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The Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers will be pleased to receive applications from suitable candidates wishing to participate in the Company's 2008 Competition. This prestigious event is open to those who have recently completed, or who are nearing the completion of their training in the craft of joinery or its related activities.
Participation in the skills test with other candidates drawn from London and South East England, and beyond, allows men and women at the point of completing their joinery training to measure their abilities against each other in practical workshop conditions. Mature candidates will be welcomed.
The award of a Joiners' Company Merit Certificate could well advance career opportunities. Receipt of the Joiners' Award for the top candidate is a lifetime distinction, quite apart from the pleasure which ownership of the valuable "Joiners' Square" and the accompanying grant of the Freedom of the Worshipful Company brings.
The Employer of the Winner will receive an illuminated Certificate suitable for display.
The test will take place on Saturday 10 May 2008 at the workshops of Killby & Gayford Joinery Limited, 30 Radford Way, Billericay, Essex, and/or at another location in the London Area to be advised.
Competitors will be required to complete a set piece of work under supervision, and between the hours of 8.00am and 5.30pm, with a half hour lunch break from 12.30 to 1.00pm.
The test piece will enable craftsmen to demonstrate their ability to carry out joinery commissions to good commercial standards, with emphasis on the interpretation of drawings, setting out and marking out of work and the skilled use of hand tools.
Materials will be supplied by the Company, but the entrant will provide such hand tools of his, or her, own as are normally appropriate to a working joiner (including routers and drills 110v but not sanders or chop/portable saws).
The Company very much appreciates the support of sponsors Killby & Gayford Limited, by the use of their workshop, James Latham plc, by the supply of timber for the skill test.
FOR FURTHER DETAILS OF PRIZES AND INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
PLEASE SEE BELOW
The 2008 Joiners and Ceilers' Award
The Company
One of the ancient Livery Companies of the City of London, the Worshipful Company of Joiners & Ceilers, throughout its long and continuous existence has sought to promote excellence in joinery.
As historic documents held by the City Corporation show, the Company was already a large brotherhood of skilled craftsmen in 1269, with numerous apprentices. The Company controlled all aspects of the craft, regulating standards and collecting fines from those judged to have sold substandard work.
Queen Elizabeth I confirmed these already ancient rights on 14 April 1571 when she granted a charter to the Company to maintain this control "in perpetuity". But as further centuries passed these rights fell into abeyance. The Company was a founder of the City & Guilds of London Institute and continues positively to encourage the highest craft standards, particularly in training. The Joiners & Ceilers' Annual Award plays an important part in these efforts.
Candidates
The Competition is open to:-
- Candidates, including mature candidates, who, as employees, have recently
completed, or are nearing completion of, a three year period of training in Joinery
or its related activities.
- Candidates who have recently completed, or are about to complete, a two year
full-time training course, or training recognised as of similar standards.
Candidates should complete the ENTRY FORM (obtaining on it the signature of their Employer or College Principal) and send it with the registration fee of £5 to
Mrs A L Jackson,
The Clerk,
The Worshipful Company of Joiners & Ceilers,
75 Meadway Drive,
Horsell,
Woking,
Surrey GU21 4TF.
Early submission of Entry Forms would be greatly appreciated but entries must be received not later than 30 April 2008.
(The registration fee will be refunded to those completing the competition)
Prizes
The Winner of the Joiners & Ceilers' Award will receive a Certificate, a Joiners & Ceilers' inscribed Silver and Rosewood Presentation Square, a cheque for £1000 and a grant of the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Joiners & Ceilers.
The second Award will comprise a Certificate and a cheque for £400.
A certificate and a cheque for £50 will also be awarded to candidates who fail to win the 2008 Joiners & Ceilers' Award or the Second Award, but whose performance in the skill test is judged to be of special merit.
All candidates who participate in the competition will receive a cheque for £25.
Entry forms can be obtained from your Employer, College Principal, or from the Clerk to the Worshipful Company of Joiners & Ceilers or here.
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