Worthy welding winner

Tony Johnson, judge and technical information officer at ESAB, praised all the finalists: "The standards achieved was very high indeed, with little to separate them. Looking at the competition as a whole, year-on-year we have seen a continual improvement in results."

Lewis McLeod also picked up the Job Knowledge Test Award, an exacting examination of welding technology and application. The Welding Craft Skills runner-up was Stuart Allan of Babcock Marine, Rosyth and the Team Prize went to BAE Systems Naval Ships.