A STUDENT at Warrington & Vale Royal College has brought home a trophy and gone through to the national final of the Gorilla Glue Apprentice of the Year competition.
College student Ryan Beckett won through tot he finals after coming up with his own upcycling project and diary project.
Gorilla Glue launched the Apprentice of the Year competition to find the UK’s most ‘Talented and Tough’ Apprentice, working with seven Colleges across the UK.
The apprentices at Warrington & Vale Royal College were tasked with creating projects made from wood, using only Gorilla Glue products, and the students were asked to present their creations to the judges.
College student Ryan Beckett will now go onto the finals detailing every step of his project for the finals judges. The judges will comprise of Gorilla Glue Europe MD Simon Damp, Apprentice Builder Magazine Editor Lee Jones, and former BBC Young Carpenter of the Year Tibby Singh Chodha.
Ryan, Warrington & Vale Royal College winner, said: “I really enjoyed doing this because I got to do something I love. It’s a trade that is becoming slightly lost and few people now do it, so I was glad to be involved in the competition and I want to carry on doing it. I am really excited for the final!”
Lee Moorhouse, tutor at Warrington & Vale Royal College, said: “From the outset, we were all very excited to be involved with Gorilla Glue and the ‘Apprentice of the Year’ competition. The learners felt privileged to be associated with the brand and they all took the competition very seriously. We are all looking forward to the next stage and hope to see this competition developed into something much bigger in the coming years!”
Simon Damp, Managing Director of Gorilla Glue Europe said: “We have launched the 2018 Apprentice of the Year competition to work with the trade professionals of the future and to find an apprentice who really stands out, with talent and a natural flair for their trade.
“We were extremely impressed by the quality of all of the apprentices work at Warrington & Vale Royal College College, and the hard work that their project demonstrated. However, Ryan really stood out, and this project really fits the Gorilla Glue credentials; it is tough, durable and he is a worthy winner of the Warrington & Vale Royal College heats.”
Supporting all the Colleges participating in the Apprentice of the Year competition, the Gorilla Glue team also developed an interactive demonstration day for the students at Warrington & Vale Royal College and has donated a year’s supply of Gorilla Glue products.
The competition started in September 2017 and culminates in March 2018, when the 2018 Apprentice of the Year will be announced.
The winner of the Gorilla Glue Apprentice of the Year competition, 2018, will win an Apprentice of the Year trophy, a year’s supply of Gorilla Glue products and trade tools worth up to £300.
The Gorilla Glue Apprentice of the Year competition, forms part of the Gorilla Glue Corporate Social Responsibility strategy, to give students a clear advantage and a head start in their chosen trade.
