Footage, and reflections on the event
Developing students' T-shaped and vocational skills through competitions
Plumbing Team
This project saw L1 Plumbing students participate in a skills competition, in which they could test their and apply their subject knowledge in challenging situations. A key aspect of this was to explore the impact this competition had on their learning, both in terms of vocational knowledge and T-shaped skills development.
Planning was crucial, and helped inform the brief that students were given on the day of the competition and how they were judged. A link to the planning document can be found below.
Student feedback
What do you think you’ve gained from taking part in the competition?
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knowledge
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Confidence
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I gained experience in working fast and efficiently.
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a bit more experience
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i gained skills working in a team
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how to work with a partner, and confidence
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ive gained a lot of confidence and staying in track with time
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i gained the expreience of working in pressure
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What I have gained is confidence when it comes to time keeping
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Working with a partner, and being able to use time efficiently
This kind of task is usually completed individually, but today you were working in pairs. How did you find working as a team? What was made easier as a result of working collaboratively?
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a lot quicker and more controlled
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i found working as a team good as I had someone to test my work
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easier then usual because we could actually communicate
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I found it irritating, but i found it fun because, we think quite alike and since we are close friends we got it he way we wanted i from both sides, without arguing.
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it was better because the work was divided evenly and done faster
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I found working as a team better as you communicate better and spot more mistakes
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It was more easily done because we could use teamwork, and your partner could do another part of the work, while you did another
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good and my partner was very helpful
What will you do differently the next time you work on a copper frame?
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make sure I check and keep calm.
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Will not burn the paper next time.
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double check work finishing
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We didn't make an mistakes really, however we just improved our writing plan. because we wanted to put our point across effectively.
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measure the copper pipes correctly and make sure there pushed into the fitting
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make sure the drawing is accurate so the frame is accurate
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Actually fit the copper pipe into the fittings, and to try not to burn the sheet (wallpaper)
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too take more care with it