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Gold in Carpentry for Dún Laoghaire trained finalist in WorldSkills 2009

WorldSkills Competition winner Barry Dennigan took part in ten weeks of fulltime training in Dún Laoghaire College of Further Education, from June to August 2009. His schedule was devised and presented by Pat Noonan, a WorldSkills specialist in carpentry.

The Tánaiste Mary Coughlan and Minister of Education & Science Batt O' Keeffe held a reception to mark the success of the Irish Worldskills team at Government Buildings. Barry was part of an 11 strong Irish team that competed against the world's outstanding crafts people. He won a gold medal in Carpentry. In all, the team won three Gold and two Bronze medals. Five medallions of excellence were also awarded to Irish competitors who achieve over 500 points out of a possible 600. As a team, Ireland was second only to Korea in medals won per competitors entered.

'It is a great honour to represent your country and I am delighted to have competed against top young carpenters from around the world', says Barry. 'The preparation was very intensive and challenging but very rewarding.

The 40^th WorldSkills Competition took place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from September 1^st to 7^th, 2009. This international competition has 45 different skill categories such as auto body repair, carpentry, IT network support, mobile robotics and landscape gardening. The competition takes place every two years.

There were 900 Competitors and approximately 150,000 spectators in attendance. There were also close to 3,000 volunteers on site helping in the skill areas and ensuring a pleasant experience for the daily visitors who came to view the events.

WorldSkills is an enormously prestigious competition which, over its 50 year history, has come to symbolise the pinnacle of excellence in training. Competing at this level on a world stage, demands the highest degree of professionalism. It is also an outstanding learning and development opportunity for competitors. In skills such as Carpentry, Sheet Metal Technology and Web Design the Test Projects created over the four days were donated to organisations as a legacy of the Competition. WorldSkills provides a unique means of exchange and comparison of world-class competency standards in the industrial trades and service sectors of the global economy. The continued growth of WorldSkills attests to the fact that traditional trade and craft skills, along with the newer technological multi-skilled vocations, make an essential contribution to the economic and social well being of people everywhere.

The Irish team at WorldSkills 2009 was selected by the WorldSkills Council which is supported by the Department of Education and Science, Irish Vocational Education Association, Fáilte Ireland, FÁS, and the Institutes of Technology.

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Dún Laoghaire
Vocational Education Committee
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Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin

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