Rising to the Challenge: Our Learners Put to the Test Ahead of the UK Skills Olympics

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A group of Aircraft Maintenance students and apprentices from Coleg Cambria Deeside completed a ‘pressure test’ against the clock and under the watchful eye of Jamie Mapp-Jones, Curriculum Director of Full-time Apprenticeships, and Technical Training Officers (TTO) Caleb Maxfield and Rosie Boddy. Rosie is also a former WorldSkills UK Gold winner, and the organisation endorsed […]

Coleg Cambria was represented by the largest team of apprentices and foundation skills learners from Wales at this year’s WorldSkills UK finals

Coleg Cambria was represented by the largest team of apprentices and foundation skills learners from Wales at this year’s WorldSkills UK finals

And once again the college – based in Deeside, Wrexham, Northop and Llysfasi – achieved medals and was highly commended in a raft of categories, including: Welding: Zac Winn (Gold) Aircraft Maintenance: Robert Jones (Silver), Aiden Williams (Bronze), and James Prescott (Highly Commended) Metal Fabricator: Mark Wright (Silver), Jimmy Smith (Bronze) Beauty Therapist: Darcy Watson […]

Coleg Cambria will take the largest team of apprentices and foundation skills learners from Wales to this year’s WorldSkills UK finals

WorldSkills participant competing at a Worldskills event hosted at Coleg Cambria

The event will take place from November 19-22 at colleges, independent training providers and universities across Greater Manchester, including Bolton, Rochdale, Wigan and Leigh, and Oldham. The 17 representatives from Cambria – which has sites in Wrexham, Deeside, Llysfasi, and Northop – and industry partners are: Aircraft Maintenance –Aiden Williams, Kleo Pepa, James Prescott, Kieran O’ […]

There was a silver lining for a top Welsh college at this year’s ‘Skills Olympics’

Coleg Cambria achieved three silver medals and a bronze at the WorldSkills UK finals. The successful participants were: James Donohue – Aircraft Maintenance – Silver Ben Gillin – LME – Electrical Installation – Silver Brandon Nicholson – Fabdec – Welding – Silver Kosiah Sylvester – Brother Industries Ltd – IT Support Technician – Bronze Jimmy […]

Coleg Cambria will take a 16-strong team of apprentices to this year’s WorldSkills UK competition

The event will be held over three days from November 14 at colleges, independent training providers and universities across Greater Manchester, including Rochdale, Salford, Wigan and Leigh, and Oldham. The representatives from Cambria are: Aircraft Maintenance – Kieran O’Loan, Jamie Foulkes, Aiden Williams, Henry Ankers, Jack Price, James Donohue (All Airbus) CNC Milling – Theodore […]

Charlie Samson will compete for gold at the WorldSkills finals this autumn

Charlie Samson, George Denman and Michael Jones in WorldSkills branded clothing all facing the camera

But the 24 year-old will no longer have to travel to Shanghai as the event was cancelled earlier this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It will now take place at Coleg Cambria’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham from November 1-4. Representing the college and Chirk-based Kronospan, Charlie joins South Walians George Denman and Michael […]

Wales will be flying the flag with more representatives than any other home nation at this year’s WorldSkills UK competition

And 11 of those participating in the event – to be held across six venues in November – are from Coleg Cambria. They are in the following categories: Aircraft Maintenance: Rosie Boddy (Airbus/Cambria), Jamie Harding (Airbus/Cambria) and Tymoteusz Rozanski Beauty Therapist: Lucia Contento and Abbie Smith Beauty Therapy Practitioner: Isabelle Bailey Construction Metalwork: Rhys Stanhope Manufacturing Team Challenge: James Coyle, Benjamin Wynn and Kumnan Lipdo Network Infrastructure Technician: Cameron Thompson Congratulating […]