Jack’s A Master of His Trade

Jack Kirton, a Doncaster College student, has won the ‘New to Competition’ heat of the Yorkshire section of the Guild of Bricklayers Brickwork competition for 2012.

Jack, 18, an apprentice in his first year of the Trowel Occupations Course Level 2 at the College, was up against ten other candidates from colleges across the region, in the Hull based competition.

The Guild of Bricklayers promotes the highest standards of craftsmanship in brickwork, and Jack was very proud of his win and said, ‘it was a good moment’

Jack, from Balby, Doncaster, works for his dad who runs his own building business in Doncaster.  And while Jack admits he probably gets his trowel skills from his dad he is full of praise for the help and nurturing he gets from his lecturers at the College, ‘They have helped me a lot in the workshop and have shown me all sorts of bits and bobs’

He’s likely to go on and do a third year at College, honing his bricklaying skills, but eventually his ambition is to emigrate to Australia, Jack said,  “Someone who my dad used to work with, he did it and I mean he’s come back here to see us and he loves it over there, and it’s just something I’d like to go out and try, if I like it I like it, if I don’t, nothing to lose really.”

And whether he eventually goes down under or not he is bound to end up on top.

Doncaster College runs a host of construction courses at The Hub campus. Further details are available by calling 0800 358 7575 or by visiting http://www.don.ac.uk/