Skill Build Sponsors

dpac Ireland sponsors Refrigeration students at Skillbuild. Industrial Air Conditioning Equipment Supplier “dpac Ireland” sponsored the refrigeration students at the recent Skillbuild Northern Ireland competition at SERC Newtownards on 13th & 14th April. Company Director George Tinsley also assisted in the judging of the refrigeration section of the competition.

Photo: (L-R)Terry Nickels SERC, Ciaran Weir 1st Refrigeration Section, Anthony Bradley 2nd Ref Section, Christopher Wilson 3rd Ref Section, George Tinsley dpac Ireland.

2nd year refrigeration apprentices are required to complete a refrigeration installation and fully commission the system along with electrical fault finding on the system. As it happens all of the apprentices in the refrigeration section of the competition are from SERC (South Eastern Regional College) Lisburn Campus as this is the only recognised training centre for refrigeration in Northern Ireland.

The refrigeration section was won by Ciaran Weir of Principal Cooling Ltd, runner up was Anthony Bradley of Montgomery Refrigeration and third place went to Christopher Wilson of Shilliday Refrigeration Ltd. This section of the competition was managed by Terry Nickels of SERC who is also the principle Refrigeration Lecturer within the College.

George Tinsley commented, “dpac Ireland is proud to be involved in this competition which is an excellent event for all trades and Colleges within Northern Ireland to showcase the best up and coming professionals in the Construction Sector and I would like to congratulate all of the students who competed in the event.”

The winners from this competition will now progress to the National Finals in the UK and possibly advance to the World Skills finals in 2013.

Ciaran Weir 1st Overall Refrigeration Section.