Ore Inspired Students

Construction and engineering learners have visited their new building at Ore Valley for the first time. After a guided tour of the site, the learners took part in demonstrations with site workers, including bricklaying and plumbing.

Ore Valley opens in Summer 2010. State-of-the-art facilities include an atrium containing a model house, providing hands-on training in current, emerging and sustainable construction techniques.

Design, carpentry, plumbing, electrical and decorating will be taught alongside each other in open-plan workshop spaces, closely reflecting the reality of the industry. On the model houses, walls, fixtures and fittings will be continually constructed and deconstructed, enabling students to work with different building materials and gain experience in decommissioning buildings.

Mohan Chana, Assistant Principal for Technology said, ‘This building gives local students, who may previously have chosen to study elsewhere, excellent integrated training facilities for engineering and construction right on their doorstep’.