ENGINES were roaring at Heart of Worcester College as it hosted the first-ever Technicians Trophy, competing against South and City College Birmingham (SCCB)
Hosted at the college’s Duckworth Centre of Engineering, two teams from SCCB and one team from the college’s Worcester campus competed across four practical tasks and a car logo quiz to win the cup which was crafted by Howard Thomas in Engineering and the Carpentry Department.
The practical tasks included two-wheel removals and changes, spark plugs removal, gap and refit and the teams also had to remove and fit a pair of cylinder head valves.
The teams then took part in a 30-question car logo quiz, for every correct answer the team had 10 seconds taken off their totals across the day.
SCCB one scored 29 out of 30, HoW College scored 26 out of 30 and SCCB Team two scored 23 out of 30.
On corrected times, SCCB Team one were declared the winners, closely followed by HoW College and SCCB Team two as runners up.
All the learners enjoyed the day and supported each other, and there are plans to roll this out across a wider group of colleges on a regular basis in the following academic year after the success of this initial event.
