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Day 2 of the SkillELECTRIC UK final has just got underway. Judge Neil McManus TMIET of Scolmore International Limited tells us more about what the competitors will be tackling today…

The eight SkillELECTRIC competitors who scored most highly across the recent national qualifying heats have been named: Top Row L-R 🌟 Charlie Moore – Bramham Electrical Ltd / College of West Anglia 🌟 Fabian Maciejewski – a completed T Level Learner at Leicester College 🌟 Joe Swallow – M&C Engineering / Suffolk New College  🌟 John-Ross Campbell – A CAMPBELL ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD / SECTT Bottom Row L-R 🌟 Jonathan Gough – MD Electrics / Southern Regional College 🌟 Kalum Low – MS Electrical and Renewables / SECTT 🌟 Milly Smith – CS McKerlie Electrical Services / SECTT 🌟 Richard Westwood – Dudley College All have now been invited to take part in the SkillELECTRIC UK Final being held at Oldham College across the week of 18th November. SkillELECTRIC, the annual search for the UK’s best student electrician, is part of the WorldSkills UK competition framework. The event is organised by industry charity National Electrotechnical Training (NET), has Electric Center, the NICEIC and Scolmore International Limited as its delivery partners and is supported by Megger, EAL Awards, Snickers Workwear and Carl Kammerling International Ltd (CK Tools). Alongside SkillELECTRIC, around 50 other WorldSkills national competition finals will be taking place that week across nine venues around Greater Manchester, involving over 400 competitors. To be crowned SkillELECTRIC champion, competitors will have to excel in a complicated three-day practical installation task set to a strict timescale and against a rigorous marking criteria. Following the success of the solar PV task in last year’s final, the event this year will also include an electric vehicle charging-related task for competitors to tackle. Those who perform well enough and are age eligible could be in with a chance of representing the UK in the Electrical Installation competition at WorldSkills 2026 in Shanghai, China. “After witnessing some great skills on display across our national qualifying heats, it’s great to welcome a real cross section of industry learners in this year’s final”, said Jennie Phung, SkillELECTRIC Project Manager. “From T-Levels, to apprenticeships, to mature learners and career changers, our finalist mix this year shows the varied ways you can start your journey in the electrical industry on the way to becoming qualified. We look forward to November’s event and working with our competitors between now and then to help them prepare for their UK final performance.”

We are pleased to announce the members of Team UK who will be heading to WorldSkills Lyon 2024 to showcase their world-class skills and compete on an international stage, representing the UK. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eD3ZekCv #TeamUK, powered by WorldSkills UK in partnership with Pearson BTEC and Apprenticeships