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Setting the standard!

19 October 2011

The Welding Institute in Cambridge was the setting for the first UK Apprentice Welder of the Year awards on Tuesday 18 October, sponsored by industrial gases and engineering business BOC.

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The best in England!

18 July 2011

Richard Keatman, an Alstom welding apprentice, has won the BOC English Apprentice Welder 2011 title after completing a challenging series of welding tasks at Alstom’s state of the art engineering facility in Stafford.

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The best in Welsh welding talent

1 July 2011

Ian Harries from Haverfordwest has won this year’s BOC Welsh Apprentice Welder competition held at Coleg Powys in Newtown on 29-30 June. The six competitors at this year’s final had all come through a process of local and regional heats in order to reach this stage.

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Celebrating Scotland’s finest talents

29 June 2011

Alistair Wilson from Tillicoultry in Clackmannanshire has won this year’s BOC Scottish Apprentice Welder title, beating stiff competition to take the title at the finals held at Adam Smith College, Glenrothes, on 15-16 June.

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Alstom to host final of BOC English Apprentice Welder 2011

7 June 2011

The contest to decide the best apprentice welder in England this year will be decided at global engineering company Alstom’s state-of-the-art welding facility in Stafford next month.

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