North West - SkillBuild 2009

Location: Preston College, North West

Do you think you have what it takes to win a construction skills competition? Want to prove it?

Are you keen to be the cream of the crop? Then why not get your tutor or employer to enter you into SkillBuild, Britain’s biggest skills competition. The regional heats kick off on 22 April with 12 taking place up and down the country, culminating in a national final in October.

You can enter SkillBuild 2009 if you are an apprentice in any of the trades listed below:

  • Bricklaying
  • Cabinet making
  • Carpentry
  • Joinery
  • Painting and decorating
  • Plastering
  • Stonemasonry
  • Roof slating and tiling
  • Roof sheeting and cladding
  • Single ply roofing 
  • Reinforced bitumen membrane roofing
RegionCentreDate
Northern IrelandSouthern Regional College, PortadownThursday 5 & Friday 6th March
North WestPreston CollegeWednesday 22 April
West MidlandsStoke on Trent CollegeFriday 24 April
LondonActon & West London CollegeWednesday 6 May
East AngliaNorth Hertfordshire CollegeFriday 8 May
South EastSouth Kent CollegeFriday 15 May
SouthernBournemouth & Poole CollegeWednesday 20 May
East MidlandsMoulton CollegeFriday 22 May
ScotlandSouth Lanarkshire CollegeWednesday 27 May
WalesColeg MenaiFriday 5 June
South WestSomerset College of Arts & TechnologyFriday 26 June
North EastNewcastle College (C S A)Wednesday 1 July
YorkshireKinglees College - OssettFriday 3 July
National FinalSouth Lanarkshire College7 - 9 November

 

If you are crowned the winner of SkillBuild 2009 you also get the opportunity to represent the UK in WorldSkillswhich is held every two years in different cities across the world. In 2009 the competition will be held in Calgary, Canada.

If you are keen to prove that you have construction talent, download the application form and get your employer or tutor to submit your details!

Please note:  applications have to come from your tutor or employer, we are unable to accept applications direct from entrants.