NULC students invited to RAF Cosford

Following on from a two day workshop provided by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in November, Construction and Engineering students from NULC have been invited to RAF Cosford to take part in a range of activities.

On Thursday 23 February a number of students will travel to the Shropshire Air Base where they will have the opportunity to meet Sergeant Ian Pringle, from the RAF Motivational Outreach Team who has previously visited the College to provide workshops to Construction and Engineering students. 

Whilst at RAF Cosford the students will spend the morning on the Low Ropes facility followed by lunch in the Junior Ranks Mess.  During the afternoon the students will have time to tour the RAF Museum.

The RAF has been working with students to showcase the types of careers open to them once completing their studies at NULC.

Rob Sproson, lecturer in Construction at NULC said: “The students are very excited about the visit to RAF Cosford.  They’ve been provided with a kit list and are spending time preparing for the visit.”

He continued: “The RAF and in particular Sergeant Ian Pringle have been brilliant and have dedicated valuable time and resources to the students here at NULC, the students have found the sessions they have already attended very inspirational.”

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NULC students investigate health and safety on site visit

Construction students from NULC were invited for a site visit by Barratt’s.  Five students studying Level 3 in Construction and the Built Environment visited the Barratt’s construction site in Silverdale on Thursday 2 February.

Pictured NULC Construction students James Brian, Jamie Davies, Jason Harbron, Luke Hodgkiss and Dinithi Wijemanne.

The purpose of the visit was to help the students to provide evidence for their Health and Safety assignments as part of their course work.  As part of the Health and Safety assignment, students have to carry out risk assessments and investigate an accident scenario to determine what to do in the event of an accident, who it should be reported to and investigate the causes of an accident on a construction site, who was at fault and what could be done to prevent it happening again.

During the visit the students got the opportunity to carry out Risk Assessments and Accident Investigation on a real operational construction site.

 Pictured NULC Construction student Dinithi Wijemanne.

Mark Turner, Construction Team Leader said: “The visit was extremely beneficial to the students.  They were able to view real life hazards on a construction site and include this in their assignments.”

He continued: “The students were really surprised at how Health & Safety plays such a big part in the general day to day running of a construction site and the amount of working drawings that are required.”

Pictured NULC Construction students James Brian, Jamie Davies, Jason Harbron, Luke Hodgkiss and Dinithi Wijemanne.

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