Snickers Workwear’s two new offers on winter essentials

There is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing, according to Snickers Workwear, who’ve launched two new offers on their cutting edge clothing to help Irish workers cope with the extremes of the coming winter.

As the nights close in and the temperature drops people have to still keep working, especially in these tough times when workers can’t afford to be losing days due to bad weather, so preparation and wearing suitable clothing is vital.

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Marketing Coordinator wanted – Snickers Workwear

A great job vacancy has arisen for anyone interested in fashion, Snickers Workwear are currently recruiting for a new Marketing Coordinator. Snickers Workear are a Swedish company that practically invented workwear in 1970s. Since then they have become synonymous with stylish, durable and comforable workwear. These days their gear is worn by everyone from tradesmen (and women) to sailors or snowboarders. Whether it’s work, outdoor pursuits or just relaxing about, their clothes can withstand anything the elements can throw at them and because they’re designed as workwear they’re very comfy.

Here are the details:

Marketing Coordinator

Snickers Workwear is Ireland’s leading supplier of high quality functional workwear, designed for professional trade’s people as well as the service, maintenance, distribution and manufacturing sectors. Our products are designed specifically for professionals and the companies they work for.

Reporting directly to our sales and marketing manager the ideal candidate should be a good communicator, market oriented and excel when working individually. You will be part of a dynamic team and will receive a full introduction in our Dublin office as well as our head office in Stockholm.

If you are enthusiastic and would welcome the challenge of working in a fast moving industry we would like to hear from you. Applicants should preferably have at least 2/3 years experience but this is not essential.

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National Champions announced at the 54th annual National Skills Competition with Snickers Workwear

Winners will represent Ireland at WorldSkills London 2011

11th April, 2011; Dublin, Ireland: The 54th annual National Skills Competition ended on Friday afternoon with two awards’ ceremonies in Dublin and Cork. Hosted with Snickers Workwear for the 6th year in a row, the competition pitted apprentices from all over Ireland, head-to-head in 22 trades, in order to find the National Champions who are the most skilled at their chosen craft.

Held at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) for the 54th consecutive year, the competition tested every aspect of the skill and workmanship of the apprentices over an intense period of three days.

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Newstalk’s Henry McKean interviews Snickers Workwear at The National Skills Competition.

Last week Henry came down the National Skills Competition 2011 courtesy of Snickers Workwear, the work clothing company that sponsors the Competition hosted by DIT and CIT. Henry interviewed Jenny Johnson from Snickers Workwear along with some of the apprentices and examiners involved in the 54th annual National Skills Competition 2011. You can listen to the slot below.

A great segment of the Sean Moncrieff Show on Newstalk is the ten minute slot Henry has every afternoon, where he does an outside broadcast and meets a diverse range of people from the four corners of Ireland. Henry is a very up and coming broadcaster; he’s made the slot his own and now also has slots on Newstalks’s flagship breakfast programme and also turns up regularly on George Hook’s show The Right Hook. This success has led Henry to getting his own Saturday morning show from 9am-11am where he also repeats some of his interviews from Moncrieff.

He’s also making a name for himself doing very unique documentaries on TV3 where the he has focused on travellers and hare coursing. In these documentaries Henry aims to dispel some of the myths and explores the prejudices these sections of society face. Henry has an Irish background but was brought in England. He’s from an affluent background but has a great way of dealing with people from working class backgrounds and has a knack of getting people to talk to him, like Louise Theroux does. And, like Theroux he is quite quirky but I think he’s lot funnier than Theroux. It’s a very entertaining slot.

Last week Henry came down the National Skills Competition 2011 courtesy of Snickers Workwear where he interviewed Jenny Johnson from Snickers Workwear along with some of the apprentices and examiners involved in the 54th annual National Skills Competition 2011. You can listen to the slot below.

Snickers Workwear on TV3 News

We’ve been getting some great profile for Snickers Workwear and the National Skills Competition this week. As well as being in The Sunday Independent and The Sunday Business Post last weekend, they were on 98FM News and interviewed on Sunshine FM on Monday and featured on Henry McKean’s slot on Newstalk yesterday – MP3s to come soon.

TV3 News also covered the event, including David Macken, Managing Director of Snickers Workwear. Here’s the clip.

There’s more to come following the Award ceremony tomorrow too.

The 54th annual National Skills Competition kicks off at CIT and DIT with Snickers Workwear

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The 54th annual National Skills Competition kicks off at CIT and DIT with Snickers Workwear

Apprentices from all over Ireland will compete over three days in 21 trades; the National Champions will then represent Ireland at WorldSkills London 2011

4th April, 2011, Dublin, Ireland: The 54th annual National Skills Competition starts on Monday when apprentices from all over Ireland will converge on Dublin Institute of Technology and Cork Institute of Technology to compete in an intense three day event. Sponsored for the 6th year in a row by respected clothing manufacturer Snickers Workwear, the event aims to find the National Champions to represent Ireland in each of the 21 trades on show.

Since the 1950s the National Skills Competition has tested every aspect of the skills and workmanship of apprentices, in a high pressure environment. The winners will then have the honour of representing Ireland and their respective trades in what has been dubbed ‘Olympics for tradespeople’ – the prestigious WorldSkills London 2011 in October.

David Macken, Managing Director of Snickers Workwear said: “Just like the 1980s we are seeing Ireland export its tradespeople abroad, so it’s vital that we stop this skills’ drain and support Irish businesses. This week the apprentices will receive three days of intensive testing of their skills and craftmanship, which will ensure only the best competitors can win the title of National Champion in their trade and go on to represent Ireland on the World stage.”

WorldSkills London 2011 will test the skills of the Irish Champions against the best tradespeople from 53 countries across the globe and the chance to be crowned a World Champion. In previous years Ireland has performed particularly well, coming second at WorldSkills Calgary 2009; winning five medals overall, including two Golds. This year they hope to go one better and win the competition outright.

“Irish apprentices have proven that they have some of the highest levels of workmanship and WorldSkills London 2011 provides us with a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate this at a global level.” added David Macken, “we have an enviable record at WorldSkills where we’ve won the Gold Medal for Automobile Technology in three out of the last four years and also won Gold last time in Aircraft Maintenance. Ireland came second overall, that’s an incredible achievement for such a small country.”

The National Skills Competition 2011 is launched at the Gresham Hotel in Dublin on Monday 4th April. The competition commences Tuesday (5th) and finishes on Thursday (7th) when the judging will take place. The event culminates with awards’ ceremonies on Friday 24th April in The Mansion House, Dublin and CIT in Cork.

To qualify for National Skills, competitors have had to win their local round of National Skills, so they really are the best apprentices in the country.

Twenty one different trades are being tested including: Aircraft Maintenance; Automobile Technology; Autobody Repair; Bricklaying; Carpentry; Car Painting; Cookery; Heavy Vehicle Mechanics; Painting & Decorating; Plumbing; Polymechanics; Plastering and Sheetmetal Work, amongst others.

Snickers Workwear will also provide all the clothing for the competitors, who will be kitted out from head to toe in durable stylish gear from Europe’s largest workwear manufacturer.

For information on World Skills 2011 please see: www.worldskillslondon2011.com

For more information please contact Simon Palmer of Republic PR; tel: 01 282 2504, email: simon@republicpr.ie, Twitter: @simonprepublic.

About Snickers Workwear

Snicker Workwear manufactures and provides workwear for professional tradespeople. Their products are renowned for their quality, function and innovative solutions. The company was founded in Sweden in 1975 and since then has grown strongly so that today, Snickers Workwear is one of Europe’s leading brands in work wear, and is represented in 15 countries.

Snickers was founded by Matti Viio who worked as an electrician from 1959 to 1972 Whilst in those years working methods, technology, materials and tools evolved, but workwear was still the same as in the mid-nineteenth century. Workwear failed to fill modern requirements concerning function, comfort and design with manufacturers showing no interest in the workers real needs. In the end Matti Viio designed his own garments to work in.

Sophisticated testing and quality control procedures are carried out at every stage of the process, from the moment a new design leaves the drawing board through to final quality certification. Snickers Workwear makes relevant functions on durable and reliable garments to fit the roughest conditions. All functions are tested by our end-customers.

The spirit of Snickers Workwear is the same as it was when the company started. Snickers Workwear has always solved functional problems for professional needs. A combination of professional know-how and professional pride and self-esteem. Snickers Workwear’s motto is hard-wearing timeless garments with good design.

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Winners announced of 53rd Annual National Skills Championships

Mary Gore, National Skills Champion 2010

The 53^rd annual National Skills Competition ended today with a lavish awards ceremony in the Round Room at Dublin’s Mansion House attended the by the current occupant the Lord Mayor himself. Sponsored by Snickers Workwear [disclosure: client] for the 5^th year in a row, the competition pitted apprentices from all over Ireland, head-to-head in 13 trades.

Run by the Dublin Institute of Technology, the competition tested every aspect of the skill and workmanship of the apprentices over an intense period of two and a half days – imagine sitting a the equivalent of a practical exam over two and half days. That’s intense stuff for young apprentices, but will probably be more pressure than they will ever face on the job, so it will serve well in their chosen careers.

We’ve had great interest from RTE this week with the competition featuring on the RTE’s Six One and Nine O’Clock News. The News featured an interview with Mary Gore, who’s at the front of the photo above; she’s now Ireland’s National Car Painting Champion. National Skills will also feature on the Thursday’s Capital D programme at 7pm on RTE1. We’ve also had great support in the press with the papers all over country featuring their local winners.

“The numbers of apprentices in Ireland is down 86%[1] since the boom” said David Macken, Managing Director of Snickers Workwear (Ireland) Limited. He added: “most of the firms in the competition, which are still supporting apprentices, are SMEs such as auto technicians, auto dody painters and repairers, builders, narpenters and furniture makers, electricians, painter & decorators, plumbers, sheet metal workers etc. They are the backbone of our economy and should be supported by the government and applauded by their community.”

Snickers Workwear provided all the clothing for the competitors, who were kitted out from head to toe in gear from Europe’s leading Workwear manufacturer.

The National Skills Champions in each trade were as follows:

Aircraft Maintenance

Name: Padraig Molloy

From: Nurney, Co. Kildare

Employer: Dublin Aerospace, Dublin Airport

Automobile Technology

Name: Brian Durning

From: Creeslough, Co. Donegal

Employer: Creeslough Tyre & Battery Centre, Co. Donegal

Autobody Repair

Name: Justin Moore

From: Carlow

Employer: Nigel Pratt, Bennekerry, Carlow

Beauty Therapy

Name: Claire Cullen

From: Foxrock, Dublin

College: Dun Laoghaire CFE

Bricklaying

Name: Paul Molloy

From: New Ross, Co. Wexford

Employer: Self Employed (student at WIT)

Cabinet Making

Name: Gerard O’Loughlin

From: Inagh, Co. Clare

College: Institute of Technology, Galway/Mayo Letterfrack

Car Painting

Name: Mary Gore

From: Clonsaugh, Dublin

Employer: Lois Colley Motors Ltd., Santry, Dublin

Cookery

Name: Colm O’Sullivan

From: Kenmare, Co. Kerry

Employer: Mulcahy Restaurant, Kenmare, Co. Kerry

Heavy Vehicle Mechanics

Name: Colm Carberry

From: Kilcock, Co. Kildare

Employer: Bus Eireann, Phibsboro, Dublin

Painting & Decorating

Name: Daniel Pepper

From: Ballyphehane, Cork

Employer: Mr. Eddie Pepper, Ballyphehane, Cork

Plumbing

Name: Shane Stringer

From: Doolin, Co. Clare

Employer: Albert Stringer, Doolin, Co. Clare

Polymechanics

Name: Fintan Collins

From: Dunmanway, Co. Cork

Employer: Port of Cork Company, Cork

Sheetmetal Work

Name: Michael Savage

From: Clondalkin, Dublin

Employer: Chambers Engineering, Coolock, Dublin

These winners will now have a chance to represent Ireland at the 2010 World Skills competition in London. World Skills has been dubbed the Olympics for tradesmen. For World Skills 2011 please see: http://www.worldskillslondon2011.com/

Photos or interviews with any of the winners can be obtained from Simon Palmer of Republic PR; tel: 01 282 2504, email: simon@republicpr.ie or Twitter: @simonprepublic.

About Snickers Workwear

Snickers manufacture and provide workwear for professional tradesmen and service people. Their products are renowned for their quality, function and innovative solutions. The company was founded in Sweden in 1975 and since then has grown strongly so that today, Snickers Workwear is one of Europe’s leading brands in work wear, and is represented in 15 countries.

Snickers was founded by Matti Viio who worked as an electrician from 1959 to 1972 Whilst in those years working methods, technology, materials and tools evolved, but workwear was still the same as in the mid-nineteenth century. Workwear failed to fill modern requirements concerning function, comfort and design with manufacturers showing no interest in the workers real needs. In the end Matti Viio designed his own garments to work in.

Sophisticated testing and quality control procedures are carried out at every stage of the process, from the moment a new design leaves the drawing board through to final quality certification. Snickers Workwear makes relevant functions on durable and reliable garments to fit the roughest conditions.

About Dublin Institute of Technology

Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) is one of Ireland’s largest and most innovative institutions of higher education.  It is credited with the development of technical education in Ireland in the late 19^th century and continues to build on this tradition, providing education from certificate to doctorate level.

The Institute currently has some 20,000 students, fulltime and part-time, studying at all levels from certificate to Doctorate.

DIT is part of the landscape of Dublin city, with six major campus locations around the city centre.  A new single campus for DIT is being developed at Grangegorman

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53rd Annual National Skills Competition launched by Snickers Workwear & Dublin Institute of Technology

Fears for young trades’ people as apprenticeships nosedive 86% since the boom.

22nd September, 2010, Dublin, Ireland: The 53rd annual National Skills Competition launches today as apprentices from all over Ireland converge on Dublin to compete to be the national champion in their chosen trade. Sponsored by Snickers Workwear for the 5th year in a row, the competition is being run by Dublin Institute of Technology and aims to test every aspect of the skill and workmanship of the apprentices over an intense period of two and a half days.

Since 1950s the National Skills Competition has heralded the start of the new educational year for young apprentices. However, this year’s backdrop is one that has never been bleaker for young people wanting to learn a trade; with few firms taking on apprentices their numbers have been decimated by the recession.

During the height of the boom there were 8,779 apprentices studying for a trade in Ireland; in 2010 there will be only 1,237 – a decrease of 86%. This has had huge ramifications for young people who are struggling to find work, but also adversely affects Ireland’s ability to pull itself out of recession, because any upturn could be hampered by the lack of young trades’ people.

“Ireland used to export its tradesmen to work all over the world and we have a great reputation abroad for the high level of our workmanship” said David Macken, Managing Director of Snickers Workwear (Ireland) Limited. He added: “however, the numbers of school leavers undertaking apprenticeships has suffered hugely during the recession, with young workers taking the brunt of cutbacks by employers. It is, therefore, vital that we have competitions such as the National Skills Competition, which supports apprenticeships during these troubled times and helps promote the small businesses that are the lifeblood of our trades.”

Snickers Workwear will provide all the clothing for the competitors, who will be kitted out from head to toe in gear from Europe’s largest Workwear manufacturer.

Donal Keys, Chairman of the DIT National Skills Organising Committee said: “National Skills 2010 will test apprentices from all over Ireland. We have everyone from cabinetmakers from Letterfrack to aircraft engineers for Ryanair in Dublin; the variety and depth of skills is huge. This week they will receive two and half days of intensive testing, which will ensure only the best competitors can win the title of national champion in their trade and go on to represent Ireland.”

The National Skills Competition 2010 consists of two and a half days of intense competition that commences today Tuesday (21st), and continues Wednesday (22nd) and Thursday morning (23rd). Judging is undertaken on Thursday afternoon, followed by an awards ceremony on Friday 24th in the Round Room in The Mansion House.

Twelve different trades are being covered, which are: Aircraft Maintenance; Automobile Technology; Autobody Repair; Bricklaying; Cabinet Making; Car Painting; Cookery; Heavy Vehicle Mechanics; Painting & Decorating; Plumbing; Polymechanics; and Sheetmetal Work.

Most of the competition will take place at the Dublin Institute of Technology and there will also be a section running at Dublin Airport, where participants will work on aircraft engines.

Every two years the best Irish apprentices compete in World Skills, which has been dubbed the Olympics for tradesmen. World Skills 2010 will take place in London. “Irish apprentices have proven that they have some of the highest levels of workmanship in world” added Donal Keys, “we have an enviable record at World Skills where we’ve won the gold medal in 3 out of the last 4 years for car mechanics and also won gold last year for aircraft mechanics. That’s an incredible achievement for such a small country as Ireland.”

For World Skills 2011 please see: http://www.worldskillslondon2011.com/

For more information please contact Simon Palmer of Republic PR; tel: 01 282 2504, email: simon@republicpr.ie, Twitter: @simonprepublic.

About Snickers Workwear

Snickers manufactures and provides workwear for professional tradesmen and service people. Their products are renowned for their quality, function and innovative solutions. The company was founded in

Sweden in 1975 and since then has grown strongly so that today, Snickers Workwear is one of Europe’s leading brands in work wear, and is represented in 15 countries.

Snickers was founded by Matti Viio who worked as an electrician from 1959 to 1972 Whilst in those years working methods, technology, materials and tools evolved, but workwear was still the same as in the mid-nineteenth century. Workwear failed to fill modern requirements concerning function, comfort and design with manufacturers showing no interest in the workers real needs. In the end Matti Viio designed his own garments to work in.

Sophisticated testing and quality control procedures are carried out at every stage of the process, from the moment a new design leaves the drawing board through to final quality certification. Snickers Workwear makes relevant functions on durable and reliable garments to fit the roughest conditions. All functions are tested by our end-customers.

The spirit of Snickers Workwear is the same as it was when the company started. Snickers Workwear has always solved functional problems for professional needs. A combination of professional know-how and professional pride and self-esteem. Snickers Workwear’s motto is hard-wearing timeless garments with good design.

About Dublin Institute of Technology

Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) is one of Ireland’s largest and most innovative institutions of higher education. It is credited with the development of technical education in Ireland in the late 19th century and continues to build on this tradition, providing education from certificate to doctorate level.
The Institute currently has some 20,000 students, fulltime and part-time, studying at all levels from certificate to Doctorate.
DIT is part of the landscape of Dublin city, with six major campus locations around the city centre. A new single campus for DIT is being developed at Grangegorman

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Snickers Workwear National Skills 2010

Snickers Workwear are sponsoring this years National Skills 2010 competition details are here.

I’ve set up and events page on Facebook for further details please click below:

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Here’s a video from the bi-annual World Skills event that was held in Calgaria last year.