With the help of some off-site, hands-on experience Lincolnshire youngsters will pave the way for a career in construction.

Lincoln College has helped to organise this year’s National Construction Week, which takes place at the Lincolnshire Showground between 29th September and 1st October 2015.

The three-day event, hosted by Lincoln Group Training Association, was designed together with the Lincolnshire Education Business Partnership to give pupils an insight into the construction industry.

Visitors from primary and secondary schools in Lincolnshire will be welcomed on the first morning by Lincoln College CEO Gary Headland, and by a representative from Siemens and Lincoln MP Karl McCartney on the second and final days respectively.

The opening day is tailored to Year 6 pupils, and the showground will accommodate students from years 9 and 10 for the remainder of the week.

Children aged between 10 and 16 will have the opportunity to get involved with a variety of workshops and activities to include brickwork, joinery, painting and decorating, plumbing and motor vehicle maintenance.

Following the success of the event last year, which welcomed over 600 schoolchildren, organisers are expecting to host 1,000 pupils across the three days.

Kevin Davey, Head of Construction at Lincoln College, said: “The college helped set up the first Construction Week 13 years ago and we’re always keen to support the initiative.
“We want to show just how wide the range of career opportunities within the construction industry is, and how it is complemented by the high demand for qualified staff from builders to plumbers.

“There are always opportunities for progression which has been demonstrated by our very own students. They have gone on to become very successful, with some even starting their own business.

“Something we’re trying to maintain is the recent rise in the number of female applicants, as the industry has previously been heavily dominated by men. This year we are delighted that one of our female students in painting and decorating has been nominated for a National Constructions Skills Award.

“National Construction Week is a great interactive way of introducing both girls and boys to the college and its facilities, and to a multi-faceted career choice many of them won’t have considered,” said Kevin.

For more information about Lincoln College please visit: http://www.lincolncollege.ac.uk/

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Notes to Editors

About The Lincoln College Group:
• Founded upon a concept of ‘synergy’, The Lincoln College Group comprises a number of like-minded organisations with a shared purpose of providing exceptional education, training and related services to their students.
• Currently providing secondary, further and higher education, the Group includes Lincoln College (with its campuses in Lincoln, Newark and Gainsborough and operations in China) and two secondary school academies: The Newark Academy and The Gainsborough Academy. It also encompasses Deans Sport and Leisure, a commercial sports centre based in Lincoln City Centre.
• Lincoln College International, a project to develop and run three Colleges in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the latest addition to the Group.
• The Lincoln College Group is also the lead sponsor of the Lincoln UTC which opened in September 2014.

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