CHESHIRE COLLEGE APPRENTICES FLY IN TO UPDATE AIR CABIN

A team of Carpentry and Joinery

Apprentices studying at Cheshire College – South & West have joined together to build a Duty-Free area to accompany the Air Training Cabin at the College’s Ellesmere Port Campus.

In a collaborative effort between the Construction and Travel and Tourism departments, the finished area will include a fake cocktail bar, an area to retrieve flight sickness tablets and a small seating area.

As a thank you to the Apprentice team, the Travel and Tourism department have said that the Apprentice’s autographs will remain on the wall above the cocktail bar, meaning that future generations of students will be able to see the team that helped make the Duty-Free area come to life.

Oliver Butler, a Joinery Apprentice with the Woodworker Lee Chalmers said:

“It’s been brilliant working on the Duty-Free area, we haven’t really run into any challenges so far and we’ve all taken turns being team leader and running the project.”

Vocational Trainer in Carpentry and Joinery, Miles Jenkins, added that there is an environmental component to the project too:

“To build the Duty-Free area, the team are using a lot of recycled timber and offcuts, repurposing them into something which will not only look great, but will be beneficial to future Travel and Tourism students.”

“Our Apprentices are only physically in College one or two days a week, so it means a lot to everyone that they’re setting aside this time to work on the project.”

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