A DORSET painter and decorator has been named one of the best in the country after winning a major national award.
Phillip Maidment, from West Howe, Bournemouth, secured the title of Apprentice/Trainee of the Year in the Premier Trophy Awards – a national competition promoting high standards of craftsmanship organised by the Painting and Decorating Association.
The 20-year-old Bournemouth & Poole College student works for Hadland Care Group based in Bournemouth,
The Graduate Expo is a non curriculum event that showcases both BSc and FdSc CGI work direct to industry. The companies are personally invited to attend and often the outcome are placement positions for a 'sandwich' degree or employment for those students that stand out. The staff do all they can to get as many people through the door and this can often be an all year round job. It is not only industry that come to the show. Students from other courses looking to progress or even change direction.
A student from the Bournemouth & Poole College will be among those battling it out for the title of Johnstone's Trade Young Painter of the Year at Coventry's Ricoh Arena later this year, after emerging victorious from the second of two regional heats which took place at the college this month.
21 June 2016: Bournemouth & Poole College’s Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing facilities are receiving a major upgrade thanks to a £565,150 investment secured by Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership through the Dorset Growth Deal.
The first phase of the refurbishment has recently been completed. The works will further enhance the quality of the facilities, reduce its carbon footprint and increase its energy efficiency. The upgrades included:
The Bournemouth & Poole College has hosted the first of two regional heats in the Johnstone's Trade 2016 Young Painter of the Year contest.
Now in its 12th year, the prestigious competition sees contestants aged between 17 and 27 tested across a range of painting and decorating skills - including abiding by technical specifications, applying stencils and making the most effective use of different Johnstone's Trade paints.
