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Training & Selection for Team UK WorldSkills Squad

The international and prestigious WorldSkills competition started in the 1950’s and brings together skilled young professionals from over 80 countries. WorldSkills supports young people across the world via competition-based training, with national teams taking part and testing their ability against each other in a world-class standards ‘Skills Olympics’ every two years. The skills young people gain from taking part in the competition embed world-class training across the world and helps to increase jobs and economic growth.

Participants compete in over 50 diverse fields including IT Network Systems Administration (IT-NSA).

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The squad for WorldSkillsUK (in partnership with Pearson) IT-NSA competition is selected based on UK National Competitions. For IT-NSA we had around 6 squad members who were trained by experts over the year, testing their skills and benchmarking international standards participating in various International Competitions. Our Competitors over the last year competed in Euro Skills 2023 in Gdansk Poland and Asia Skills 2023 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Considering the fact that the squad members are the best of the best from UK, only one out of them represent the UK in the upcoming WorldSkills Competition in Lyon, France 2024. 

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Nitheesh Kaliyamurthy (Senior Lecturer from the School of Applied Computing (SOAC) at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), took over as an Expert Training Manager for the WorldSkillsUK IT-NSA squad last year and has been involved in Training the squad. The School of Applied Computing at UWTSD, hosted various Technical Bootcamps in the year, starting with 1st Technical BootCamp in June 2023 for 3 days focusing on EuroSkills Test Project, 2nd Technical Boot Camp in November 2023 for 3 days focusing WorldSkills 2022 Special Edition Test Project and 3rd Technical Boot Camp for raising stars in the squad in January 2024 for 3 days. We also support IT NSA Squad for WorldSkills UK with International Standard Infrastructure enabling them to practice their Test Projects.

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A WorldSkills Competition selection event to represent the WorldSkillsUK IT-NSA squad was hosted at SOAC-UWTSD last week with a 2-day Competition, where participants tested their skills in Microsoft, Linux, Troubleshooting aspects, Cisco and Infrastructure Automation.

Image: WorldSkillsUK IT-NSA Team training & selection at SOAC UWTSD

The competitors performed well. The competitors representing the UK squad will be announced later next month (April) during WorldSkills UK (in partnership with Pearson) Moderation Week. Intense training for that one competitor is planned over the coming months in May, June and July before they fly to Lyon, France in September 2024 to compete with other International Countries.

For more about WorldSkills please click-here. For information about Computing courses at UWTSD please click-here.

For inquiries related to WorldSkillsUK IT-NSA at UWTSD please contact Nitheesh Kaliyamurthy.

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Applied Computing Judges prestigious WorldSkills Competition

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Young people from across Wales descended on Swansea to take part in the all-Wales final to find the most talented students in the field of web design. Hosted by Gower College Swansea and Judged by Industry Experts from the School of Applied Computing, the WorldSkills Web Design Competition is part of a network of tournaments supported by the Welsh Government and the European Social Fund to highlight the importance of developing strong Employment skills.

WorldSkills UK is the name for high quality skills competitions that are run annually throughout the UK. These competitions aim to encourage young people and adults across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to excel in their skill area. They raise participation, esteem and standards in vocational training.

Congratulations to all the finalists listed below who made it through the heats to the Web Design Final:

  • Mathew Bevan – Coleg Llandrillo
  • Craig Mosey – Coleg Sir Gar
  • Sarah Twigg – Coleg Llandrillo
  • Jack Lloyd Davies – Gower College Swansea
  • Jakub Pietrzyk – Gower College Swansea
  • Jake Rooney – Coleg Llandrillo

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Congratulations to the Winners:  Jack Lloyd Davies, 1st , Jakub Pietrzyk, 2nd and Matthew Bevan 3rd

For the winners, the Swansea EU and Welsh Government-backed event could set them on the way to compete in the WorldSkills UK final later this year and possibly the WorldSkills International event in Rio de Janeiro.

James Williams, Senior Lecturer from the School of Applied Computing who judged the event, said: “WorldSkills Competitions are fantastic events and create opportunities for Students to develop their skills and enhance their Employment prospects. Congratulations to Gower College for providing and hosting the event and to all the students who pro-actively engaged and took advantage of the opportunity. It was great  to see the students enthusiasm, they all performed really well, showcasing their skills in the creation of a fully-functional Multimedia Web Site. Congratulations to all the finalists and Good luck with your future Careers.” 

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