World Skills Show 2012: William Proud

Bricklaying student Will Proud was one of two Barnsley College Construction students to attend the World Skills Show at the NEC in Birmingham for a 3 day event to celebrate the skills of apprentices from around the UK. Will took part in an 19 hour competiton to complete the decorative brickwork model shown below. Here are a few photographs to show how his work progressed.

Will Proud with completed work

 

Starting to build up his display

Accuracy is important, so Will checks the levels

Coming together nicely

Cutting bricks precisely

The Team: Built Environment Bricklaying

Finally finished

Completed work



MP Dan Jarvis visits Brickwork

Dan Jarvis with Bricklaying student Jason Whitehead

Dan Jarvis, the MP for Barnsley Central, visited Barnsley College's Brickwork department to meet the students and to have a go at some basic bricklaying skills.

 

The visit was a great opportunity for the students to show off their work and share their skills with our local Member of Parliament.

Course Leader, Jon Mellor, demonstrates how to lay a brick  

Students watch on while Dan Jarvis is shown how to work out where to place the brick

Placing the brick

Bedding the brick into position 

  

Esmail Alavi, with the arch he created to demonstrate his skills during the visit 

  

All the Brickwork students who were lucky enough to be invited to meet their MP.