WEC Group apprentices win gold and bronze at WorldSkills UK Finals

Two of WEC Group’s Training Academy apprentices have won gold and bronze medals at the WorldSkills UK final in Construction Metalwork.

This follows Christopher’s bronze medal triumph at last year’s competition after scoring higher than previous gold medallists.

WEC Group Training Academy’s third year apprentice and 2015 Apprentice of the Year, Jonathan Holding, also managed to bag a bronze medal at this year’s competition.

“I am so proud to have won and to be part of a team that is taking Worldskills standards to a new international level, by winning 4 medals and scoring over 90 per cent again in our second year.”

Kris Mercer, training and development manager at WEC Group Training Academy said: “For the second year in a row we have managed to bring home Gold and Bronze medals, which is a huge achievement for us.

Kris held weekly welding/fabrication master classes with the finalists in the run up to the competition, teaching them skills beyond the baseline apprenticeship framework.

James Ennis, a WEC Group apprentice who won the regional event and set a new record score, was unable to attend the national final due to personal reasons. The judges commented that this year’s standards were very high, with all test pieces scoring above 86 per cent.