14 plastering and drylining trainees secure places in SkillBuild national final

Hot on the heels of their success at the regional heats of SkillBuild – the UK’s largest multi-trade competition – 14 Plastering and Drylining trainees have qualified as finalists to compete in the SkillBuild 2012 UK Final in Preston this month.

After 14 successful regional heats across the country, CITB-ConstructionSkills will be staging the SkillBuild 2012 UK Final for the country’s top-scoring finalists across a range of categories including plastering, bricklaying, joinery, painting & decorating and carpentry. Finalists from each category will battle it out in the three day final to find the UK’s top trainee in each trade.

Mike Bialyj, employer services director for CITB-ConstructionSkills, said: “SkillBuild encourages excellence, helps to raise standards in training and is an exciting way to showcase the outstanding talent coming into the construction industry.”