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News Release from: UK Skills
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 May 2003
UK government boosts vocational skills
training
Recent Government announcements that more money is to be channelled into vocational skills training, is good news for the manufacturing industry.
Recent Government announcements that more money is to be channelled into vocational skills training, is good news for the manufacturing industry Manufacturing is one of the skills already being recognised on the international stage at this years WorldSkills competition taking place from 19th to 22nd June
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 6 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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On June 13 this year a 31 strong UK Skills team will fly off to Switzerland to compete in the bi-annual World Skills Competition.
The team is made up of young people who represent the very best vocationally trained individuals in the UK in trades as diverse as engineering and IT to hospitality and manufacturing.
The team, who all won their places at last years Skill City event in Manchester, will compete against 36 other countries across 40 competition trades.
The olympic style competition will last for 4 days and see competitors strive for gold, silver and bronze medals in their respective trades.
The four man team in the manufacturing team challenge is Tavis Bampton, Neil McCabe, Darren Atkinson and UK Skills team captain, Andy Lacey.
On the up coming competition Andy says: "This is a team event, so I'll be making certain I do my best so as not to let anyone down.
It is an honour to be picked by the team as their captain for the 2003 team." Graeme Hall, Deputy Chief Executive of UK Skills, the organisation behind the UK entry to the WorldSkills Competition, says: "This is a wonderful opportunity for the competitors to demonstrate to the world exactly how good they are at their chosen skill, and also for the UK to boast about the very broad pool of talent we have.
Training standards in the UK manufacturing industry are as high as anywhere in the world and the strength of this team will help us prove it.".
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