The SkillWeld Finalists for WorldSkills UK 2021 have been announced and are headed for the national finals in November.

The talented SkillWeld finalists are:

Competition	First Name	Surname	Organisation
Welding	Joel	Blair	Pembrokeshire College
Welding	Cohen	Lewis	Pembrokeshire College
Welding	Ross	Jones	Pembrokeshire College
Welding	Deriece	Raimann	Pembrokeshire College
Welding	James	King	Rolls Royce
Welding	William	Hunt	Rolls Royce
Welding	Reiss	Killen	North West Regional College
Welding	Michael	Kerr	Wirral College
Welding	Chris	Swales	Grimsby College
Welding	Yasmin	Whale	Wakefield College

The final 10 were decided out of the 27 competitors who submitted their test pieces and include students/apprentices from TWI Industrial Member Company Rolls-Royce, as well as finalists from Grimsby and Pembrokeshire College, who are both members of The Welding Institute’s AWFTE (Association for Welding, Fabrication, Training and Education).

Work is currently underway to organise the national finals, which will be held at Coleg Cambria at their Deeside Campus from Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 November. Coleg Cambria are kindly hosting the three metal trade competitions, which include Skillweld, Construction Metal Work and Sheet Metal Work with the competition being located across two sites.

The Welding Institute wishes all SkillWeld 2021 finalists the best of luck for their WorldSkills UK National Final welding competitions in November!