WorldSkills UK Wales

Groundwork – cultivating talent!

Watch this fantastic video about Groundwork Wales’ environmental regeneration competition. Six teams from across Wales took part in the grand final of this competition, held as part of skillscymru at the Millennium Stadium on 16 September 2010.

Funded via our skillscompetition Wales, the competition required teams to design and create a small garden as part of an environmental regeneration project. Competitors were tested in a variety of skills covering a mix of horticulture, landscaping, project design, conservation, community consultation, health and safety and basic construction techniques.

The team from Gower College Swansea won the foundation level with the team from Deeside College winning the intermediate level. Coleg Meirion Dwyfor’s team took the top prize at the advanced level. Congratulations to all!

It was a great competition and exciting to be able to watch this live at skillscymru. Seeing the gardens take shape so quickly was really impressive. We were also impressed with Groundwork’s stand at the event that included signage made solely from recycled materials! 

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Be the Presenter at skillscymru!

Last week, we told you about our search to find two presenters for skillscymru. Well, what do you think of Charlotte’s presenting skills? She is currently a contestant on Britain’s Next Top Model which is showing on Living TV.

Watch Charlotte's  video in full screen through the skillscymru YouTube channel. 

If you think you could do better, then make sure you enter our skillscymru competition. Entry closes on Friday 30 July!

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SkillsCompetition Wales – IT Web Design Final

Missed this event? Here’s our round up video of the competition which includes an overview from the judges about what was involved. This was the first competition of its kind to be held in Wales – congrats again to David Bowen from Coleg Sir Gâr on winning the top prize! View it here or in HD via YouTube.

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SkillsCompetition Wales Final - Construction

Watch our great video of this 09/10 skillscompetition Wales final. View it here or through our YouTube channel:

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Can You Dress To Impress?

A window that is… SkillVM is the WorldSkills UK competition for students and those working in the retail industry. It’s an opportunity for you to demonstrate your visual merchandising creative and technical skills in a live competition environment.

Teams are invited to design a window display based on a given theme through submission of mood boards and a written proposal. Designs are judged by a panel of experts with the top scoring designs shortlisted to create their displays at a live heat. Winners from the heats go on to compete at the UK final which takes place this year at the In-Store Show, the UK’s leading retail exhibition, at Olympia in June 2010.

The SkillVM competition is organised by Skillsmart Retail who successfully launched this competition last year, (take a look at the video below for a round-up of this event). Now in its second year, the competition is going from strength-to-strength. Enter online by 16 April 2010 for your chance to benchmark your skills against the best visual merchandisers in the country.

(Acknowledgements: Thanks to UK Skills for image and DNA for use of video)

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