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SkillBuild NI Infographic - Competitor perspective, future and beyond

Unfortunately, the SkillBuild NI National Finals 2020 did not occur due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Much planning had taken place prior to lockdown, the SkillBuild NI Inter-Campus Competitions were held, to identify the best local trade skills and talent pool to progress to the next stage.

This year CITB NI were keen to gauge the competitors’ perspective via a survey in order to help plan more effectively and raise the profile of SkillBuild NI National Finals.

The competitions are held within the six main colleges covering ten trades areas, the results indicate the largest college representation at the competition is Southern Regional College, Greenbank, Newry, followed by South Eastern Regional College, Lisburn/Newtownards and South West College, Omagh consecutively.

Through greater awareness and support CITB NI hope to improve the participation from other colleges in the college network with the aim of encouraging more females to join the Northern Ireland construction industry, especially to improve the gender imbalance and enhance representation at future competitions.

To support new entrants and potential competitors we asked those competing if they would be willing to become an ambassador/mentor, 25% agreed enabling CITB NI to help build upon the existing mechanisms in place and support to all lecturers. We hope to develop a SkillBuild NI Competitor Network who can support each other through the exchange ideas, hints and tips, finding out the latest news.

95% of competitors indicated they recommend the competition experience to new entrants, with 72% indicating they found the competition Excellent/Good.

When asked about preparing for the competition, 71% indicated they trained between 0 - 7 hours. These results help us to explore alternative support mechanisms for all competitors and their lecturers, particularly at regional inter-campus level before progressing onto the National, European, World Skills levels.

SkillBuild NI is a great opportunity to showcase and celebrate the high level of skills we possess and the impressive talent of our workforce. It reflects the high standards of training in our colleges and the commitment to excellence demonstrated by the competitors.
 
CITB NI are keen to raise the profile of SkillBuild; along with the profile of each individual competitor, their respective employer; each college and their lecturers/tutors; the expertise and precision of the judges; the sponsors without whom the competitions simply wouldn’t have the finance to take place.
Despite the disruption to SkillBuild NI National Finals 2020, the journey will continue with planning already underway to resume next year's competition activity at the SkillBuild NI Final, taking place on Tuesday 18th May 2021- Add the date to your 2021 diary.

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