Top Apprentice Decorators Compete For Title
The competition to find the UK’s Crown Trade Apprentice Decorator of the Year is heating up as the eight finalists have been named.
The talented competitors were judged the nation’s most promising industry apprentices after competing against hundreds of entrants in tough individual heats held at colleges across the country earlier this year.
Now, the eight will go on to compete at the prestigious Skills Show, at Birmingham’s NEC from November 16-18, with a £1,000 first prize at stake.
The finalists are: Aiden Dearie of City Building Glasgow, Callum Bonner of Forth Valley College of Further and Higher Education, Declan Collins of Dundee and Angus College, Oliver Takhar of Bath College, Patrick Dinham of Newcastle College, Philip Orme of City College Plymouth, Lewys Rawlings of Coleg Cambria and Thomas Pawlowski of West Suffolk College.
The contest, in association with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), is the longest running showcase of talent for up-and-coming painters and decorators and this year celebrates its 38th anniversary.
As well as scooping the £1,000 top prize and title of Crown Trade Apprentice Decorator of the Year, the overall winner will also be considered for a place in Squad UK at the international Euro Skills 2018 championships in Budapest.
The Apprentice Decorator of the Year competition is a key part of Crown Trade’s ongoing programme to help address a skills gap which has emerged within the industry.
Figures released by the Construction Industry Training Broad revealed that more than 13,000 painters and decorators will be needed before 2018 to meet growing demand.
Top Apprentice Decorators Compete For Title
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