Pipe fitter inspired to gold by Dad’s death is supporting apprentices on their skills journey
A PIPE fitter inspired to victory by the death of his father is supporting teenage apprentices on their WorldSkills journey. Oliver Bolland is reigning gold medallist in the Sheet Metalwork category of WorldSkills UK, having secured bronze in the same event three years earlier. Now working at MG Engineering in Flint, the 22 year-old –…
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Retail worker who returned to Coleg Cambria after a decade lands dream job with pest control giant
A SOFTWARE developer who returned to college after more than a decade is now working in his dream job thanks to a global pest management giant. Dan Evans, from Holywell, first attended Coleg Cambria Deeside in 2007 to study for a Level 2 BTEC in IT but was forced to abandon his studies for personal…
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Apprentice engineer launches fundraising campaign ahead of Miss Wales final
A TALENTED apprentice and Miss Wales candidate wants to inspire future generations of young girls into engineering. Jess Downes, from Towyn, is still reeling after being shortlisted for the national competition, which takes place in Newport this May. Given her day-to-day life as a learner at Coleg Cambria and apprentice maintenance engineer at Toyota’s Deeside…
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Fresh faces bring more than 30 years’ experience to Coleg Cambria salon
A REVAMPED hair and beauty salon is in full groom after taking on talented new recruits. Hairdressing Lecturer Casey Adlard and Stephanie Parry, an Assessor in Beauty Therapy, have joined the team at Salon Ial. Based at Coleg Cambria’s £21m Hafod site at Yale in Wrexham, they are looking forward to the future and bring more…
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‘Industrial Cadets’ sharpen skills with giants of manufacturing and engineering
INDUSTRIAL Cadets are sharpening their skills and career prospects in partnership with Coleg Cambria and leading North Wales companies. More than 60 ‘Cadets’ from the college’s Deeside site are combining their studies with placements at industry heavyweights including Ardagh, AMRC Cymru, ConvaTec, Magellan Aerospace, Atlas Copco, TATA, Electroimpact, ESD, DRB, Triumph Actuation Systems, UPM Shotton,…
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Coleg Cambria one of seven new Regional Academies unveiled by Wales Netball
COLEG CAMBRIA is one of seven new Regional Academies unveiled by Wales Netball. The college will help young players in North Wales achieve their goals by playing host to weekly training and strength and conditioning sessions at its revamped £21m Yale site in Wrexham. Wales Netball has unveiled a new ‘Performance Pathway’ and the select…
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Students take on Winter challenges as Cambria DofE numbers continue to rise
UP to 100 students took on Winter challenges at one of North Wales’s most popular outdoor activity centres. Level 2 and 3 Uniformed Public Services (UPS) learners from Coleg Cambria sites in Wrexham and Deeside participated in two five-day residential visits to Gwersyll yr Urdd Glan-Llyn, Llanuwchllyn, Bala. Led by Sports and Public Services lecturer…
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Former students cook up a storm with new careers at Coleg Cambria restaurant
COLEG CAMBRIA served up career opportunities for two talented former students. Owain Jones and Bradley Wilford have joined the team at Cambria’s popular Ial Restaurant in Wrexham. Owain, 21, is now working as a sous chef having completed the Level 3 Hospitality and Catering course at Yale. Chef de Partie Bradley, 20, is a graduate of the…
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Coleg Cambria in pole position to support electric vehicle skills demand
COLEG CAMBRIA is in pole position to train the next generation of electric and hybrid vehicle mechanics. Learners at the college’s sites in Deeside and Bersham Road, Wrexham, have been undertaking Hybrid/Electric Vehicle Repair 2 and 3 qualifications to meet unprecedented demand for skilled technicians to work on zero-emission transport. And with new Knowledge and…
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Snip and tuck as Cambria students complete stunning centrepiece for Wrexham barber
IT was snip and tuck but talented students managed to complete a stunning countertop in time for the opening of a popular Wrexham barbershop. Learners from Coleg Cambria’s Bersham Road site constructed the wooden piece for Matt and Kat Whitfield, owners of Holdfast Barbers in Ty Pawb, Market Street. Owen Haycocks, Zoe Booth, Liam Jones,…
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