Posted on 2 June
Leeds College of Building (LCB) has delivered a skill building programme and bricklaying competition alongside several of our long-term industry partners.
Willmott Dixon Construction, Morgan Sindall Construction, Marlborough Construction Services, Henley Stone Specialists and Supply Chain helped deliver a week of sessions aimed at improving student employability.
The launch session took place at our South Bank Campus where our students heard talks from Willmott Dixon, Morgan Sindall and Supply Chain representatives.
Students were then invited to a live construction site in Armley managed by Morgan Sindall who are in the process of building a care home.
Throughout the visit, our students were taught about the importance of workplace professionalism and the various brickwork methods used across the build.
With guidance from LCB tutors, Marlborough, and Supply Chain, students were then given a wall build design specification which they had to complete over two sessions.
At the end of the week, representatives from every company involved came to our brick workshop to judge and score each students work.
Every student was given a spirit level for their participation, with overall winner Ryan Jonson winning a specialist trowel.
Ryan Milner, Ish Saine and Alfie Dougan were judged to be runner ups, and each won a tool bag.
Reflecting on the week of hands-on work, Ryan Milner said: “I really enjoyed it, I had a lot of fun building the wall to spec and I feel happy with how it turned out. I was really excited to come into college each day to work on it.”
Ish Saine said the week taught him the importance of persistence: “at first, I was struggling but eventually I picked up a good rhythm and I’m really happy with how my work turned out.
“I really enjoyed the week of sessions, I learned how to do new things and picked up lots of new skills.”
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