Searching for the best young painter and decorator in the world
WorldSkills London 2011
Going Global
This year Crown Trade is taking its investment in skill development to a global dimension by sponsoring the world’s largest vocational skills competition. The professional paint brand is to be the main sponsor of the Painting and Decorating competition at WorldSkills, a spectacular international skills extravaganza which symbolises the pinnacle of excellence in vocational training.
“Skill Olympics”
A thousand exceptional young people, drawn from skill heats held in 50 different countries, compete in the biennial WorldSkills competition (formerly known as the ‘Skill Olympics’) which covers seven vocational sectors ranging from ‘Creative Arts and Fashion’ to ‘Construction and Building Technology’. Each team member is specially selected to represent his or her country in one of 45 individual skill categories, competing against their peers from around the world in intensive four-day battles to find the ‘best of the best’.
London to host WorldSkills 2011
Between 5 -8th October 2011, WorldSkills London 2011 is to be held in the UK, for only the third time in its 61-year history. ExCel London, the international exhibition and conference venue will host the event and is expecting to welcome 150,000 visitors.
Why Crown Trade is sponsoring the Painting and Decorating competition
“When we discovered that WorldSkills was coming to London, we were very keen to get involved as a sponsor. It was a logical move as we are already closely involved with WorldSkills. Here in the UK, our Crown Trade Apprentice Decorator of the Year Competition provides the only route for the country’s most talented young decorators to progress into this unique international skills event.
“For the past three decades we have shown the UK market how much we care about the future of our industry by encouraging our young painters and decorators to strive for excellence and achieve their full potential. WorldSkills London 2011 provides us with a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate that commitment from a global platform and to enhance our profile and project our brand values around the world.” Debbie Orr - Crown Trade Senior Brand Manager.
What other benefits are there?
With immediate effect, every drop of paint used in all the UK Squad’s official training sessions will come out of a Crown Trade can. Competitors will therefore benefit from the latest developments in coatings technology and be confident that they are using premium quality products that will help them achieve top results when it really matters. At the four day WorldSkills event itself, every international competitor will also complete all the painted elements of their challenging test piece using Crown Trade coatings.
Crown Trade is also involved in training the members of the UK Squad and helping to develop their skills to the highest level in readiness for the competition. This is very rewarding for the Crown Trade team, especially the training experts, as they are able to stay involved with the development of apprentices who have already excelled in the national competition, and to watch them reach their full potential.
Who will represent the UK?
Three decorators have been selected for the UK Squad for WorldSkills London 2011. Rachel Terras from Galashiels, Thomas Waudby from Doncaster and Sadie Jones from Swadlincote, have already made it through several gruelling elimination rounds to earn their place, but only one of them will ultimately go forward to compete at ExCeL London. All three are undergoing intensive training with UK Skills, the body with overall responsibility for ensuring the UK team has the best possible chance of success. The final selection of the team member to represent the UK in the Painting and Decorating category in October will be made in June.
Please visit www.worldskillslondon2011.com for further information about the competition.
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