Preparing to be a Workshop Supervisor by Jade Kidd

A guest post by Jade Kidd, Workshop Supervisor for Beauty Therapy, WorldSkills London 2011

At only nineteen years of age, I competed in the WorldSkills Competition held in Japan in 2007. I represented the United Kingdom in Beauty Therapy. Over time, with the highest level of training, my skills and ability grew. I went on to compete and was placed 4th, achieving a Medallion of Excellence.

After competing, I realised I wanted my involvement within WorldSkills to continue and quickly started to became addicted to WorldSkills! Now, three years later, I am still hugely involved, training future Competitors alongside my ex-Training Manager, Sue Simpson and Assistant Trainer, Jenna Bailey.

I have also recently taken on the role of Workshop Supervisor for the Beauty Therapy competitions for WorldSkills London 2011. I share this role with Jenna Bailey. She too was a past Competitor and our experience and knowledge within Beauty Therapy and WorldSkills makes us the perfect duo for the job! The role includes organising and preparing the stand ready for the competition to take place. We both visited WorldSkills Calgary 2009 to shadow the Workshop Supervisors there and it meant that we were able to have a better understanding of what is expected of a Workshop Supervisor. Long hours, commitment and organisation are just a few of the many things you need to ensure your competition is a success for WorldSkills London 2011. I can't wait!