Bricklaying tools were the prize for a young builder who recently won a contest north of the border.
According to the Press and Journal, Christopher Farren, 22, was voted the best bricklayer out of 14 entrants at the South Lanarkshire College event.
He was given five hours to build a wall and a pillar but credits his course for teaching him how to make arches as well.
"I was surprised to do so well in the competition as the standard was quite high," he told the newspaper.
Although Mr Farren, of Fife Street in Keith, had a number of jobs prior to upping bricklayers' tools, he sees this trade as his future and is now in the second year of an apprenticeship.
Another person currently studying this trade is 16-year-old Craig Thompson from Merseyside, who told Children & Young People now that he would have benefited from learning such skills at school.
Posted by Ryan Gilbert
According to the Press and Journal, Christopher Farren, 22, was voted the best bricklayer out of 14 entrants at the South Lanarkshire College event.
He was given five hours to build a wall and a pillar but credits his course for teaching him how to make arches as well.
"I was surprised to do so well in the competition as the standard was quite high," he told the newspaper.
Although Mr Farren, of Fife Street in Keith, had a number of jobs prior to upping bricklayers' tools, he sees this trade as his future and is now in the second year of an apprenticeship.
Another person currently studying this trade is 16-year-old Craig Thompson from Merseyside, who told Children & Young People now that he would have benefited from learning such skills at school.
Posted by Ryan Gilbert