{"id":344,"date":"2019-09-17T10:04:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T10:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rubi.com\/en\/blog\/?p=344"},"modified":"2019-09-17T10:04:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T10:04:08","slug":"gold-and-glory-in-worldskills-kazan-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rubi.com\/en\/blog\/gold-and-glory-in-worldskills-kazan-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold and glory in WorldSkills Kazan 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mark Scott, supported by RUBI UK, achieved the world class standard in Wall and Floor and received a Medallion of Excellence.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubi.com\/en\/blog\/rubi-uk-ireland-one-of-the-main-sponsors-of-worldskills-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The tiling young apprentice supported by RUBI UK<\/a>, <strong>Mark Scott, has completed the WorldSkills finals in Kazan, being ranked 7th in the world<\/strong> and achieved the \u2018World class standard\u2019 in Wall and Floor Tiling <strong>receiving a Medallion of Excellence<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This medal can only be awarded to those that reach the skill specific benchmark set by WorldSkills. 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