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Mark Nevin - Download Case Study

Hometown: Livingstone, Scotland
Trade: Painting & Decorating

Competition: WorldSkills 2009, Calgary
Result: Gold Medal

Qualifications:
* SVQ 2, 3

Employer: Nevin of Edinburgh

Ambition
To be the best in the world, at my skill.

What made you get involved in competitions?
Potential success and the aspiration to be the best.

What does this experience mean to you?
Everything from first light in the morning till sleeping. When my eyes close, I can only see Gold!

Personal achievements
Overcoming my heartbreak at not competing at WorldSkills Shizuoka 2007, qualifying again and picking myself up to get back in the saddle and competing.

Something we didn’t know about Mark
I’m a painting geek, football fanatic and keen fisherman.