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cookiewales
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Post: # 89708Post cookiewales

hi boyos have spent a day in collage teaching the uk world skills team landscaping on granite sett laying there of to Leipzig soon against 16 other countries am doing three days trying to show them the best way and the fins have sent there team to :D Uk
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so they learnt to lay setts in a day?
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Post: # 89713Post cookiewales

no there the best from all over the Uk and doing hnd course in landscaping there taught multi skills they have 21 hours over 4 days to complete a garden design they know what line and level is i am there to teach them whats not in a book apart from the boss . showing them fool proof quick ways and to millimetre tolerance which a german plan is plus its german stone which i have used before will take some pictures and post :D
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Post: # 89729Post Tommy

I did an internal UK Skills comp a few years back. Series of basic projects to complete, Block paving, slabs, brick pillar etc, managed to beat a dedicated brick laying course, and a more general horticulture course.

Would've represented at regional level, but I had an eye operation, and couldn't make it.

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Post: # 89777Post KLS

I competed in the comp at inter college level in 2006 and 07, its a good experience! The one thing i would say is dont turn up hungover as it was the college party the night before! Still managed to get a 3rd, the 2 teams above us where a team of pros doing a part time course and a team of second year hard landscaping students, so not too bad!

Still have my certificates and t-shirts.




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