EAL has some of the UK industry's most talented learners, apprentices and technicians who were crowned Skills Show 2016 champions after three days of intense competition.
An impressive 31 EAL learners, almost half of those to make the national final, won a medal in their skills with 13 golds, 8 silvers and 10 bronze
A record number of EAL learners – 65 in engineering and three in SkillsElectric - were among more than 500 talented young people who took part in competitions covering 61 different skills over three days at Birmingham's NEC in front of thousands of visitors.
Independent judges assessed the work of competitors and the winners were presented with their medals at The Medal Ceremony on Saturday evening (Nov 19).
Al Parkes, Acting Managing Director of EAL, said: "We are very proud to have had a record number of EAL learners making the national finals of the Skills Show across the engineering and SkillsElectric competitions.
"They have taken the knowledge they are learning at college and in work on to a national stage, showcasing their talents and hopefully inspiring the next generation to consider careers in engineering and building services.
"Congratulations to all of our learners for making the finals and especially to those who have won Gold and the right to be named the best in their skill in Britain."
As well as the competitions at The Skills Show, a series of high profile speakers gave inspiring spotlight talks, seminars and there were Have-a-go opportunities in dozens of skills disciplines.
Medal Winners
Competition | Forename | Surname | Organisation | Medal |
Aeronautical Engineering: Avionic | David | Firth | Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group | GOLD |
Aeronautical Engineering: Mechanical | Balazs | Sparing | Coleg Cambria | SILVER |
Aeronautical Engineering: Mechanical | Thomas | Roberts | MPI LTD | BRONZE |
CNC Milling | Joe | Harrison | Coleg Cambria | BRONZE |
CNC Milling | Alexander | Mason | East Riding College | GOLD |
CNC Milling | Ryan | Dexter | Electroimpact UK Ltd | SILVER |
CNC Turning | Oliver | Hyde | Training 2000 Limited | BRONZE |
CNC Turning | Katie | Goodwill | Rolls-Royce PLC | GOLD |
Construction MetalWork | Christopher | Taylor | Training 2000 Limited | GOLD |
Construction MetalWork | Benji | Daems | Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education | SILVER |
Construction MetalWork | Jonathan | Holding | Burnley College | BRONZE |
Industrial Electronics | Daniel | Skinner | BAE Systems | SILVER |
Mechanical Engineering: CAD | Alex | Corcoran | Training 2000 Limited | BRONZE |
Mechatronics | Alex | Bufton | Toyota Manufacturing Ltd | GOLD |
Mechatronics | Jamie | Mann | Toyota Manufacturing Ltd | GOLD |
Mechatronics | Matthew | Webb | BMW UK Manufacturing | GOLD |
Mechatronics | Tom | Coote | BMW UK Manufacturing | GOLD |
Mechatronics | Branagh | Adren-Howard | BMW UK Manufacturing | BRONZE |
Mechatronics | Jai | Robinson | BMW UK Manufacturing | BRONZE |
Sheet MetalWork Technology | John-Robbie | Sanderson | Training 2000 Limited | GOLD |
Welding | James Leigh | Elliott | Alstom Power | GOLD |
Welding | Sam | Meagan | Lakes College, West Cumbria | BRONZE |
Welding | Conor | Alexander | Lakes College, West Cumbria | SILVER |
Manufacturing Team Challenge | Dylan | Edwards | JCB Transmissions | BRONZE |
Manufacturing Team Challenge | George | Walker | JCB Transmissions | BRONZE |
Manufacturing Team Challenge | Ewan | Holley | Magellan Aerospace (UK) Ltd. | SILVER |
Manufacturing Team Challenge | Liam | Hutchinson | Magellan Aerospace (UK) Ltd. | SILVER |
Manufacturing Team Challenge | Gareth | Vale | Magellan Aerospace (UK) Ltd. | SILVER |
Manufacturing Team Challenge | Andrew | Joyce | CarnaudMetalBox | GOLD |
Manufacturing Team Challenge | Mark | Smith | CarnaudMetalBox | GOLD |
Manufacturing Team Challenge | James | Thomason | CarnaudMetalBox | GOLD |
Click here to meet engineering winners.
