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Adam Claridge - Download Case Study

Hometown: Robertsbridge, South East
Trade: Jewellery

Competition: WorldSkills 2009, Calgary

Qualifications:
* City & Guilds Jewellery
* Member of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths

Employer: Spectrum Fine Jewellery - completing an apprenticeship

Ambition
To be a good mounter and produce real good quality jewellery and learn as many skills in the trade as possible.

What made you get involved in competitions?
I wanted to be able to represent my country and make everyone I know proud of me.

What does this experience mean to you?
It means to me a new experience in my life and something to look good on my CV. I can hold my head high and say I have done something extraordinary.

Personal achievements
When I left Uni, I was awarded a design award. Most recently I was joint 2nd in the 2008 WorldSkills UK competition in Diamond Mounting.

Something we didn’t know about Adam
I work with my local scouts group and it makes me feel good when a child tells me that I have given them something to be inspired about.