1990-91 M Thorpe 1991-92 R A Daniel 1992-93 J Rippon
1993-94 M W Pearce 1994-95 P Roberts MBE 1995-96 S Rutter
1996-97 J Gordon 1997-98 A J Glen 1998-99 J Offless
1999-00 R J Baldwin 2000-01 R J Baldwin 2001-02 J Brown
2002-03 J Trueman 2003-04 G Evans 2004-05 D Westwood
2005-06 G Pellatt 2006-07 M Kelliher 2007-08 A Tucker
2008-09 S Barlow 2009-10 J Walden 2010-11 P Elmes
2011-12 A J Glen 2012-13 A Cainen 2013-14 V Scriven
Life Members M Thorpe E Robson M W Pearce B Bradbury G Evans J Trueman
Trustees of the Guild M Thorpe LMGB D Westwood PPGB G Evans PPGB S Barlow PPGB J Walden PPGB Tony Tucker PPGB P Hodgkinson PGB M Pearce LMGB J Trueman LMGB
Honorary Members J Brandon Brian Garratt R Brotherhood J Campbell
C Boulton A Edwards S Morton A Young
L Pearson J Moorhouse P Shuker D Lepla
M Rose CBE G Parkinson Chris Gosden
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Long Service Awards R Sindon - 1947 W Dawson - 1950 R Reynolds 1953 E Robson 1955
D Treece - 1955 J Butler - 1956 G Hayes - 1956 B Bradbury - 1957
R Baker - 1959 J Rippon – 1959 D Lee - 1961 J Nettle - 1962
D Downs 1963 A Adkin - 1963 D Davies – 1963 S Barry - 1964
D Cartledge 1964 P Stephens - 1964 M Jeffery - 1965 J Pegg - 1966
B Upton – 1966
C.Howman – 1974
G Chambers – 1977
L Phillips – 1978
G.W. Griffin – 1967
J-Quinton – 1976
A Glenn – 1977
G Rasmussen - 1978
W Ruthven – 1971
J Trueman – 1976
M Pearce - 1977
T Chambers – 1972
M Thorpe – 1977
W Lewis – 1978
Long service awards are presented to members who have served continuously for 35 years.
Past Presidents honored for long
service. Past Presidents Andy Glen
and Mick Pearce were honoured at
the Guild of Bricklayers in
recognition of their long service to
the Guild. Twice past president Andy
has been active on the national
committee and education committee
and has organized and judged
competitions most notably in the Western
Section for many years. Mick Pearce has
spent many years judging national and
international competitions and has passed
on a wealth of knowledge and experience
to those still active in both the guild and
in many colleges throughout the UK.
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Vic Scriven PPGB
My Year in Office
My year of office as taken me from the
Isle of Wight to North East Hartlepool,
North West Bury, three times to Wales
and as far down to Chichester; in all
about 2000 miles or more attending
each competition, except Exeter (sorry
I was on holiday), every competition
was well attended, Bury had 10 Juniors
and 10 Seniors, (and I enjoyed the
famous Black Pudding). It gave me
great pleasure meeting the members of
each host Colleges and Competitors’
and presenting the prizes. I would like
to say thank you to Wienerberger for
supplying the bricks and Tarmac the
mortar. I would also like to say a big
thank you to all the judges and the organizers of the competitions and to
members of the national council who work tirelessly to ensure that the year
runs smoothly.
Vic Scriven
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National Officers
President Vice President Junior Vice President
Mr P Hodgkinson PGB Jim Howe VPGB
Malcolm Thorpe LMGB
National Secretary Education Officer Education Committee
S L Barlow PPGB
19 Southcote Grove
Kings Norton
Birmingham
B38 8ED
T Tucker PPGB
T Tucker PPGB
J Walden PPGB
P Vine Roberts MGB
National Competition
Secretary
Public Relations/Media
Officer
Trust Fund Manager
Web Site Manager
D Westwood PPGB
19 Pye Green Road
Cannock
Staffordshire
WS11 2RY
Tel : 01543 505375
Julian Walden PPGB
The Old Bus Station
Northfield Road
Messingham
North Lincolnshire
DN17 3SA
M Thorpe LMGB
Kirkstede
Church Street
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Nottinghamshire
NG17 1EX
Tel: 01623 554582
Membership Secretary Charity Trustee Journal Editor
G Evans PPGB
Tegryn Croes Y Llan
Llangoedmor
Cardigan
SA43 2LF
M W Pearce LMGB
62 Wood Street
South Hiendley
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S72 9BJ
Tel: 01226 711379
M J Walden
The Old Bus Station
16 Northfield Road
Messingham
N Lincolnshire
DN17 3PG
Tel: 07814181933
Auditor to the Guild Historian and Inventory
Officer
Technical Officer
Mr D Westwood PPGB
Mr V Scrivens PGB
M Kelliher PPGB A Cainen PPGB
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The Guild is an association founded in 1932 with the aims of promoting and
maintaining the highest standards of craftsmanship in Brickwork.
Membership consists of Journeymen and Master Members, who have served an
apprenticeship or an approved period of training and have obtained the relevant
qualification, are practising bricklayers, site foremen, managers, clerks of work,
lecturers, tutors or instructors on approved courses. Trainee membership is encouraged
and there is an Associate class of membership for those in industry or education who
are sympathetic to the aims of the Guild.
As a national organisation the Guild has a President, a National Secretary, Treasurer
and Membership Secretary as its main officers. The Guild covers the whole of the
United Kingdom through its thirteen geographical regions, called Sections. Each
section elects from its members a Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer and is
responsible for organising the activities of the Section, work and site visits and other
activities which promote the aims of the Guild.
Each year the Guild, through its network of sections, organises regional brickwork
competitions at Senior, Junior and Schools levels with a National Final bringing
together the winners of the senior competitions from each of the regional events. The
Guild is pleased to acknowledge the sponsorship of brick, mortar and tool
manufacturers and valued contributions from local firms at regional events.
Guild members serve on the advisory panels of all the technical education institutes
and supervise competition stands at local and national exhibitions.
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THE GUILD OF BRICKLAYERS 22nd ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2014
Bricks Bricklayers & Bricklaying
Following the conference opening by
the president Vic Scriven, Simon Hay
(left) CEO of the Brick Development
Association discussed having a close
alliance with the Guild of Bricklayers,
something that delegates accepted
warmly with an appreciation that the
Guild should have more of a say on the
future and developments in brickwork
and aspects of quality within our trade.
The key note speaker for the conference
was Paul Rogatzki of Hanson Brick
who gave an insight into the specialist
design projects that Hanson Bricks are
involved in, he also discussed important
issues relating to the teaching of
brickwork such as sustainability in brick
manufacturing.
Paul Brown, past national chair
of BACH explained his role in
supporting Steve Battersby the
new national chair. Outlining
many of the current challenges
to practitioners in further
education Paul shared with
delegates the key issues that
BACH were lobbying on behalf
of colleges. Paul urged all delegates to go back to their centres and ask their
heads of department if they are members of BACH so that the centres could
stand united on the issues that face trainers in the construction trades.
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Rob Sweeney of CITB who led on the
development of the new qualifications
for CITB explained the philosophy
behind the schemes and assessment
methodologies. Delegates were grateful
for opportunities to feed back to Rob on
how aspects of the qualifications have
worked so far and were encouraged to
keep this dialogue going to help the
future development of the qualifications
for centres and candidates.
Tony Tucker PPGB, construction education consultant and qualifications
consultant discusses preparation
for and generation of evidence to
demonstrate outstanding
performance during Ofsted
inspection for construction
occupations. Ian Roberts gave
delegates an insight into the
development of City & Guilds
new suite of construction
qualifications, he explained to
delegates how City & Guilds had
engaged with practitioners to
write the scheme and
assessments as well as a range of
materials that support the
assessments from learning
materials, lesson plans and
schemes of work on Smartscreen
to the new textbooks that are due
out shortly that support the
qualifications. Ian is seen here
treating delegates to a game of
bingo during a lighter moment of
the conference.
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Delegates are getting suited
and booted ready for the
tour of the Hanson’s Brick
factory, Hanson’s are
extremely conscious of
Health and Safety and are
proud of their record and
approach to maintaining a
safe working environment.
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Future Conferences and Feedback
I am particularly interested in the following topics for future conferences: examples of good practice sharing good practice and resources standardised training tasks cement production networking amongst trades qualification development use of resources in teaching
Comments relating to the session: excellent venue
well organised - great opportunity to network excellent venue very informative good choice of speakers not enough sandwiches poor food comprehensive information given by awarding bodies sessions relevant to today’s teaching practice good information on tips for inspection
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Editorial
This year has been particularly eventful, we talk about how much change has
taken place and I think this year has topped all others for the challenges that
have faced us in the further education sector. Last year we were discussing the
move to study programmes and the challenges and opportunities that came with
them, a year later reports from Ofsted inspections suggest that many colleges
have still not adapted to these changes and are not providing the quality of
experience through the whole study programme that the inspectorate expect.
Clearly there is still a lot of work to do in planning these study programmes and
in meeting the needs of learners as individuals. Many centres now are discussing
the problems that have been created by the requirement of all learners to be seen
to be working towards a GCSE A*-C in English and math’s and I can see that
this is going to be a continued challenge for the sector in staffing these
qualifications and for the timetabling teams in trying to fit these into an already
crowded study programme.
The Guild of Bricklayers have had a particularly successful year with the
National Conference taking place at the Measham Brickworks, the venue proved
to be perfect and many delegates enjoyed looking at the modern manufacturing
processes employed in the making of bricks today. The hosts “Hanson’s” made
members and delegates welcome and provided excellent facilities for the day,
parts of which had some heated debate as both CITB and City and Guilds placed
themselves bravely in the firing line of delegates as they discussed the first years
issues with the new qualifications and invited comment from delegates on how
they were working. Once again the competitions were hugely successful with
Ryan Steven from Shrewsbury proving to be a worthy winner of an excellent
final which took place at Sussex Downs College, the final was the showcase of a
competition that has seen an excellent standard of workmanship this year, a
testimony to the hard work of the dedicated bunch of tutors that enter their
learners in the country’s premier brickwork competition. In ensuring he
continued success of these competition’s we need to work together to entice
companies to work with the Guild of bricklayers to sponsor these events so that
we can continue to grow and to make these event the real showcase that we need
to help colleges and training providers to enhance their existing curriculum. Regards
M J Walden
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81st Annual General Meeting and Dinner Dance
Holiday Inn Express Rotherham
The National Annual General Meeting of
the Guild of Bricklayers took place on
Saturday 26th April at the Holiday Inn
near Rotherham. As usual the weekend
started on the Friday night with the now
infamous quiz and comedy night, large
thanks goes to Andrew Cainen PPGB for
organising this and to our gracious
winners Andy’s Girls. During the AGM
outgoing President Vic Scriven PPGB
gave thanks to all members for their
support in the past year. The incoming
president Phil Hodgkinson PGB is seen
here presenting Vic with his past
president’s medal. Incoming president
Phil Hodgkinson opening speech talked
about how the Guild of Bricklayers needs
to operate in changing times, this became
one of the themes for the day as delegates
(seen right) spent large parts of the day
following the election of officers,
considering new ways of working to
ensure a financial viability whilst
providing an outstanding support network
for colleagues working in the colleges.
During the dinner dance in the
evening two members were
invited to join the life members
group. The presentations were
made by current life members
Mick Pearce and Malcolm Thorpe
to the national Treasurer Gareth
Evans (left) with his wife Mher
and long serving member John
Trueman (right) with his wife
Carol following the presentation.
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The officers and members of The Guild of Bricklayers would like to express
their thanks for the continued support provided by companies during the
regional and national bricklaying competitions. Competition dates for 2014
are now available on the Guild website.
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The Guild of Bricklayers National Competition Final
GUILD OF BRICKLAYERS NATIONAL FINAL
ROLL OF HONOUR
Yr VENUE WINNER COLLEGE SECTION 2007 Blackpool
College Adam Jeal Wiltshire College Western
2008 Scunthorpe
College Nathan Evans Ystrad Mynach
College
Wales
2009 Walsall
College Peter Kelly Newcastle College Northern
2010 Liverpool
College Jason Green Wirral Met College North West
2011 Bridgend
College Christopher Hill Stafford College West
Midlands
2012 West Notts
College Shaun Fausset Blackpool and Fylde
College
North West
2013 Cardiff
College Louis Wilkinson Sussex Downs
College
Southern
2014 Sussex Downs
College Ryan Stevens Shrewsbury College West
Midlands
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The Guild of Bricklayers National Competition Final
Sussex Downs College – Eastbourne - Friday 20th
June 2014
Competitors
NAME COLLEGE/CENTRE SECTION ALEX SCRIVINS ASHFIELD NOTTS/LINCOLN TOM MOUNTAIN PRESTON NORTH WEST KIERAN CARTER HIGHBURY SOUTHERN RYAN STEVENS SHREWSBURY WEST MIDLANDS
ANDY LEES RHYL WALES DAVID WOOD BISHOP AUCKLAND NORTHERN
SAMUAL RICKARD LAUNCESTON WESTERN MICHAEL BOLTON BARKING & DAGENHAM LONDON ROBBITT HIBBITT STOKE ON TRENT WEST MIDLANDS
JACK MARKS STOCKPORT NORTH WEST ROBERT GOODMAN COLEG SIR GAR WALES
Winner - Ryan Stevens
2nd
Kieran Carter
3rd
Robert Goodman
Construction Manager, Stella Amos welcomed competitors and guild members to the College
wishing all competitors all the best for the competition. Throughout the day there was a brickwork
demonstration by 2013 Guild Final Competition Winner Louis Wilkinson. There was also a
demonstration on Thin Joint construction by Phil Bernard, of Chandlers and also a demonstration on
Brick Model Components by Richard Wilson. The competition’s main sponsor Wienerberger was
represented by John Mulk, and all competitors had the use of a SMEDboard Mortar Board supplied
by Nick Smedley. During the day Stephen Lloyd MP for Eastbourne and Willingdon made a visit to
the competition showing a lot of interest in the day’s event. Thanks to Sussex Downs College for
hosting the Competition and to Kevin Diett for organizing the competition along with College staff.
Judges
Lead Judge Malcolm Thorpe PPGB
Dennis Westwood PPGB.
The presentation of Certificates and Salvers was undertaken by the Guild President Phil Hodgkinson
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Competition Region Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire
Venue Central College Nottingham
Date 21st March 2014 Organiser: Terry Brickles
Senior Winner: Alex Scrivens
Ashfield Academy
Senior Second Richard Goodwin
Derby
Senior Third Tyler Knightley
West Notts College
Junior Comp Winner:
Liam Jones
West Notts College
Junior Second
Jordan Richards
Derby College
Junior Third
Samuel Baxter
New College Nottingham
Judges
1 Malcolm Thorpe PPGB Lead Judge
2 David Anwar
3 Andy Bannister
Lincs & Notts
Accrington & Rossendale (North West)
Hull College (Yorkshire)
After an eventful start due to visitors going around in circles due to the sat nav not understanding the
new tram link in Nottingham the day was a huge success. With many guests including sponsors
Wienerberger there was an excellent chance for tutors to network and share good practice. Stihl were
on hand to demonstrate the new cutting tables and blade dampeners which was a hit with all of the
bricklayers. Discussion also stretched to developments of the study programmes and the
developments of GCSEs. Huge thanks went to Terry and his staff from the Lincs and Notts Section
for their excellent preparation of the workshops before and throughout the day. There was also an
exceptional thanks to the catering staff for possibly the best lunch served at a competition. The event
was overseen by the Guild President Vic Scriven who gave out the awards at the end of the day.
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Competition Region Yorkshire Section
Venue Calderdale College Halifax Date 16
th May 2014 Organiser’s Joe Lumb / Andy Brittain,
Senior Winner; Josh Hunter
Hull College
Senior Second; Reece Tufnell
Barnsley College
Senior Third; Nathan Hope
Goole College
Junior Winner; Ashley Frizzell Doncaster College
Junior Second; Thomas Macdonald York College
Junior Third; Liam Hodgson Bishop Burton College
Judges
1 John Truman PPGB Lead Judge
2 David Anwar MGB
3 Kevin Harold MGB
Region or College of Work
Stockport College
Blackburn College
West Notts College
President of the Guild of bricklayers Phil Hodgkinson (Dearne Valley College) presented the
trophies with Andrew Bannister (Hull College) Chairman of the Yorkshire Section and
Construction Head Paul Brown to competitors in what had been an outstanding competition with
very high standards of work, Thanks go to our main sponsor Wienerberger for a supply of bricks
and Stuarts Hardware, Pearson and City & Guilds for supporting the competition and the excellent
food and drinks from the catering department at Calderdale. The welcome to the college was made
by the Construction Manager Andrew Barnes who welcomed the Guild of Bricklayers, thanks to
Joe & Andy with their support team for all their hard work in preparing the workshops and
supplying the competitors with the materials to use for the competition.
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2014 Competition Report
Competition Region Southern Venue Chichester College Date 3-4-2014
Organizer Peter Ellwood Tel 01243 786321 email [email protected]
Senior
Winner - Kieran Carter Highbury
College
Second Marc Dawson Northbrook
College
Third John Blake Isle of Wight
College
Junior
Winner - Kieran Wells, Sussex Downs
College
Second - Rob Whitman, Highbury College
Third - Sam Turner Fareham, College .
Judges
1 S.Barlow Lead Judge West Midlands
2 B.Bowman West Midlands
3 P.Vine Roberts Wales
The Judges were faced with very good standard of work from all the competitors. The President of
the Guild, Vic Scriven, presented prizes, and thanked everyone, including Wienerberger, our brick
sponsor, for their efforts in contributing towards a very successful day. A demonstration and skills
update of the STHILL saw was delivered by Andy Fitzmaurice during the day.
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2014 Competition Reports
Competition Region London Venue Barking & Dagenham College Date 22-5-2014
Organiser Tony Carruthers – Tel:07581084454 email
Senior
Winner Michael Bolton
Barking And Dagenham College
Second George Parratt
Bexley College
Third George Barret
Hackney College
Junior
Winner Charlie Tasker
Bexley College
Second Robert Kerr
Havering College
Third Joe Egleton
Chelmsford College
D.Westwood PPGB opened the day’s event by thanking the College for hosting the competition,
the competitors for taking part and the Lecturers for getting the competitors to the venue. Andy
Fitzmaurice gave a STIHL saw demonstration. Tony Carruthers from Barking And Dagenham
presented Certificates and Prizes to all the Competitors.
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2014 Competition Reports
Competition Region North West - Venue Bury College Date 21-3-2014
Organiser Jeff Dunn Tel 0161 280 8288 email
Senior
Winner Tom Mountain
Preston College
Second Jack Marks
Stockport College
Third Charlotte Howard
Accrington & Rossandale College
Junior
Winner Oly Evans
Preston College
Junior Second Rob Howarth
Accrington & Rossendale College
Junior Third Patrick Cooper
Stockport College
Judges
1 M.Thorpe Lead Judge
2 M.Bicker
3 A.Brittain
4 J.Lumb
5 M.Page
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Competition Region Wales Venue Coleg Meiron-Dwyfor Date 11-4-2014
Organiser Mike Taylor Tel 01341 423336 email [email protected]
Senior Winner Andy Leese
Rhyl College
Senior Second Robert Goodman
Coleg Sir Gar
Senior Third Bedwyr Williams
Coleg Menai
Junior Winner Gideon Kerr
Coleg Ceredigion
Junior Second Osian Flynn
GLLM Menia
Junior Third Jack Sweetland
Bridgend College
Judges
1 B.Bowman Lead Judge West Midlands
2 S.Barlow West Midlands
3 D.Westwood West Midlands
Coleg Meirion Dwyfor Dolgellau which is part of Group Llandrillo Menai College kindly
hosted this year’s competition, thanks to Mike Taylor Head of Department and his staff for
preparing the workshop. The Principal Dr Ian Rees welcomed everyone to the College and
expressed his delight that the Guild had chosen the College as the venue to host the 2014
competition. He wished all of the competitors well in the competition and to enjoy the
experience of taking part. Prior to commencing the competition Mike Taylor brought to the
attention of all in attendance the college health and safety rules in the event of fire. Prior to the
commencement of the competition the Judges covered in detail the requirements of both senior
and junior test pieces. Competitors were able to ask any questions prior to the commencement
of setting out the work. Huws Gray Builders Merchants sponsored prizes with each
competitor getting tool prizes. President of the Guild Vic Scriven presented the Certificates
and Awards and the prizes were presented by Armon Williams from Hus Gray
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Competition Region West Midlands Venue Walsall College Date 9-4-2014
Organiser Mike Welling Tel 01922 786321 email [email protected]
Senior Winner Ryan Stevens
Shrewsbury College
Senior Second Robert Hibbitt
Stoke on Trent College
Senior Third Aaron Lancaster
Walsall College
Junior Winner Max Thomson
Rugby College
Junior Second Jack Case
Shrewsbury College
Junior Third Thomas Bailey
Bournville College
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Judges
1 B.Bowman Lead Judge West Midlands
2 S.Barlow West Midlands
3 D. Westwood West Midlands
The Competition was opened by Neil Sambrook Head Of School for Construction. Andy
Fitzmaurice gave a Stihl saw demonstration throughout the day. Guild President Vic Scriven
thanked everyone for attending, the College and College staff for their hard work and
competitors, Sponsors Wienerberger. The presentation of Certificates, Trophy's and Prizes to all
Competitors was done by the Guild President Vic Scriven PGB and Steve Barlow PPGB and the
Senior Trophy was presented by Kevin Bissell Wienerberger Area Sales Manager Wienerberger.
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Competition Region South Midlands Venue South Leicestershire College Date 19-5-2014
Organiser Duncan Maccoll, Tel 01162643535 email, [email protected]
Senior Winner Daniel
Goodard
Cambridge Regional College
Senior Second Daniel Harris
Stevenson College
Senior Third Nick Hancock
Moulton College
Junior Winner Joe Page
Moulton College
Junior Second Brandon
Taylor
South Leicester College
Judges
1 B. Bowman Lead Judge West Midlands
2 D. Westwood West Midlands
D.Westwood PPGB opened the Competition, thanking the College for hoisting the
competition, the competitors and staff for taking part. Andy Fitzmaurice did a STIHL saw
demonstration. The Principle Marian Plant OBE and Vice Principle Laural Penrose visited the
competition. John Byrne Wienerberger Area Sales manager and Vic Scriven PPGB presented
Certificates and Prizes to the Competitors.
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Competition Region Northern Venue Bishop Auckland College Date 15.05.2014
Organiser Chris Lee Tel 1388443128 email
Senior Winner David
Wood
Bishop Auckland College
Senior Second Daniel
Oleary
Redcar College
Senior Third Carl Outhwaite
Darlington College
Junior Winner Hamish
Adamski
Redcar College
Junior Second Sam Selby
Darlington College
Junior Third Nathan
Cooper
Bishop Auckland College
Judges
S. Barlow Lead Judge West Midlands
A. Jowett Yorkshire
L. Madden Yorkshire
D. Westwood West Midlands
Principal/Chief Executive Natalie Davison welcomed everyone to the College and wished all the
contestants the best for the day. Andy Fitzmaurice gave a STIHL saw demonstration. At the end
of the competition Principal/Chief Executive Natalie Davison congratulated the Competitors on
the work they had produced and wished them all the best in their careers. She presented all
competitors with Certificates and the Winners with their Trophy’s
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2014 Competition Reports
Competition Region WESTERN
Venue GLOUCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE Date 22-5-2014
Organiser Andrew Ballard Tel 07538574490 email [email protected]
Senior Winner Anthony White Bridgwater College
Senior Second Sam Rickard Launceston College
Senior Third Mark Hunt Gloucestershire College
Junior Winner Callum Summers Petroc College
Junior Second Matt Risdale City Of Bristol College
Junior Third Nick Beason Bridgwater College
Judges
1 D. Anwer Lead Judge North West
2 B. Bowman West Midlands
3 K. Robinson Wales
4 P. Vine Roberts Wales
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Copies of the above posters are available for display in your college. Download
from the Guild website http://www.guildofbricklayers.org.uk/
Don’t forget to ask about corporate and student membership!
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Copies of the above posters are available for display in your college.
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Guild of Bricklayers
National Competition
Final
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June 2015
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TIES Wear the embroidered Guild badge on your tie,
Colours available, Dark Blue, Dark Red and light Grey. £10:00
TROWEL TIE PINS Gold plated on silver £15:00
SCALE RULES Unique to the Guild. Scales1:10,and 1:20
For setting out and drawing brickwork bond and gauge. (good competition prizes) £4:00
BADGES Master Member Lapel Badge, die cast, Gold rimmed £3:00 Journeyman members Lapel Badge,
Die cast, blue rimmed. £3:00 CAR BADGE plastic stick-on £1:00
KEY RINGS leather, available in Blue, Black,
Red and Green £1:00 (mixed bag of 10) (good competition prizes) £10:00
GUILD PENS with Guild logo - bag of 20 £8:00
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With Guild Logo £30:00 ‘Fruit of the Loom’ FLEECE (1 remaining, ) Med.. £25.00
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If items cannot be collected, P&P may be added.
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ROLL OF HONOUR
Malcolm Thorpe
Julian Walden
Liam Madden
James Bragg
John Coote
The Master Bricklayer Certificate is now available, the criteria for submission and application form
is available on the Guild of Bricklayers website http://www.guildofbricklayers.org.uk/
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by the following November will cease to be members and will not receive
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is no subscription fee but should you wish to give a donation it will be
gladly received to cover the cost of postage.
The Guild of bricklayers are trying to reduce their carbon footprint and
would like to reduce the number of annual journals printed and travelling
by road and rail. We are therefore now able to offer you a full colour copy
of the journal to download and print for yourself or read on your ipad,
tablet. If this option is suitable the national membership secretary will send
out an RSVP with the subscription reminders to ensure that unwanted hard
copies in black and white are not printed.
To sponsor the next issue of the Journal of the Guild of Bricklayers or to
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UKIERI: UK-India Education and Research Initiative Rob Higgins - Head of
Construction at Highbury
College recently visited India
with colleagues from South
Derbyshire College and West
Nottinghamshire College as
part of the UKIERI project,
here he tells us a bit about his
adventures. Seen here during a
classroom observation Rob
said that it had been a great
experience and that there were
some great opportunities to
form partnerships with
colleges and companies in
India as they drive to upskill
500 million workers by the
start of the next decade, a workforce that has 13 million new people joining the job
market every year. Rob went on to say that the UK India Education and Research
Initiative (UKIERI) started in April 2006 with the aim of enhancing educational links
between India and the UK. In the last five years UKIERI has played a pivotal role in
establishing a step change in the educational relations between the two countries. In
recognition of the substantial achievements and building on the success of this
initiative the programme has been extended for 5 years from 2011 to 2016. The
extension was announced by the UK Prime Minister Mr. David Cameron and Indian
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in July 2010. Both governments have confirmed
funding for UKIERI and the programme aims to now deliver systemic change by
reaching out to larger numbers. It will also provide opportunities for professional and
leadership development of schools, higher education institutions and vocational
institutions, support partnerships and develop student mobility and skills development
programmes.
Skills Development
The UK and India have much to gain from a partnership in Skills Development area
since both face significant economic and social challenges and can draw on the
considerable expertise and experience that exists within the UK’s existing skills sector.
India has set extremely ambitious vocational skills targets and will require the
development of massive additional delivery capacity. This, in turn, will require an
infrastructure that ensures that the training delivered provides skills that are
economically valuable and meet the needs of modern industry. UKIERI through this
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strand aims to facilitate the creation of strong partnerships and joint ventures that can
take on various parts of these “pipelines” for key sectors, locations or themes. The
Skills Strand will focus on capacity building for vocational education, enabling an
increase in the level of engagement between our countries’ respective skills sectors,
backed up by research to inform the development of innovative, viable and sustainable
partnership models. The Strand will then identify and support a small number of
consortia to convert strong concepts into business propositions that can secure the
necessary funding.
The aim of the Capacity Building for Vocational Education Providers sub-strand is to
support the development of the training capacity of Indian vocational education
schools/institutions by providing opportunities for UK institutions to form
partnerships. It will do this by providing grants to UK FE colleges or support
organisations to enable them to work in partnership with vocational education
schools/institutions.
Key Objectives: To provide opportunities to organisations/consortia for training need identification and
for delivery of training and setting up of Centres of Excellence in partnership with
industry bodies/SMEs to ensure skills’ providers and other bodies in the UK and India
are better equipped to work with each other. To enable the development of a strong
Indian sector skills infrastructure focusing on employer engagement approaches,
developing curriculum and qualifications, certification and assessment etc, to provide
travel grants to facilitate partner finding and working on a full grant proposal. With funding from the UKIERI project several colleges including Highbury, West Notts and South Derbyshire have been working with companies and colleges in India to help to
shape developments. On a recent visit Adrian Coleborn and Robert Higgins (left) found themselves in the City of Chennai working with Larsen and Toubro a company that Rob said has a turnover of around US $14 billion, and who supply skilled construction workers across the middle east as well as been the
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leading construction company at home in India. Following the visit Rob and Adrian have said that there are some great opportunities to be involved in some really exciting projects. Whilst working with Larsen and Toubro and visiting one of their skill centres (above) they said that some of the learning materials had been adapted from programmes developed by the CITB during the 90s and needed refreshing, and that some of the classroom sessions were quite didactic and lacked some of the pedagogical expectancies of our current learners and inspectorate. Having said that they did have some innovative ideas that we could aslo share, Adrian said that they observed some virtual welding equipment, a project that the company were keen to expand into other occupational areas and that in general they had some good electronic resources, but as can be seen from the classroom settings (above) observed during the visit learners remained fairly passive and the tutors did not have a good understanding of active learning and making sessions fun, though Rob said that they are hoping to develop this when their Indian partners come to the UK in November. Adrian said that some of their methods did not appear to be a recipe for succesful learning but that their students were extremely patient. This education was deemed to be a luxury and they were being paid the eqiuivelent of £50 per month which included having to live on site in student accomodation. Due to the vastness of the country many learners come from villages up to 350 miles away and one learner had even come from a viillage over 1000 miles away from the training centre. All of this comes with the promise of work on some of the larger projects with Larsen and Toubro both in India and overseas where construction workers could earn as much in a year as they could back home in their villages in a lifetime. Adrian said that the conditions were tough at the training school, the students started and ended their days with prayer sessions, no alcohol was allowed on site, the workshops were all outdoors and students were working in temperatures up to 450 (right) and (below) where Adrian is providing a few pointers in the art of bricklaying.
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Adrian said we were
outside for about an hour
while we were visiting the
centre which had all
construction trades
including scaffolding and
fixing steel rebar as well as
all of the traditional trades
and were drenched in
sweat, they had staff on
hand providing us with
coconut water during our
visit and it was literally
coming straight back out of
us it was so hot, I had
never been so keen to get
back into an air conditioned
room.
Andrew King of West
Nottinghamshire college is
seen here at the Larsen and
Toubro training school
demonstrating the finger
print recognition that every
student has to use when
entering the classroom so
that the training manager
knows exactly who has
attended the session at all
eight of their centres across
India. Andrew said that this
could solve a lot of our
safeguarding issues at
college and that it had been
very simple to install.
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Did You Know?
LEGO's Humble Beginnings
The LEGO toy empire got started in 1932
when Ole Kirk Christiansen, a Danish
carpenter, almost went bankrupt. During a
depression, he had lost so much carpentry
business that he started making wooden toys
and selling them from his workshop. Two
years later, he named his company LEGO
(from Danish words "leg godt" meaning
"play well". Incidentally, lego also means "I
put together" in Latin.) Christiansen's first
product? A wooden toy duck
LEGO is Really, Really Popular
There are about 62 LEGO bricks for every one of the world’s 6 billion
inhabitants.
Children around the world spend 5 billion hours a year playing with LEGO
bricks.
More than 400 million people around the world have played with LEGO bricks.
More than 400 billion LEGO bricks have been produced since 1949. Stacked on
top of each other, this is enough to connect the Earth and the Moon ten times
over.
7 LEGO sets are sold by retailers every second around the world.
The LEGO bricks sold in one year would circle the world 5 times.
LEGO World Records
Given people's passion when it comes to the toy, it's not surprising that there are
many world records set with LEGO, for example:
World's tallest LEGO tower at 94.3 ft. (28.7 m) with 465,000 bricks
World's Longest LEGO Construction at 5,179.8 ft. (1,578.8 m) with 2.9 million
bricks
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World's Largest LEGO Image at 870.15 ft² (80.84 m²), with 1.2 million bricks
World's Largest LEGO Image - see the guy in the middle of the 8 ft.
minifigs? That should give you an idea of how large the image is. Photo:
Toy Museum Bellaire.
One for the bricklayers
You can transport beer by hand, horse cart, or truck, or, even better, in your
belly, but these are not efficient means of transporting large quantities of
beer. This has become a problem for the De Halve Maan brewery in
Bruges, Belgium. For five hundred years, it has produced beer at its
brewery in the centre of town; it uses a fleet of trucks to move its beer 3
miles to a distribution facility. That's a problem because the trucks clog up
traffic on the city's cobblestone streets. In response, De Halve Maan has
acquired permission to build a 1.8-mile underground pipeline that will
move the beer quickly and efficiently. When complete, the plastic pipeline
will move about 1,585 gallons of beer per hour.
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An Interesting Article I saw recently in the London Evening Standard!
Bricklayers’ pay has surged 20% in the past six months as house builders
struggle to keep up with a surge in demand for homes driven by the
Government’s Help to Buy scheme, an industry boss said today. Galliford
Try chief executive Greg Fitzgerald said good bricklayers can currently
command salaries of £40,000 a year — or even more in the capital — as the
industry scrambles for staff. Fitzgerald, whose company reported record
pre-tax profits of £74.1 million for the year to June 30, said: “I have
evidence of us paying brickies 20% more than six to nine months ago.” He
added: “Pretty much, since Help to Buy on April 1, we have gone from an
environment where if you made a mistake on a job and needed twice as
many brickies you would just go and pick them up to a completely different
ball game. We can see build inflation starting to come through for the first
time in four or five years.”
House builders are struggling “to go from A to B quite quickly” after a long
recession which has seen thousands of staff drop out of the sector and lower
apprenticeship numbers. The industry is also finding it difficult to source
materials such as bricks and breeze blocks. “There is an element of
panicking going on whereby some builders are ordering more than they
need.” Construction markets have also improved but there has been no
“shot in the arm” seen by the house building world, Fitzgerald added.
Fellow house builder Crest Nicholson also saw signs of pressure on its
supply chain as it reported forward sales of £145 million — up 92% on the
£75m achieved this time last year. Chief executive Stephen Stone said:
“When we were looking at an IPO a year ago we never anticipated the
Government would stimulate the housing market in the way it has done.
Rather than taking a year or two years to get a slight improvement, there
has been an almost instantaneous pick-up.”
Stone said the builder had been forced to look abroad to source breeze
blocks as the UK’s three biggest suppliers struggle to keep up. But he
added that the recent price rises were a “blip” which should start to level
out in the months ahead.
Official figures showed big rises in orders for both public and private new
housing between April and June, which rose at their fastest pace since the
autumn of 2010. In volume terms, the £4 billion of orders is the highest
since the end of 2007, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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The Bank That Was Sent Through the Post Office The U.S. Post
Office allows its
customers to mail
many things
besides the
familiar letter. A
customer can send
plants, insects,
some types of live
animals and some
dead ones, too. A direct marketing research company surreptitiously mailed
a football, a claw hammer, and even a water ski, with nothing other than
adequate postage and a delivery label attached to it, just to see what
happened. All were delivered with some chastisement from the destination
postal clerk about the items needing to be properly wrapped. But the
strangest thing to be sent through the mail was a bank. And not a child's
piggy bank, but a savings institution. Of course, the entire bank couldn't be
sent through the mail system, as there are the obvious logistics of moving
the building. But the next best thing was mailed was all of the bricks used
to construct the bank, all 80,000 of them. On January 1, 1913, Parcel Post
Service was inaugurated in the United States. This service provides for the
shipment of packages between two places. Parcel post service was ideal for
rural Americans, who could now use the post office as a delivery method to
get packages sent through the mail. Farmers and rural craftsmen especially
loved the convenience that it afforded them to get their products to market.
City dwellers also used the service at a phenomenal rate. It was one of the
most popular services added to basic mail service. Mr. W. H. Coltharp, a
young businessman in the town of Vernal, Utah, wanted to build a building
and dedicate it to the memory of his father. After consulting with the
directors of the local lending institution in the city, Coltharp proceeded with
plans to build a building in which the front corner would be used as a new
bank. The bricks which Coltharp selected were made by the Salt Lake
Pressed Brick Company, located about 120 miles away from Vernal, Utah
by straight line, and even longer on the trails that weaved through Utah.
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Coltharp's problem was that the freight costs to haul 80,000 bricks from
Salt Lake City to Vernal was prohibitive. The freight charges to ship the
bricks to Vernal were about 4 times more expensive than what the bricks
cost. In a stroke of creative genius, Coltharp decided he would have the
bricks mailed to the small town, taking advantage of the cheap parcel post
rates. In order to meet the postal regulations of the day, Coltharp had the
bricks carefully packaged in crates weighing less than 50 pounds, the upper
limit of what the post office would permit. News accounts indicate that 40
or so crates were shipped each time, meaning that each attempted shipment
was equivalent to one ton. The trek from Salt Lake City had to take a very
circuitous route in order to get to Vernal. First, the bricks were sent to
Mack, Colorado, using the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. From there,
they went to Watson, Colorado by way of a narrow gauge railroad. Finally
the bricks were hauled the final 65 miles to Vernal by freight wagon. The
total length of this route was over 400 miles. As the post offices began to
get overwhelmed by the cartons of bricks, the postmasters began to get
frantic. Ultimately the entire quota of bricks were delivered, but the post
office changed their regulations. The new rules stipulated that the sender
and receiver could only ship or receive a total of 200 pounds of goods in a
single day. In a clarification of the rule, the postal administration indicated
that "it is not the intent of the United States Postal Service that buildings be
shipped through the mail." The Bank of Vernal was completed and was
nicknamed "The Parcel Post Bank" by some of the town's residents. The
building still exists and is still used as a bank.
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The Unsung Heroes – Competition Judges.
I have been organising and taking learners to competitions since 1995, twenty
years next year, and in all that
time the one thing that never
ceases to amaze me is the
standard of judging in the
competitions organised by the
Guild of Bricklayers. Most
people in the further education
sector agree that the
competitions organised by the
Guild are the best and from my
experience it has been easy to
see why. The impartiality and
integrity in the organising of
the competitions is an example to anyone who wants to organise trade
competitions and in all of the twenty years that I have attended I have never seen
or heard of an appeal against the judges decisions, pretty impressive by any
organisations standards. All of the judges have been through training days with
international judges and are well mentored when they first start to attend the
competitions. All are volunteers some retired brickwork lecturers and other are
current practitioners who are fortunate enough in these austere times to be
working for colleges and training providers who still see the value of their staff
been involved in the competition. Here are just a couple of action shots that
show the concentration of the dedicated judges including Vic Scriven PPGB,
Malcolm Thorpe LMGB (right) and
David Anwar MGB and Andy Bannister
MGB (above). I am sure you will join
me in thanking them and all those that
have judges our competitions over the
years for their dedication and for
making them such memorable and
enjoyable occasions. If there are others
out there that would like to attend a
judges training day, to help prepare
your learners for competitions, to learn
how to get an advantage for your learners or to join the band of unsung heroes
please contact [email protected]
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Current List of Qualified Judges
Mr P R Waterworth Yorkshire Malcom Boyle Yorkshire
Mr D W Davies Yorkshire Kevin Harold North West
Mr R Butterworth Yorkshire Bill Bowman West Midlands
Mr P Hodgkinson Yorkshire Anthony Spillar Wales
Mr M Pearce Yorkshire Phil Roberts Wales
Mr S Barlow West Midlands Kevin Robinson Wales
Mr D Westwood West Midlands Liam Maddon Yorkshire
Mr J Howe North West Andy Jowett Yorkshire
Mr J Trueman North West Andrew Wallace Yorkshire
Mr M G Kelliher North West Andy Bannister Yorkshire
Mr T T Callaghan North West Timothy Bond Notts / Lincs
Mr. B Walton North West Andrew Wass Notts / Lincs
Mr J Walden Notts/Lincs Leigh Jakeman West Midlands
Mr M Thorpe Notts/Lincs Mark Hopkinson Western
Mr E Robson Notts/Lincs Phillip Tinnuche Wales
Mr A J Tucker Western Michael Powell Wales
Mr W Ford Southern Michael McCarthy Wales
Mr W E Lewis Wales Adrian Varney Wales
Mr G Evans Wales John Griffiths Wales
Andrew Brittain Yorkshire Gwyn Thomas Wales
Mark Bicker Yorkshire Lyndon Underwood Wales
Michael Page Yorkshire Phillip Jones Wales
Joe Lumb Yorkshire
Colin Hepplestone Yorkshire
Keith Parr Yorkshire
Jon Mellor Yorkshire
David Anwar North West
Anyone interested in joining the next judges training day in February should
email [email protected] (venue TBA)
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UK Skills Show 2014 (Birmingham NEC) Seen below are a few pictures of the UK skills show. Obviously these
photos concentrate on brickwork but the whole event is a fabulous display
of the skills that can be developed in the further education sector. As a
spectacle the UK Skills Show hosts the finals of sixty competitions and this
year the standard of work was amazing, a real tribute to the people that
work in the sector. The show also hosts the most dynamic careers event
which provides information to students from schools and colleges on
virtually every occupation known and has some of the most visual and
interactive stands that you will see anywhere in the world. Having attended
every year that the show has been organised I can honestly say that the
event continues to get better and really is a must see attraction both for
taking students and visiting yourselves (best done on a Saturday when there
are less younger students from schools hanging around the exhibits).
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Some of the other trades at the UK Skills Show
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Seen in an issue of an industry newspaper (October 2014)
