We know what it takes to enable young people to perform at their best.  We develop young people across the UK through our skills development programme as part of Team UK to represent the United Kingdom on an international stage at the Skill Olympics.

Our Technical Masterclasses will help build confidence and new skills to give students and apprentices the cutting edge above their peers that will support them on their learning programme as they progress to higher technical learning or employment.

 

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Technical Masterclasses

You can access the Technical Masterclasses from our Skills Development Hub.

Mechanical Engineering CAD

Mechanical Engineering: CAD

This will help learners create accurate 2D and 3D models, gaining a deeper understanding of tools, techniques and skills to improve productivity.

Industrial Electronics

Electronics

This will help learners improve their skills in soldering, identifying and using a selection of PPE and using hand tools to support component preparation.

Floristry

Floristry

This will help learners acquire the necessary skills to tape wires, wire plant materials, form units for a shoulder corsage and assemble wired elements into it.

Mechatronics

Mechatronics

After this masterclass learners will be better able to explain inputs and outputs into a PLC, explain the function of several sensor types, explain what a case structure is in PLC programming and program a short PLC program.

Furniture and Cabinet Making

Cabinet Making

This will help learners improve their hand skills so as not to be reliant on machines and power tools when cutting a commonly used joint.

Building Information Modelling

Building Information Modelling

This will help learners acquire the necessary skills to create a multi-storey architectural project information model (PIM), including walls, windows, doors and a roof.

Manufacturing Team Challenge

Manufacturing Team Challenge

This will help learners develop the necessary skills to create a solution using Flowcode 8 to display outputs on a LCP Panel from given inputs which come in both analogue and digital format.

Culinary Arts

Culinary Arts

This will help learners acquire the necessary skills to prepare, cook and present four plated portions of cream of vegetable soup.

Technical Masterclasses will:

  • reflect on world-class standards to inform the practice of vocational teaching and learning

  • introduce lean principles to showcase the importance in improving efficiency and work organisation

  • showcase excellence and build on ideas and practices from other countries

  • develop work-related attributes to develop occupational expertise

  • test and challenge a student and apprentices’ ability to apply learning

  • aid practical problem solving and critical reflection on experience, including learning from mistakes in real and simulated settings

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