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9 September 2016

First year joinery apprentices put to the test at the College

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As part of our long lasting partnership with Clark Contracts, we were happy to welcome four of their Joinery Apprentices – three of whom are also WCS students – for their end of first year skills assessment.

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Clark Contracts were welcome to use our workshop for students to undertake their assessment in settings closely matching real working life environment.

Joining efforts to develop the young workforce in the construction sector, Tommy Cambpell, Head of Sector at WCS, and Stewart Kerr, Senior Contracts Manager at Clark Contracts, are delighted to be able to offer to apprentices the opportunity to learn and assess their skills in state-of-the-art facilities.

Tommy Campbell, said “It is a pleasure to work in partnership with an external stakeholder such as Clark Contracts to support the training and development of West College Scotland Apprentices. The College strives to work closely with local employers and has developed many bespoke training programmes for the sector. We continue to share ideas with and encourage support from employers to help us shape the curriculum of the future.”

 

David Cooper, Academy Director  at Clark Contracts said “It is fantastic to see how far our first year apprentices have progressed since starting with us in July 2015 and I look forward to watching them continue to improve whilst they complete their apprenticeship with us. It has been great to partner with West College Scotland to deliver this assessment and I would like to thank them for their help and continued support in training our apprentices”.

Pictured above from left to right: WCS Head of Sector Tommy Campbell – Apprentices Stewart Smillie, Dominic Larkin, Ryan Goodwin and Anthony Boyle – Clark Contracts Senior Contracts Manager Stewart Kerr.