Adam Batty wins Guild of Bricklayer's Senior National competition

Congratulations to Adam Batty (a Barnsley College 3rd year bricklaying Apprentice) who has won the Guild of Bricklayer's Senior National competition, which was held at City of Liverpool College on the Thursday 20th June 2019.

To qualify for the national competition, Adam had to prove his worth by winning the Guild of Bricklayers Yorkshire Region Senior competition on the 31st May 2019 held at Bishop Burton College, so this is a double success for Adam.

Adam is employed by Fountain Developments LTD and has shown excellent work ethic, dedication and attitude to improve and develop into a superb bricklayer and person.

We are exceptionally proud of Adam and elated as a department, because his success means that we now have 3 national competition wins in the last 3 years.

Well done Adam!

Guild of Bricklayers National Final 2018

The national final of the Guild of Bricklayers competiton took place yesterday (27th June 2018) and we are delighted to announce that our students were successful once again.


Adam Batty came 2nd in the Junior national final and Morgan Chambers came third in the Senior national final. The competition was held at Brooklands College, Surrey.

 Well done lads - you're amazing bricklayers!

Skillbuild 2018

Congratulations to Adam Batty and Morgan Chambers who have earned further success at the Yorkshire and Humber heats of the Skill Build competition.

Just weeks after they both won first place at the Guild of Bricklayers regional heats, they have now secured places in the national final of the Skill Build competition. The heats took place at York college on the 21st June 2018.

Well done lads!

The Guild of Bricklayers Regional Heats 2018

Two of our bricklayers have taken part in the 2018 Yorkshire regional heats of the Guild of Bricklayers competition and have managed to bring home two first place trophies.

The competition took place on the 25th of May 2018 at Doncaster College and students from 14 colleges from across Yorkshire were invited to showcase their skills.

Adam Batty was awarded the trophy for the Yorkshire region junior brickwork competition:

Morgan Chambers is the Yorkshire region Senior winner:

We are extremely pleased with their success and look forward to the national final that will take place at Brooklands College in June.

Well done!

Jack Pogson named the Barnsley College Plastering Apprentice of the Year 2017

Well done to Jack for winning the Plastering apprentice of the year award.

Jack has worked hard all year and put 100% effort in his theory sessions and practical.  Jack has 100% attendance and has improved his skills and knowledge every week by trying his best.

Well done Jack and keep up the great work!

A site visit for the plumbing department

This week the construction department was given the opportunity to visit a Keepmoat housing development in Barnsley. 14 students from Barnsley College who are currently studying towards a level 1 Plumbing Diploma got to experience what it is like to be on a real construction site.

Katie Stafford the Social Value Manager and the Site Manager, Jamie Ellis, introduced Keepmoat and what the development was for. An H&S briefing was carried out and information on apprenticeships and development opportunities was also passed on to the students.

The Site Manager took the students around the site and into some of the houses allowing them to see the different fixing stages when building a house.

The students were given information that related to their actual course such as plumbing installations, the job roles of people working on the site, the site programme and scheduling, H&S, Quality standards that everyone works to, Inspections that take place, the importance of housekeeping and the potential earnings in the industry.

The site visit was invaluable as many of the students have not yet had the opportunity to see a live site and this visit gave them a better understanding by putting the training they have received in college and seeing it in a real environment.

All the students and staff really enjoyed the visit and can’t thank Keepmoat enough for the visit and the opportunity they have given two further students from Barnsley College to undertake a placement on the site in Athersley.

Construction Student of the Year Awards 2016

The Student of the Year Awards is an annual event that allows us to give praise to the students that have done exceptionally well over the academic year.

One student is chosen from every level of every trade to receive an award and the winners were all nominated by teaching staff for their hard work, attitude and dedication.

We also give out awards for students who have 100% attendance, as this is a great achievement in itself.

This year, the event took place in the CUBE construction building and parents, grandparents and friends came to watch the students receive their award from Vicky Slater, who is one of Barnsley College's assistant principles.

Here are a few photos from the event:

Owen Clarke - Level 1 Joinery

Logan Lawton - Level 1 Brickwork

Fabian Steele - Level 2 Brickwork

Vicky Thornton - Level 3 Brickwork

Lewis Needham - Apprentice Brickwork

Charlie Smith - Level 1 Plastering

Connor Rawson - Level 3 Plastering

Luke Herring -Plastering Apprentice

Connor Letherland - Apprentice Plasterer

Katie Tucker - Level 1 Painting & Decorating

Jess Heath - Level 2 P&D apprentice & the Fred Booker Award for Excellance

Luke Spence-Hirst - Level 3 P&D apprentice and the Les Schofield Award for Endeavour

Maciek Petka - Wall and Floor Tiling Level 2

Natanael Idan - Professional Studies Year 1 and 100% attendance award

Isaac Marshal - Professional Studies Year 2

Scott Wright - Professional Studies Apprentice Year 1

Aiden Platts - Professional Studies Apprentice Year 2

Cameron Noble - P&D Level 3 and GCSE Maths

Andrew Jowitt - GCSE Maths

Isaac Bower - GCSE English

Chelsea Cowlishaw - Plumbing Level 1 and GCSE English

Sam Leak - 100% Attendance

James Clancy - Plastering Apprentice Year 1

Gary Rodgers and Ricky Curtis

Gary Rodgers - Wall & Floor Tiling Apprentice Year 1

Ricky Curtis - Site Carpentry Level 3 apprentice

Well done to all involved.
 

Johnstone's Young Painter of the Year 2016

Two of our Painting & Decorating students took part in the 2016 Johnstone's Young Painter of the Year competition at Doncaster College on Tuesday 26th April 2016.

Katie and Jess were chosen to represent Barnsley College in the Yorkshire heat and they had 6 hours to set out and paint the wall to strict specifications.

Both students did extremely well and completed the work on time and to a good standard. Jess also managed to achieve first place and has gained a position in the national final in Coventry in November.

Well done to both students!