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WSUK winners announced

The WorldSkills and Engineers of Tomorrow National Finals took place recently and they didn’t disappoint. David Scott, Managing Director of Skills for Security reveals the winners and outlines the campaign

The competition was attended by industry leaders and influencers from across all four nations with a watchful eye on the future talent of our sector.

After a gruelling two-day competition where students had to design, install, commission, fault find and maintain systems, the winners were announced as:

Engineers of Tomorrow Fire Alarm Winners: 1st Adam Smylie – Beacon delivered by South Eastern Regional College 2nd Jessica Goodson – JCI delivered by Banham Academy 3rd Tony Steer – JCI delivered by Banham Academy Highly Commended James McIntyre – EFT Group delivered by Skills for Security

WorldSkills UK and Engineers of Tomorrow Security Systems Winners: 1st Owen Nelson – EFT Group delivered by Skills for Security 2nd Gianluca Mori – Banham Group delivered by Banham Academy 3rd Richard Collingwood – JCI delivered by Banham Academy Highly Commended Thomas Docherty – JCI delivered by Banham Academy Highly Commended Peter Smylie - Beacon delivered by South Eastern Regional College

Congratulations to this years winners!

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The average score of all the competitors was over 79%, meaning there were an additional three highly commended students because of the high level of engineering practices. The winners were announced at this years Security & Fire Excellence Awards, sponsored by IFSEC & FIREX, where all students were recognised for their achievements.

The competition cycle starts again in February, where we will put the next generation of apprentices through three rounds of competitions to find next years Engineers of Tomorrow and WorldSkills UK Champion.

Thank you to our sponsors and supporters that made it happen: CSL, Texecom, Hikvision, SSAIB, NSI, IFSEC, FIREX, BSIA, FIA and of course Skills for Security, who organised and ran the event. We also had additional equipment sponsors this year from Apollo, Advanced and Detector Testers.

Want to become a sponsor and support the future of the sector? PLEASE EMAIL d.scott@skillsforsecurity.org.uk

YOUR SKILLS QUESTIONS ANSWERED

As part of this column you can ask David questions directly about training and apprenticeships. We will aim, to publish the question and answer in the next column. If you want to participate in this, then email info@skillsforsecurity.org.uk

I am an apprentice; how do I get involved in WSUK? There are two ways to engage, you can ask your training provider to enter you or you can email worldskills@skillsforsecurity.org.uk

I am a qualified apprentice; can I enter? As long as you completed within the last year, you can still compete.

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