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27/11/2009
Brenton Johnson, hard at work
Brenton Johnson, aged 16 from Castleford has been short listed for the 2009 Young Builder of the Year award which is run by Youthbuild UK.
Brenton, along with 11 other students achieved the City and Guilds Introductory Certificate in Basic Construction at Chevin Housing Group’s Construction Training Centre in Featherstone in July this year. He has been hard at work over the past 2 years with school work and learning construction skills, attending the training centre 1 and a half days a week and getting hands on experience in a variety of construction skills including bench and site carpentry, joinery, brick work and basic electrical installation.
Brenton was put forward for the Young Builder of the Year award by his tutors from Wakefield Homebuilder and Chevin Housing. He came to the training centre initially lacking self-confidence and has worked extremely hard turning himself from a ‘cant-do’ student to a ‘can-do’ student. He has shown determination, focus and patience throughout the modules he has worked on, offering help to other students along the way.
Brenton said “I can’t believe I am through to the finals for this award, its fantastic. I have really enjoyed studying and learning at the centre, I have come away with a first level qualification which is great and I now know what I want to do and that is to be a brick layer”.
She added: “Brenton’s confidence was his main barrier when it didn’t go right the first time. However after getting through several units he realised he could do it and it spurred him on. He had a real determination not to give up and went on to offer support to others in the group, I’m very proud of him.”
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