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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Culinary Arts

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

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Stonemasonry

This technical masterclass will guide you through the process of working reverse mouldings on straight and curved work.

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Cabinet Making

This technical masterclass demonstrates the importance of having good hand skills for making furniture. Having this knowledge and these techniques are vital skills to support machining techniques and knowledge.

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Restaurant Services

This technical masterclass is on carving skills. It demonstrates the technique of roast chicken carving and presentation, a core skill that is involved in high-class restaurant and hotel carving.

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Joinery

This technical masterclass will help you develop your skills in setting out joinery techniques, which is the first key part to the work of the joiner.

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Hairdressing

This masterclass introduces all razor techniques and briefly covers when you would use them. These techniques are necessary to create a seamless blend for graduation whilst cutting the hair.

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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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