This article is from page 14 of the 2013-07-23 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 14 JPG
KILNABOY man Joseph Kelly has won gold at the Worldskills competition held in Leipzig.
The aircraft mechanic at Transaero Engineering Ireland competed in the aircraft maintenance category at Worldskills Leipzig 2013 against aircraft maintenance engineers from around the world including Canada, Singapore, U.K, Sweden, Finland, New Zealand, China, Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and France to claim the top prize.
The competition took place over a four day period, 22 hours in total, with six modules to be completed.
The modules varied from sheet metal, daily inspection on a helicopter, gas turbine engine hot section inspections, flight control rigging, component removal, inspection and re-installation and electrical circuit troubleshooting and fault finding.
Mr Kelly was selected for Team Ireland having won the Irish national skills on two occasions in 2012 and 2013. He also took part in a series of interviews.
The training for the Worldskills competition was carried out mainly in FAS Shannon with expert in Aircraft Maintenance Michael Hayes.
The Kilnaboy man also received the ‘Best of Nation’ award.