Winners Announced from WorldSkills UK 2022 for Apprentice Installers of Electronic Security Systems and Fire Detection & Alarm Systems

The apprentice security and fire installer finalists from this year’s Engineers of Tomorrow competition, which took place at IFSEC in May, went on to compete in November’s national finals of WorldSkills UK, the nation’s premier skills, apprenticeships and careers event held at Barking & Dagenham College.  

The competition aims to help tackle the growing engineering skills gap and attract and retain the next generation of security and fire systems installers.

The overall winners of the WorldSkills UK security and fire competitions were presented with their prizes at last week’s prestigious Security & Fire Excellence Awards at the London Hilton Park Lane.  Many congratulations to this year’s winners:

Electronic Security Systems WorldSkills UK Winners

First Place (cash prize of £1000 sponsored by CSL):
Tomas Pavilonis (The Focus Training Group / Trelawney Fire and Security)

Second Place (cash prize of £500 sponsored by NSI):
Cody Moody (Belfast Metropolitan College) / ViS)

Third Place (cash prize of £250 sponsored by SSAIB):
Gianluca Mori (Banham Academy / Banham Security)

Highly commended: Bradley Stevens (Skills for Security)

Highly commended: Harry Dickson (Skills for Security)

Fire Detection and Alarm Systems WorldSkills UK Winners

First Place (cash prize of £1000 sponsored by CSL):
Alexander Wallace (South Eastern Regional College / Building Protection Services)

Second Place (cash prize of £500 sponsored by NSI):
Owen Nelson (Skills for Security / EFT Systems)

Third Place (cash prize of £250 sponsored by SSAIB):
Callen Logan (Skills for Security / Connelly Security Systems)

Highly commended: Nathan Portman (JLT Training Ltd)

Highly commended: Josh Young (Skills for Security)

To find out who the Engineers of Tomorrow finalists were who took part in WorldSkills UK and for more information on the competition, go to IFSEC Global for the full story.