Following a two-year COVID gap, Scotland’s top plumbing apprentices have again had the opportunity of demonstrating their expertise at the SkillsPLUMB competition held at Glasgow Clyde College last month.
Organised by SNIPEF, Scotland and Northern Ireland’s plumbing and heating industry’s trade association, SkillPLUMB enables talented apprentices to showcase their skills.
Under close inspection by industry experts, competing apprentices tested their expertise on a series of challenging practical tests.
The action-packed day saw a total of 24 apprentices from colleges and training centres across Scotland competing for the top prizes in the lead and copper competitions.
The lead prize winner was Gregor McNee of Dundee & Angus College who is employed by Tayside Boiler Services, with Sean Esslemont of Moray College who is employed by McDonald & Munro, winning the copper prize.
Stephanie Lowe, acting chief executive officer of SNIPEF, said: “This great event would not be possible without the support of our partners, funders and sponsors to whom we wish to say a huge thank you, not least to Associated Lead Mills for supplying the lead and Mueller Europe for supplying the copper.”