College Apprentice competes to join WorldSkills UK Team

An apprentice from NWSLC who was selected as a member of the WorldSkills’ Squad UK is hoping to make it to the team that will compete on a global stage at the international WorldSkills 2024 competition in Lyon next year. Hattie Parnham from Wigston, currently working as an apprentice painter and decorator for Ashby Decorator Centre Ltd, was one of 94 candidates selected for the squad to potentially represent the UK in the ‘Skills Olympics’.

This internationally respected competition is held biannually and rewards excellence in technical challenges. Team UK will face competitors from 80 countries for places on the podium with Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals available in a wide range of specialist disciplines. Hattie secured the Silver medal for painting and decorating in the 2022 construction and infrastructure skills competition.