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Mark McAdams is officially one of the UK's best young truck technicians. McAdams (pictured, near right) won the gold medal in the heavy vehicle technology category at the WorldSkills UK competition in December, beating five others. All (pictured below right) had battled through preliminary rounds to get to the final, held at Cardiff and Vale College in Wales. McAdams, an apprentice with Fife Council, said: "I'm really pleased to have won - the competition was really tough, but to win a UK-wide competition like this is a real confidence boost." Richard Hutchins, the IMi's skills competitions manager, explains that IMI is the WorldSkills UK organising partner for all of the automotive skills, so it runs the automotive body repair, automotive refinishing, automotive technology (car technicians) and heavy vehicle technology competitions. He states: "The entries are open to anyone who is currently studying towards a Level 3 qualification, whether it's a full-time qualification in college or an apprenticeship - or if you finished Level 3 less than a year ago. And we get a good cross-section of full-time students, those from independent garages and from dealerships." |