After successfully completing a round of regional heats earlier this year, eight finalists have been announced to compete at the 2019 SkillELECTRIC UK final.
Finalists will go head-to-head in November at WorldSkills UK LIVE at the NEC Birmingham, where over 70 WorldSkills UK competitions will be held, watched by around 70,000 visitors.
In the quest to be crowned SkillELECTRIC champion, contestants will have to install a complicated two-day practical task set to a strict timescale and against a rigorous marking criteria.
The finalists are:
- Alex Rendall, Bridgwater and Taunton College
- Ben Kidner, Rogers Restorations Ltd
- Blair Angus, SECTTDarren Kerr, SECTT
- Jonathon Sherratt, Oldham College
- Kevin Brown, Army – Royal Engineers
- Lewis Sim, Moray College Technology Centre
- Scott Barr, South Eastern Regional College
SkillELECTRIC is the only UK electrical competition aligned to the WorldSkills UK network. Those who score most highly will have a chance to compete at the next WorldSkills competition taking place in Shanghai in 2021. Earlier this year, past-SkillELECTRIC finalist Thomas Lewis competed internationally in Kazan, Russia and received a Medallion of Excellence in recognition of his work reaching the international skills standard.
