“It’s always a pleasure to see young people rewarded for their
hard work”
GQA Approved Centre, South
Lanarkshire College continue to pave the way forward for new comers into the
glazing industry in Scotland and have recently recognised the efforts of one of
their students, Con O’Neill by naming him Glazing Apprentice of the Year 2015.
South Lanarkshire College have been working with GQA qualifications since early
2010 and they are currently the only College in Scotland to deliver the GQA SVQ
level 2 in Glazing programme, doing so in their state of the art specialised
workshop in East Kilbride.
Con, of Wm Drennan Glass and
Glazing in Paisley, started on a Pre-apprentice course in Construction but
moved on to a full time Apprenticeship in Glazing in March 2014 and is
currently working through GQAs SVQ Level 2 in Glazing as part of his
Apprenticeship under the guidance of Assessor and Tutor George Pendlebury.
George was delighted to see Con bestowed with the honour of becoming only the 2nd
Glazing Apprentice of the Year, and commented “Con has proven to be an
excellent student with first class hand skills and has always shown a very
mature attitude in his work at college. He not only carried out his own
tasks, but supported his fellow students who might have been having difficulty
with work they were tasked with”
GQA Technical Manager, Sean
Hayes, presented Con with his award at the Construction Awards Ceremony, held
in November 2015, and said “It is always a pleasure to see young people being
rewarded for their hard work and I was delighted to be able to present the
award to Con; he is a great example of how South Lanarkshire College, and
particularly George, help Apprentices learn while they earn. It was great
to see Con very well supported on the night, not only were his mum and dad
present, his Employer and the Tradesman Con works with daily were also there to
see him receive his award”
GQA would like to congratulate
Con on his achievement and also South Lanarkshire College for their continuous
work within our industry in Scotland.
