Teesside Branch AGM and Technical talk: - Gaining the competitive edge: developing soft skills and employability through competition.

This is a Teesside Branch event organised and run by the Teesside Branch Committee on behalf of Branch members. Other members are very welcome to register for this talk. Non-Members are also welcome to join us for the talk.

The Branch AGM will commence at 5pm. The Agenda can be found here . 

Our Technical talk will begin at 6pm.

Overview: WorldSkills UK are an independent charity and work with employers, education and governments. 

We’re a proud member of WorldSkills, a global movement of over 80 countries. WorldSkills supports young people across the world via competitions-based training, assessment and benchmarking, with members’ national teams ultimately testing their ability to achieve world-class standards in the biennial ‘skills olympics’. 

This session will focus on how to embed skills competition activity for preparation towards national competitions and how they can help to evidence Gatsby, inspection frameworks, soft skill development, employability skills and qualifications. 

The session will also give you an opportunity to gain a better understanding of the national competition cycle and the tools and resources available to help you embed competition activity with your learners.

Speaker: Colin Galley:- Further Education Standards and Quality Manger, WorldSkills UK) 

Speaker Biography:- Colin was in Further Education as a lecturer and manager for over 18 years predominantly working with learners with learning difficulties and/or difficulties and those who had not previously been in education and training to help them gain qualifications to help with their future career prospects. Prior to joining WorldSkills UK, Colin was a Competition Organising Partner for 3 Foundation Skills Competitions. Colin joined WorldSkills UK in September 2021 looking after the National Competitions portfolio and working on a Standards project to help further align competition activity to education, apprenticeships and employment opportunities.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD): Attending this event supports your professional development.  You can claim 2 CPD points per hour for this event.  As a member of the Welding Institute you can record your CPD activity online from your membership portal.

Additional Information:

• Registration for this event will close 24 hours before the event starts.
• Live event only
• Registration details will be shared with our Branch volunteers in order to facilitate the running of the event.