A GLASGOW apprentice has gone for gold at the WorldSkills UK LIVE event in Birmingham.
Aiden Dearie, who is studying at City Building Glasgow’s Queenslie Training College, has been chosen as the ‘gold’ winner of the 2018 Crown Paints Apprentice Decorator of the Year competition.
He secured first place after a three-day challenge at the WorldSkills UK LIVE event at Birmingham’s NEC.
The 22-year-old said: “It means a lot to me to win the Apprentice Decorator of the Year competition, as it shows that all my hard work has paid off.
"I love the variety of decorating and the competition final gave me a platform to showcase some of the skills I’ve perfected as part of my apprenticeship - and it’s proof that if you put in the hours and work hard, you’ll be rewarded.”
The final pitted seven regional winners against each other as they undertook a timed challenge: completing a design that commemorated the 100 year anniversary of the signing of the Armistice Agreement, marking the end of the First World War.
During the final, each apprentice had 18 hours in total to complete the challenge under the watchful eye of the competition’s panel of judges.
The annual competition is now in its 39th year.
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