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Skills CompetitionsTUTORS BACK BMI APPRENTICEOF THE YEAR COMPETITIONWith this year’s BMI Apprentice of the Year competition having launched in early March,tutors from building colleges and training centres nationwide explain why they feelcompetitions such as SkillBuild and the BMI Apprentice of the Year are so important tocompetitors, employers and the industry itself.Motivation, pride in yourself and yourwork, plus the chance to measureyourself against your contemporaries;those are just some of the benefits that thecountry’s roofing tutors see their apprenticesgaining by taking part in the industry’s majorcompetitions – such as BMI’s Apprentice of theYear – the 2020 competition having launched onMarch 2nd. They also believe that thecompetitions are a showcase for roofing topotential new recruits.Employers benefit too, according to South DevonCollege’s Steve Dowell: “We find that companiesare really interested when their trainees make itto the national finals of SkillBuild and, when thebosses attend the local or regional heat, they seethese young roofers demonstratingcraft skills they (the bosses)didn’t know they had,because there isn’t theopportunity to showthese off at work.”Steve is among thetutors who makes surehis students know aboutthese competitions right fromthe start. “We can teach people towork at a high standard, whether they have anatural affinity for the job or not, if they’reengaged,” he explained.“Competitions give youngsters something toaspire to and makes them realise the knowledgeand skills that they have”“A lot of our learners are very motivated whenthey join us and the competitionsmake them super-engaged.They demonstrate that if youwork hard you can makeit.” To make his point hesingles out SouthDevon’s two finalists inSkillBuild as proof.Competitions are keyOver at Leeds College ofBuilding, competitions are takenseriously from the very start. “We seecompetitions within the sector as a measure ofhow well we’re doing as a college as well asgiving our students an incentive to do well,”explained Chris Messenger, lecturer in roof slatingand tiling. He holds competitions in college fromthe first year onwards to give his students theexperience of working under pressure. And it paysoff: his apprentices have won a total of 15SkillBuild/WorldSkills medals (six gold, two silver,and seven bronze) under his coaching.In the South West, Alan Lander at RoofTrain is abig believer in the value that competitions bringto both the individual and the industry.“Competitions give youngsters something toaspire to and makes them realise the knowledgeand skills that they have,” he explained.He encourages his trainees to enter, even thoughhe only teaches them for some 23 days, ratherthan over the course of two years. As a resultLeft: Alan Lander of RoofTrain. Above: Chris Messenger,lecturer in roof slating and tiling at Leeds College of Building.38 TC MARCH 2020
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