Adam Batty wins Guild of Bricklayer's Senior National competition

Congratulations to Adam Batty (a Barnsley College 3rd year bricklaying Apprentice) who has won the Guild of Bricklayer's Senior National competition, which was held at City of Liverpool College on the Thursday 20th June 2019.

To qualify for the national competition, Adam had to prove his worth by winning the Guild of Bricklayers Yorkshire Region Senior competition on the 31st May 2019 held at Bishop Burton College, so this is a double success for Adam.

Adam is employed by Fountain Developments LTD and has shown excellent work ethic, dedication and attitude to improve and develop into a superb bricklayer and person.

We are exceptionally proud of Adam and elated as a department, because his success means that we now have 3 national competition wins in the last 3 years.

Well done Adam!

Guild of Bricklayers National Final 2018

The national final of the Guild of Bricklayers competiton took place yesterday (27th June 2018) and we are delighted to announce that our students were successful once again.


Adam Batty came 2nd in the Junior national final and Morgan Chambers came third in the Senior national final. The competition was held at Brooklands College, Surrey.

 Well done lads - you're amazing bricklayers!

Skillbuild 2018

Congratulations to Adam Batty and Morgan Chambers who have earned further success at the Yorkshire and Humber heats of the Skill Build competition.

Just weeks after they both won first place at the Guild of Bricklayers regional heats, they have now secured places in the national final of the Skill Build competition. The heats took place at York college on the 21st June 2018.

Well done lads!

The Guild of Bricklayers Regional Heats 2018

Two of our bricklayers have taken part in the 2018 Yorkshire regional heats of the Guild of Bricklayers competition and have managed to bring home two first place trophies.

The competition took place on the 25th of May 2018 at Doncaster College and students from 14 colleges from across Yorkshire were invited to showcase their skills.

Adam Batty was awarded the trophy for the Yorkshire region junior brickwork competition:

Morgan Chambers is the Yorkshire region Senior winner:

We are extremely pleased with their success and look forward to the national final that will take place at Brooklands College in June.

Well done!

Construction & the Built Environment students have a tour of the Miller Homes Construction Site

 

Last Thursday, Barnsley College Construction students were invited by Miller Homes to visit their site in Honeywell, Barnsley and tour their current build project.

Miller Homes are a highly respected construction company who specialise within new build properties, they are based in Wakefield and have been established since 1934.

Students were inducted to the site before being presented with information about the company, the team and the actual project before going on tour of the whole site.

The students were shown around by the Site Manager – Nick Arnold, Build Manager – Paul Ramsbottom, Health & Safety Advisor – Tony Haig, Contracts Manager – Paul Archer and Production Secretary - Carol Ackroyd. It was very informative and the whole project was explained from the beginning with the different processes involved in the new build process. The staff and students were asking questions during the tour and it gave them a great insight of the project and the tasks involved.

The students are currently studying the Construction and the Built Environment course, so the site visit gave them all a better understanding of the tasks and sequences involved in a project like this. Also to find out about the issues that may occur on site and how these issues can be rectified to meet the builder’s requirements.

We would like to say a big thank you to Miller Homes for arranging the visit and hope they enjoyed meeting some of our students.

PPG Visit to Painting & Decorating

On Thursday 25th January 2018 the Painting & Decorating team had a visit from PPG, who is one of the largest paint coatings companies in the world.

The Full time Level 3 students and the apprentices had a talk delivered by James and Jim about their products from the Leyland and Johnstones range. They also discussed progression within the industry and the benefits of the different finishings and coatings.

Afterwards the students took part in a competition that challenged their cutting in skills. The entrants were timed and the most accurate creation was judged by the tutorial team.

Sam Leak was deemed to be the overall winner and was presented with a tool kit by PPG for his efforts. He was also invited to apply to take part in the Johnstones Young Painter of the Year competition. Well done Sam!

Thanks to James and Jim for visiting and orchestrating such a great event.

Primary school pupils visit Disney inspired Santa’s grotto

Forty pupils from Burton Road Primary School have visited a Disney themed Santa’s grotto at Barnsley College. 

The Year 3 pupils were invited to the College’s Construction Centre (CUBE) where they had the opportunity to visit Santa in a grotto which has been designed, built and decorated by Barnsley College Construction students as part of their studies. 

After meeting Santa, the pupils continued with the festive spirit by taking part in a number of Christmas themed activities which were organised by staff and students. Pupils painted their own Christmas plaster molds whilst listening to festive music and they also took part in a game of ‘Snowball Shootout’, a penalty shootout style of game where they threw ‘snowballs’ at Rudolph and Santa. 

Kevin Scholey, Head of Construction at Barnsley College, said: “We are always looking at ways in which we can strengthen our links with the local community. The visit was a great way for the pupils to get a taste of construction trades, have some fun and get into the Christmas spirit. Our students and staff worked hard to ensure that the event ran smoothly and they did a fantastic job with the grotto.”

Miss Hanson, Year 3 class teacher at Burton Road Primary School, added: “It’s been a great afternoon and the pupils have had lots of fun taking part in all the activities and meeting Santa. It was also a great opportunity for them to see the excellent facilities at the CUBE and to make them aware of what is available in Barnsley.”

For more information about our Construction courses, visit www.barnsley.ac.uk/construction, call 01226 216 123, email info@barnsley.ac.uk or come along to the Open Day on Thursday 1 February, 6.00pm to 8.00pm.