Event Format
Skills Scotland Aberdeen is a one day event taking place at the AECC in Aberdeen on Tuesday 29 October between 9.30 am and 3 pm. Over 2,500 visitors are expected to come along.
Inspire the nation's youth
Skills Scotland events are all about inspiring the nation’s youth about their future careers and opportunities. The events attract thousands of young people from schools, colleges, community groups and with their friends and families. At the events they can try different activities that give them a taste of the skills and challenges they will meet in a range of careers.
These activities are showcased by employers, colleges, training providers and other organisations. Activities might include wheel change challenges with students studying auto repair, pancake flipping with a hotel and hospitality team, changing a nappy with childcare trainers, building a slate roof with construction lecturers, restyling a hairdo with hairdressing academies, pedalling a dynamo to light a bulb with energy providers, fitness training with personal trainers and lots more.
The key to Skills Scotland events is getting involved to get inspired.
Learning is through experience, so visitors get to touch, taste, feel, smell, hear and most importantly try new activities and meet staff face to face, things a website, leaflet or prospectus can never do.
The events are open to anyone aged 14-19, whatever their ambitions or abilities. The events showcase the range of opportunities available to young people including modern apprenticeships, education, training, employment, internships and other options.
There are three Skills Scotland events taking place in 2013. A flagship two day exhibition takes place at SECC, Glasgow and two further one day events take place in Aberdeen and Edinburgh.
Download the Skills Scotland brochure
Key industries
Skills Scotland events attract a range of industries. Exhibitors are employers, training providers, sector skills councils, universities, charities/voluntary sector organisations and careers and business advisers providing as diverse a range of opportunities as possible. Past exhibitors have included:
Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce
Aberdeen Academy of Performing Arts
Aberdeen City and Shire Hotels Association
Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeen Performing Arts
Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group
Aberdeenshire Council
Academy of Music and Sound
ACCA
Action on Hearing Loss
Adam Smith College
Ambition Centre for Training
Amec Oil and Gas
Anglo European College of Chiropractic
Anniesland College
Apprenticeships in Scotland
Army
Army Scotland
Asset Skills
Association of Accounting Technicians
Babcock Marine Services
Baker Hughes Ltd
Banff and Buchan College
BBC
BNG Training
Borders College
Carousel Training Centre
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
CITB-ConstructionSkills
Citizens Advice Direct
City of Glasgow College
Clyde Marine Training
CLYDE UNION Pumps
Clydebank College
Creative & Cultural Skills Scotland
Creative Scotland
Deloitte
DM Training
ECITB
EDF Energy
Edinburgh College
Edinburgh Napier University
Education Scotland
ENABLE Scotland
Energy & Utility Skills
Ernst & Young LLP
e-skills UK
First4Skills Ltd
FMC Technologies
Forth Valley College
Gaelic Teaching and Careers
GE Oil & Gas
Glasgow Academy Musical Theatre Arts
Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow City Council Commonwealth Apprenticeship Initiative
Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector
Glasgow Housing Association
Glasgow's Regeneration Agency
GlaxoSmithKline
Gleneagles Hotel & Resort
Gocracker
HM Revenue and Customs
Horsescotland
Hospitality Training
Hunting Energy Services UK Ltd
ICAEW
Institution of Civil Engineers
IChemE
icould
Impact Arts
Intraining
James Watt College
JB Management
JHP Training
John Clark Motor Group
Joseph Lawrence Ltd
Jupiter Hotels
Kaplan
Lantra
Mary Reid Spa Academy
McDonald's Restaurants Ltd
National Oilwell Varco UK Ltd
National Skills Academy for Food & Drink
NHS Grampian
North Glasgow College
Not Going To Uni
OPITO
People 1st
Petrofac
Playback ICE Ltd
Plexus Corp (UK) Ltd
Proskills UK
QA Ltd
Quality Meat Scotland
Rathbone
Raytheon UK
Right Track (Scotland) Ltd
Royal Air Force
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Royal Mail
Royal Navy & Royal Marines
Sae Institute
Schlumberger Oilfield UK Plc
Score Europe Ltd
Scotland UnLtd
Scotland's Commissioner for Children & Young People
Scotland's Rural College - SRUC
Scottish Ambulance Service
Scottish Association of Master Bakers (Scottish Bakers)
Scottish Drama Training Network
Scottish Food and Drink Federation
Scottish Gas
Scottish Power
Scottish Qualifications Authority
Scottish Social Services Council
Scottish Training Foundation
Scottish Water
Scottish Widows
Scottish Youth Parliament
Scottish Youth Theatre
SELEX ES
SEMTA
Shell Exploration
Shell Livewire
Sibbald Training
Skills Development Scotland
South Lanarkshire College
Springboard UK
St Andrew's First Aid
Stow College
Subsea UK
SummitSkills
Survivex
The Children's House
The Law Society of Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Training Initiatives Generating Results Scotland (Tigers Ltd)
Tullos Training Ltd
University of the West of Scotland
Verve Ltd
Viking Recruitment Ltd
Vincent Bell Hairdressing
VION Food Group
Viridor
Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College
Young Engineers & Science Clubs
Young Scot
YouthLink
YouTrain Ltd
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