Eight competitors who will compete in the 2019 SkillELECTRIC UK final have been named following a series of regional heats earlier this year.
The SkillELECTRIC finalists will go head-to-head in November at WorldSkills UK Live, the UK’s largest skills and career event, at the NEC Birmingham. Over 70 WorldSkills UK competitions will be held, watched by around 70,000 visitors.
In the quest to be crowned SkillELECTRIC champion, contestants will have to install a complicated two-day practical task set to a strict timescale and against rigorous marking criteria.
The finalists are:
- Alex Rendall, Bridgwater & Taunton College
- Ben Kidner, Rogers Restorations
- Blair Angus, SECTT
- Darren Kerr, SECTTa
- Jonathon Sherratt, Oldham College
- Kevin Brown, Army – Royal Engineers
- Lewis Sim, Moray College Technology Centre
- Scott Barr, South Eastern Regional College
Those who score most highly will have a chance to compete at the next WorldSkills competition taking place in Shanghai in 2021.
Earlier this year, Thomas Lewis, a past SkillELECTRIC finalist, competed internationally in Kazan, Russia, and received a Medallion of Excellence in recognition of his work reaching the international skills standard.
For more information, visit: www.skillelectric.org.uk.
