South Staffordshire College host Wordskills event

South Staffordshire College has played host to a World Class event.

The College's Tamworth Campus welcomed competitors from all over the UK to the WorldSkills shortlisting competition, one of the selection events to choose who is going to represent the UK in Beauty Therapy in WorldSkills London 2011.

In 2009 over 4,000 people registered to compete in a WorldSkills UK competition and all the Beauty Therapy students competing in the 2010 shortlisting have done extremely well in regional and national competitions to qualify.

South Staffordshire College Ambassador and former student Charlotte Burford, who achieved Bronze at the 2009 WorldSkills Final in Calgary, was one of the appointed WorldSkills judges and played a key role in the 2 day competition, giving students a demonstration of a back massage at she did in Canada to show them the standards required for WorldSkills. The girls then had to complete the massage, displaying other movements that they would use.

Charlotte drew on her past experience as she watched the students competing for places. She said "The competition was very close and everyone performed well. The four successful students moving onto the next competition (squad selection) in November are Samantha Slater, Katie Wright, Lauren Harris and Hayley Wright who will now undergo intensive training and then compete for potential selection in Squad UK."

WorldSkills UK is a set of over 70 dynamic skills competitions held nationally and regionally. Outstanding competitors have the opportunity to be a part of the team that competes at the international skills competition WorldSkills London 2011, which champions skills and learning for work through competitions and awards.