{"id":9460,"date":"2018-03-21T15:53:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T15:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rubi.com\/en\/blog\/?p=86"},"modified":"2018-03-21T15:53:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T15:53:13","slug":"rubi-uk-ireland-one-of-the-main-sponsors-of-worldskills-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rubi.com\/en\/blog\/rubi-uk-ireland-one-of-the-main-sponsors-of-worldskills-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"RUBI UK &#038; Ireland, one of the main sponsors of WorldSkills UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>For the first time, RUBI UK &amp; Ireland sponsors the WorldSkills UK program, as one of its main sponsors, beside to Schluter Systems and Johnson Tiles. &nbsp;WorldSkills creates medal winning, world-class champions from all backgrounds, to inspire others to follow in their footsteps. But what is the program about and its competitions? What do they teach the participants? And how RUBI helps them in this process?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\" id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-10fa40af-eda4-4839-9093-050ec32c377d\"><span class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-10fa40af-eda4-4839-9093-050ec32c377d\" id=\"hs-cta-10fa40af-eda4-4839-9093-050ec32c377d\"><!--[if lte IE 8]>\n\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n\n<![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/6786297\/10fa40af-eda4-4839-9093-050ec32c377d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" id=\"hs-cta-img-10fa40af-eda4-4839-9093-050ec32c377d\" style=\"border-width:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/6786297\/10fa40af-eda4-4839-9093-050ec32c377d.png\" alt=\"* Do you want to get the new RUBI Catalogue with all the tools? Click here  and download it for free.\"><\/a><\/span><script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> hbspt.cta.load(6786297, '10fa40af-eda4-4839-9093-050ec32c377d', {\"region\":\"na1\"}); <\/script><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/p>\n<h4>What is WorldSkills UK?<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldskillsuk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WorldSkills UK<\/a> is a partnership between businesses, education and Government that accelerates young people\u2019s careers giving them the best start in work and life.<\/p>\n<p>Assessing apprentices\u2019 and students\u2019 practical skills, knowledge and employability attributes in competitive timed conditions, WorldSkills UK&nbsp;Competitions are proven to help young people go further and faster in their training and careers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rubi.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/worldskills-uk-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Apprentice on the WorldSkills UK Phase 3 training\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rubi.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/worldskills-uk-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rubi.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/worldskills-uk-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rubi.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/worldskills-uk-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rubi.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/worldskills-uk-1.jpg 1087w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apprentice on the WorldSkills UK Phase 3 training<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Competitions are designed by industry experts and focus on the highest UK and international standards.<\/p>\n<p>The Competition activity and the UK\u2019s participation in international competitions is supported by the UK Government, Governments in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and partners in industry and education, such as RUBI, Schluter Systems and Johnson Tiles.<\/p>\n<p><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\" id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-008f259c-f9df-4082-95d2-1c35444e036b\"><span class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-008f259c-f9df-4082-95d2-1c35444e036b\" id=\"hs-cta-008f259c-f9df-4082-95d2-1c35444e036b\"><!--[if lte IE 8]>\n\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n\n<![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/6786297\/008f259c-f9df-4082-95d2-1c35444e036b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" id=\"hs-cta-img-008f259c-f9df-4082-95d2-1c35444e036b\" style=\"border-width:0px;\" height=\"300\" width=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/6786297\/008f259c-f9df-4082-95d2-1c35444e036b.png\" alt=\"New call-to-action\"><\/a><\/span><script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> hbspt.cta.load(6786297, '008f259c-f9df-4082-95d2-1c35444e036b', {\"region\":\"na1\"}); <\/script><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/p>\n<h4>Selection process<\/h4>\n<p>There are regional competitions held in different colleges across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Some of them are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City of Glasgow<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcb.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leeds College of Building<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colegsirgar.ac.uk\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coleg Sir G\u00e2r<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sccb.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brimingham City<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sthelens.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St Helens Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are different sections within the 4 main areas: Engineering and Technology; Digital, Business and Creative; Health, Hospitality and Lifestyle and Construction and Infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Worldskills UK and the training experts develop a training programme based upon requirements for the skill area. Then, the training manager trains all the competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Young apprentices are qualified with marks ranked 1-8 regardless of where they are from and then they are invited to the national finals, held in Birmingham each year at the National finals and SkillsShow. Within all the finalists, they choose at least 4 trainees that compete on the WorldSkills selection.<\/p>\n<p>Those are invited to attend phase 3 of the selection process with the training expert for the skill.<\/p>\n<p>In the Wall and Floor Tiling, there are 3 competitors left, one from City of Glasgow and two from Southern Regional College.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, those selected competitors are in phase 4, also known as Squad UK, and have to train for a longer period of time at the college of their training expert and in different colleges across the UK.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rubi.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/worldskills-uk-3-1024x770.jpg\" alt=\"WorlSkills UK Phase 3 training week has been completed\" width=\"740\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rubi.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/worldskills-uk-3-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rubi.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/worldskills-uk-3-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rubi.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/worldskills-uk-3-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rubi.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/worldskills-uk-3.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WorlSkills UK Phase 3 training week has been completed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>International Training<\/h4>\n<p>In order for the UK competitors to get ready for international competition they must also engage in bench marking with other countries. Currently they have developed strong links with Denmark and work in collaboration with them to develop UK competitors. They attend pressure training camps in a vocational school in Herning, Denmark, each year, and they have also been invited to Russia where the WorldSkills finals take place, for further training alongside the Russian training expert for Wall and floor tiling.<\/p>\n<h4>&nbsp;Final Competitions<\/h4>\n<p>The UK competitors are preparing for selection to represent the UK at <a href=\"http:\/\/worldskillseurope.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EuroSkills<\/a>, being held in Budapest, Hungary, in September 2018 and also for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldskills.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WorldSkills<\/a> finals 2019, being held in Kazan, Russia. However, the competitor selected for EuroSkills doesn\u2019t have to be the same competitor that will compete at WorldSkills.<\/p>\n<h4>RUBI Sponsorhip<\/h4>\n<p>RUBI UK &amp; Ireland, and the other companies who sponsor WorldSkills UK, give an amount, previously agreed between them, that will cover the training program, based upon requirements for the skill area. So, the funding is used specifically for: training materials, travel to and from training, subsistence. It is used to cover training expenses only as WorldSkills UK cover costs to competitions to training bootcamps In Loughborough University, Training boot camps cover non-technical training and include: time management, team building, problem solving, coping with pressure media training, one to one training with phycologists, mindset.<\/p>\n<p>This prepares competitors for the strains of international competition.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for the follow-up of the WorldSkillsUk competition!<\/p>\n<p>From RUBI UK &amp; Ireland we wish the best luck to the UK competitors!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\" id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-ad21cd41-264d-4690-91d1-84a0b7526772\"><span class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-ad21cd41-264d-4690-91d1-84a0b7526772\" id=\"hs-cta-ad21cd41-264d-4690-91d1-84a0b7526772\"><!--[if lte IE 8]>\n\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n\n<![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/6786297\/ad21cd41-264d-4690-91d1-84a0b7526772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" id=\"hs-cta-img-ad21cd41-264d-4690-91d1-84a0b7526772\" style=\"border-width:0px;\" height=\"628\" width=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/6786297\/ad21cd41-264d-4690-91d1-84a0b7526772.png\" alt=\"New call-to-action\"><\/a><\/span><script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> hbspt.cta.load(6786297, 'ad21cd41-264d-4690-91d1-84a0b7526772', {\"region\":\"na1\"}); <\/script><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time, RUBI UK &amp; Ireland sponsors the WorldSkills UK program, as one of its main sponsors, beside to Schluter Systems and Johnson Tiles. &nbsp;WorldSkills creates medal winning, world-class champions from all backgrounds, to inspire others to follow in their footsteps. 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