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IMI Skills Competition finalists announced for 2024
- 11/07/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The IMI Skills Competition finalists for 2024 have been announced. National qualifying events took place throughout May and June in four categories, Body Repair, Refinishing, Light Vehicle Technology, and Heavy Vehicle Technology, with the 24 finalists progressing to compete in the national finals from 18-22 [...] -
PPG to support WorldSkills Europe for 2024-25
- 10/06/2024
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
PPG has announced that it will support the WorldSkills Europe (WSE) vocational skills organisation for 2024-25 as a premium sponsor. WSE promotes vocational, technological, and service-oriented education and training across Europe, working with young people, educators, governments, and industries to prepare the [...] -
BASF backs WorldSkills with Glasurit 100 Line
- 15/05/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
BASF is again supporting WorldSkills International this year as global silver partner of the WorldSkills Competition and exclusive sponsor of the Car Painting category with its premium refinish paint brand Glasurit. WorldSkills Lyon 2024 takes place from 10-15 September with more than 1,500 participants from 65 [...] -
Automotive stars selected for WorldSkills
- 08/05/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Two of UK’s top apprentices are gearing up to take part in WorldSkills Lyon 2024, billed as the ‘skills Olympics’. David McKeown, a former apprentice who trained at Riverpark Training and who works for James McKeown Accident Repair in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, will represent the UK in Autobody Repair, while [...] -
Steer Automotive Group celebrates apprenticeships
- 04/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Steer Automotive Group celebrated its Automotive Body Repair and Automotive Refinishing competitions for apprentices in February. The Steer Apprentice Skills Competition, designed to help prepare apprentices for their end point assessments and recognise their outstanding progress, took place recently at Emtec [...] -
FMG Academy to host WorldSkills qualifiers
- 20/03/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
FMG Repair Services has announced it will host IMI WorldSkills body repair national qualifiers for the fourth year running. The independent competition, which identifies the most talented apprentices in the automotive industry, will be held in June at FMG Repair Services’ Technical Training and Professional [...] -
WorldSkills registrations open in one week
- 21/02/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Registrations for the WorldSkills UK National Competition open in one week. The skills competitions provide employers, colleges and independent training providers with a proven method of upskilling and developing young people from all backgrounds and abilities. Designed by industry experts, they assess an [...] -
Craig Kennedy shines at WorldSkills final
- 07/11/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
UK technicians enjoyed considerable success at the recent WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition for Car Painting, which took place in Denmark from 18-22 October. Supported by Glasurit, BASF’s premium paint brand, the competition saw 13 of the world’s best painters compete over four days, with each [...] -
FMG selected for WorldSkills qualifiers
- 08/03/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
FMG Repair Services has announced that its Goole training centre has been chosen to host the WorldSkills UK Automotive Body Repair National Qualifiers in June. Richard Hutchins, IMI’s skills competitions manager, said: “We always seek to deliver our competitions in centres of excellence, providing our [...] -
IMI manager wins diversity award
- 08/03/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has announced that competitions manager Richard Hutchins has won a prestigious WorldSkills UK’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Heroes Award. The awards celebrate the individuals and organisations championing diversity and inclusion within the business and technical [...]
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